Wednesday 20 February 2019

Changes for 2019


A change has been made to our 2019 calendar to make space for more emphasis on short story writing and each month members will be challenged to write a 500 word FLASH FICTION story to a set theme.

Please find below the details for our first theme day to be held on the 13th of March.

Writing genre: ROMANCE

For Authors:

* Writers will have one month to consider and write the piece.
* Stories are limited to a maximum of 500 words.
* Normal writing scenarios apply i.e. Beginning, Middle, Satisfactory end. 
* Do not use parts, or characters, from stories you are writing or have previously written.
* Submissions should be polished. The best you can do. Competition ready, not first drafts.
* Finished pieces should be sent to the facilitator via e-mail by the Sunday before the              nominated Theme Day for distribution.

For Those Submitting their Critique:

* Once received, please critique and review each piece in line with our critiquing guidelines
* A Verbal critique will be presented to all attendees on Theme Day for respectful discussion with each author.
* Printed marked up copies of the critique will be presented to the author of the piece.

Critiquing hints:

* Condense your critique.
* Ignore spelling, grammatical and layout errors.
* Comment only on readability, plot and setting.
* Are the characters believable?
* Does it show not tell?
* Does it make sense?

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