Nick Hornby is a world famous writer. He's written, amongst others, Fever Pitch and About a boy. Both of these have been made into films too, so I'd say he's up there with the greats!
As a creative person whose in the lime light, Nick Hornby is going into schools in London to help pupils with their literacy skills and encouraging them to love reading and writing, just like he does. I don't know if you've watched the news recently, but the government aren't happy with spelling, grammar etc, so Nick Hornby and some other writers have decided to do something about it.
For Nick Hornby, the most important thing in the project is, 'humour, intrigue and creativity.' You can find out more about his project here.
Nick Hornby is taking his creative skills and using them to create change. How great is that!
I don't know about you, but this really inspires me to use my skills to help people too. Creative skills are just as important as maths or science. People love to get creative in lots of different ways and it makes people happy!
What creative skills do you enjoy using? Nick Hornby obviously enjoys creating stories, so that's what he's using to help people.
What do you care about? Nick Hornby obviously cares about reading and writing, so that's what he's focusing on, using his skills to do it.
What could you do with what your skills...?
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