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Philippa East replied to the topic A Blank Piece of Paper (short Story – critique) in the forum Critiques 7 years, 8 months ago
FWIW, I actually think the phonemail is a really key pivot point! I would recommend keeping this in, and building the structure of the piece as a whole around it, as Kate highlights.
Remember, even though this story is built of a series of vignettes, it still needs to have a narrative arc. The phone call gives you a useful turning point, and the…[Read more] -
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Philippa East replied to the topic The Disappearance of Rebecca Faulks (short Story – 2,800 words) in the forum Critiques 7 years, 8 months ago
Hi Elle,
Sorry it’s taken me a while to get to this.I really enjoyed this. I think it’s an incredibly realistic portrayal of depression, especially the sense of complete hopelessness and almost indifference that invades. She almost simply accepts and embraces her “fate”, to the point where (for me) suicide in the bath seemed like simply the next…[Read more]
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John S Alty started the topic Memories in the forum Critiques 7 years, 8 months ago
Here’s a nasty little story I have been playing around with for fun. Have at it, critics!
Memories
Two tall men wearing overcoats followed the nurse down the corridor towards Room 19.
“Florence can be a bit slow some days but most of the time she’s surprisingly bright. She was quite perky earlier so she should be able to answer your que…[Read more] -
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Hi Daeds,
Yes, if you look under fiction at acrossthemargin.com and at https://www.ellipsiszine.com you should find them. A couple of super stories from @Elle also. -
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Tony Lyttle posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
A day for catching up with old friends, home from the States, not for writing.
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Hi Tony, are you working on another novel?
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Hello Bren. I’d like to be! But I’m still writing my great-grandfather’s biography which is taking much longer than I anticipated. But I’m thoroughly enjoying doing it.
I don’t know if you saw that I wrote a children’s book last year to read to all my grandchildren when we were all together for a week in the New Forest. It was an children’s…[Read more]-
I’m glad you are enjoying the research and writing. I am out of the loop at the moment but hope to launch Dragonflies soon. Dick has been very ill so I missed the launch before Christmas. He is on the mend now but it will be slow.
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I was sorry when you told of of Dick’s illness. Good to hear he is slowly recovering. Give him by best regards. You, too. Happy Christmas.
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Thank you Tony, Happy Christmas to you too.
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