Extortion and heartbreak
A Wet Week! Not outside. Outside was warm, some days hot, London sitting under sifting air redolent with fried viruses, some still kicking and looking for a home. A nice cosy home within which to breed. Idiots! If they get…
A Wet Week! Not outside. Outside was warm, some days hot, London sitting under sifting air redolent with fried viruses, some still kicking and looking for a home. A nice cosy home within which to breed. Idiots! If they get…
Apologies for the blog gap. Afloat still in the Pandemics, wind-buffeted, I thought I’d send you an update. Be nice! Email me an update about you. There’s more of you than there are of me. Hello dear friends. Hey guess…
HOW TO PLOT A SHORT STORY – the 3-Act formula that makes it 1, 2, 3! In this article I will cover mainly plot-driven narrative in plotting the Short Story. I will try to show you some ways of approaching…
To GL. 8’46”. We miss you terribly. It was a dark and stormy night…the cliché made a perfect fit as Mother, teeth gritted and eyes clamped to the streaming windscreen, guided the Renault down the sodden road alongside the Sewerage…
The MEGASAGA 3 writing competition has reached its conclusion, and the WINNER will be awarded £100 in shiny British Currency! Interestingly, there were many comments on the website supporting our decision. As I said, the decision was based not on…
…what happened to Part 2? That was the WRITING A MEGASAGA competition! Where have you beeeeen??? We are nearly in phase 2 of the Pandemic. Phase 1, disease spreads, people die, people panic, governments thrash about in utter confusion. The…
Who will win £100 in the MEGASAGA WRITING COMPETITION? BEFORE you check to see if YOUR story made the shortlist, please read this. Take a breath. Ok? Many’s the time I have waited intently for a shortlist, and felt that…
Hello from Leafy Lockdown London! With only 10 days to go before the MEGASAGA3 writing competition deadline, I’m gradually getting your knickers in a twist! Bad metaphor. I mean, confusion is setting in because when I receive a Megasaga3 entry,…
Strategies for Survival: 2 WRITE A MEGASAGA! This is the WRITING COMPETITION which can WIN YOU A POUND A WORD! ALERT! UPDATE 2, 24th APRIL! SEE BELOW ! What is a MEGASAGA? A MEGASAGA is a story in 100 words….