Hi Scribblers,
If you
haven’t already discovered them, then there are six new stories on the weblog.
They are changed weekly, usually by noon every Wednesday We are starting to run
short of stories so I hope you will support our efforts to keep you occupied by
both writing new stories and sending them in for posting. It would be lovely to
see something from the quieter Scribblers who have yet to write a 500-750 word
story for the weblog or a 100 word story for the WhatsApp group.
Our new subject
for the weblog is simply “TIME.” Your stories should be sent to scribblers.1@btinternet.com by Wednesday
3rd June.
The 100
word WhatsApp theme is “The Last Dance.” A new theme will be changed every
Monday, the next being Monday 27th May.
Our aim is
to try and keep you all motivated with your writing skills and to give you a
platform of sorts to share them. Sadly we can’t read the stories out, but it
would be fantastic to see more of the regular Scribblers posting.
Our Hon
President, Ruth, has posted many helpful hints on her Facebook page, some of
which have been included on our WhatsApp feature. Always worth a look.
I had a lovely message from Ray a couple of
days ago. I think it is poignant in the present situation. He says:
“I can tell you that I do miss the meetings
and believe me when I say that if I still had my car I would quite happily have
driven from Kent to be at the meetings. There are many of you I have
never met - yet with so many styles of writing and content I can close my eyes
and hear the stories being told out loud.
“That is the magic that this group can invoke. No writer is the same so
one cannot be judged against another - who could say that Hemmingway was better
than Steinbeck (if you catch my drift). Rather that writers enthuse others to
both read and to write.
“
I have used the lockdown to my advantage.
“
Listening to a CD of The Shangri-La's I saw a story form in the way that
(Remember) Walking In The Sand and Leader Of The Pack appeared to link
together. Where to begin? Last year I wrote a short story that was included in
the Scribblers' 2019 anthology The Perfect Day. In it the heroine looks out of
her bedroom window at the street below and compares it from the present to the past.
Three pages of scribbling and the first two paragraphs of that original story
have expanded as she wonders about the boy she once knew.
“All I can say is turn time to your advantage - you won't get a better chance
again. Writing encourages others.”
All the
best,
Ray.
Two former
regulars in the wars lately are Carolyn Barnabo-Roberts who had a fall outside
her home and severely damaged her knee cap. Also Caz Wilkinson has had a fall
resulting in an arm in plaster for six weeks. I am sure you will all wish them
speedy recoveries.
For the poets amongst us here’s the
Last Chance
To Enter
We're
down to the last few days of this year's 14th International Welsh
Poetry Competition so still time to send us your fab entries!
Closing date: Sunday 31st May 2020
This year we are offering the following prizes:
Closing date: Sunday 31st May 2020
This year we are offering the following prizes:
1st
Prize – £500
2nd
Prize – £250
3rd
Prize – £100
plus 17 runners
up prizes of being published on our website and in a future anthology.
Our
judge for 2020 will be Sally Spedding.
To enter just click here.
Closing
date: Sunday 31st May 2020
www.welshpoetry.co.uk
www.welshpoetry.co.uk
Good
luck if you do!
Stay
safe, keep smiling but keep scribbling!!!
Dave
