Cleckheaton Writers Group 8/7/2013

At the CWG meeting tonight D, P and I were in attendance (N passed on his apologies).  We discussed where we were all at with our writing.  D explained that she is working on her final draft of TSC before she sends it to her prospective agent for the second time.  P informed us that she has started on the writing challenge.  I told the members that I am currently undertaking the third edit of Thorde.

P shared her copies of Writing Magazine and Writers Forum where we found some interesting free competitions and relevant articles on subjects such as 'writing a series.'

We discussed the ten shortlisted entries of the Munch competition that have been announced and we agreed with P that N's story is far better than all of them.  This led on to a fascinating discussion in that P had seen an article in a writing magazine informing writers never to use 'ly' words and in the same magazine, a competition winning entry author not only used a plethora of 'ly' words, but also began to 'tell not show' a third of the way into her winning short story.

D informed the members that there has been a reading of the new Neil Gaiman story on Radio 4 and that it would still be available to listen again should anyone wish to.

I reminded D and P that I would be attending the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate shortly and I gave them information on a free writing workshop Anna Turner is running in Bradford next Tuesday:

Tuesday 16 July, 2 – 5 pm
Writing Workshop for Adults at Bradford Gallery 1
Free - booking essential - phone  01274 437800
‘Inspired by Bradford’: Take a short walk through the city centre with Anna Turner and open your senses to the stories around and within you.  We will then use this material in a short story writing workshop. Bring a notebook and pen.