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Trains
At least the trains have started to run again. Storm Frank has a lot to answer for. When it made the viaduct at Lammington unsafe, it also made my commute to the Big City that bit longer, which meant earlier starts in the morning, and later finishes in the evening. It also curtailed my writing… Continue reading
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A Writing Game Through the Post
Following on from the last post about a writing game I thought I’d post another example of a fun way to get writing. There are a number of variations of this game but the one I’m going to describe involves envelopes. Also this is slightly hard to set up by yourself so like a would… Continue reading
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A Writing Game
I’m not sure where this came from originally (though I know we played with it in our Writers Group) but it’s a fun creative writing exercise… You need two characters. Put the name of the first character down on a piece of paper. Then spend five minutes listing what that person would be carrying. For… Continue reading
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Writer’s Group – Lessons Learned
Well, my first foray into the world of Writers Groups is now over, with Dumfries Writers adjourning their fortnightly meetings until the autumn. That’s understandable; people have so many other things to do during the summer months and holidays and other fun things get in the way of writing. It’s a shame though, as I’ve… Continue reading
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Story Time Lines and Plots
There was an interesting talk at our recent Writer’s Group meeting on time lines for stories, and plots, and when to ‘start’ a story. The example given was that of Harry Potter where the opening sequence begins with the baby Harry being left on the Dursley’s doorstep. There is an awful lot of ‘story’ that… Continue reading
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Issue 6 – Crossing Borders
Fankle Issue 6 – Crossing Borders. Continue reading
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Fankle 6 has arrived!
Dumfries and Galloway Writers Group has just released issue 6 of The Fankle magazine. As usual this is an A3 piece of paper cunningly cut and folded into a little booklet by some nifty origami work. In fact it’s kids play to do this (though you wouldn’t think so from our efforts!) Here’s a demonstration… Continue reading
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Markets for Writers – A Masterclass
I don’t know if she will ever read this but I’d just like to say a great big thank you to Rosemary Gemmell (http://ros-readingandwriting.blogspot.com/) for the marvellous talk she gave to Dumfries and Galloway Writers on researching markets for selling writing to publishers. The amount of time and energy she puts into researching where her… Continue reading
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Publishing Fankle Magazine
One of the recent things Dumfries and Galloway Writers’ Group has been doing is the publication of The Fankle magazine. To date five Fankles have been released and number six is closed for submissions, with its release due shortly. The Fankle is a great wee booklet of short stories and poems, not just from writers… Continue reading