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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 7 months ago
Excuse the bizarre formatting, this had indents when I wrote it.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 7 months ago
Sunset
The sun melted into the horizon like a knob of butter in a frying pan and behind it the sky was on fire, it’s flames dancing on the restless sea. Soon, for this was the tropics where sunset and darkness are never far apart, a million stars would come out to play. Frank and his sister, Sarah, sat shoulder to shoulder, their feet half b…[Read more] -
Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp: July 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 7 months ago
Congratulations @Janette! I really enjoyed your story. And I loved @Athelstone‘s too. So creepy …
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp: July 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 7 months ago
Well it was a small select number of entries this month…well, two months! But they were none the worse for being that.
@Athelstone – a tale with sinister overtones… having been on the business end of a cat’s claws more than once, I’m glad my scratches didn’t end up this way.
@Janette – such a poignant story. I fully expected this to be linked…[Read more] -
Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp: July 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 7 months ago
Last chance to enter something in the monthly-that-turned-into-two-months competition…
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Libby replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 7 months agoAway, unbeliever, book
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Squidge replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 7 months agoI was only wondering if there’d be another story challenge soon…and then one pops up! Thanks, Ath! x
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Squidge replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 7 months agoHome; Believer; Painting
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Libby replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 5 years, 7 months ago
I’m impressed by your research @kazg
My mother used to read books by Monica Dickens, Charles’s great-granddaughter (just checked that one on Wikipedia 🙂 ). I enjoyed some of them too when I was a teenager. I don’t know if anyone still reads Monica Dickens.
I also enjoy your blog posts on https://www.karenginnane.com/
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Libby replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 5 years, 7 months ago
Thank you for this post, Richard. I didn’t know the Manchester-Liverpool route was the first intercity connection. My WIP features the Manchester Ship Canal in the 1930s. I believe, though I haven’t checked my notes, that the Port of Manchester docks had the largest private railway system in the country at that time.
Thank you for the…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 5 years, 8 months ago
July’s comp is now July-and-August’s comp! If you fancy having a go, check it out here: https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-july-2020/
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Libby replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 5 years, 8 months ago
I agree with you Jules. It’s worrying that schools will teach misleading literature.
One thought from my perspective as a writer of realist historical writer: the truth is more interesting than the invented even if it’s harder to work with. There’s a smaller point too that we can all make mistakes so might as well aim to get as much as possible…[Read more]
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That’s mean to be ‘historical fiction’.
It’s the heat. I can’t remember what I’m supposed to be.-
Or how to spell.
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Haha right there with you! And I completely agree – the truth in historical terms is often far more interesting than the Everyone Knows version. Also agree that writers have to be free to make unintentional mistakes without being pilloried for them. It’s inevitable that some small detail will be wrong but as you say, why not try to be as correct…[Read more]
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Even in fantasy – I do some research! Not in depth, granted, cos I’m not seeking to reflect accuracy, but I do have to do enough to make the processes I describe (like melting precious metals; making a catapult out of just string; rules about coats of arms for example) so if anyone reads it who also has that knowledge, I’ve given enough to make it…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 5 years, 8 months ago
SO sorry, folks – had completely forgotten to check in on the monthly comp! Have no excuse other than I’ve been rather focused on Tilda 3 recently and got carried away.
As it’s already the 4th August, and there were only three entries, does anyone object to it running through this month too? Hopefully get a few more folk having a go?…[Read more]
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I’m happy with your suggestion to extend, @squidge
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No probs.
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I’m happy with that.
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Squidge posted an update 5 years, 8 months ago
Any more for any more on the July comp? Not going to be inundated for judging this time unless there’s a last minute flurry…
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Squidge replied to the topic The ultimate story/narrative arc in the forum
A place for Stupid Questoins 5 years, 9 months agoI always sit in on these ‘story arc’ kinds of sessions in the hope I’ll find one that works for me. I never have…
I do have two that help remind me of the essentials though.
The triangle…I learnt it on the self edit course (now run by Jericho Writers) and blogged about it here:…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 5 years, 9 months ago
Any more takers for the July comp? We’re halfway through the month…
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