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Rose a story about somebody moving into a new house and what they find behind the wallpaper????? Or maybe you find BC's Miriam in the cellar!

Ihate killing my darlings, I know what you mean BC, but sometimes you have to. If they are not essential to the story.

Stephen King said, final draft is first draft minus ten per cent. Damn right lol

I've had a lull in sending stuff out, but I'm working on some...

Nooo BC you can't have a lull ! I want to know what happens next ;) I won't be writing much for the next few weeks as I have to get on with the painting , but will take a notebook over there just in case lol.

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*sighs....have run out of steam...lol...have been reading back on the hints and tips on this thread, all welcome and valid and will add my favourite one and one which I constantly have to be aware of ...'kill your darlings'!!!

Anybody else having a lull? XX

No pressure Bridget, concentrate on work first and harmony in the home!! We can wait. Good luck with the audit, I know how nerve wracking they can be.

Apologies to everyone who has sent me their writings and I haven't replied to. The talent in this group is really amazing.

My difficulty at the moment is two fold...work load is increasing by the day and there is so much written work to do ready for an audit next Tuesday, and my main help is now off sick for then days. OH does not want me to work at home, so pressure is on.
Also had an amazing contact re my husbands side of my tree. A long lost aunt of my OH was very difficult to trace as the family virtually disowned her for her wilful ways!!! Two of her sisters adopted her children when she died. Well on Saturday a relative of those children contacted me wit h an amazing amount of knowledge all verified BUT he also does not wish me to disclose it to anyone. A strange co-incidence is that my twin sons lived about one mile away from him when they were at University in Wales. How spooky is that.
Maybe when I have finished writing my story I will write about this find.

To everyone who has sent me poems. stories etc THANK YOU and I have read them and will comment after Tuesday of next week.

Have to get redy for work now

bridget

OK thanks all.

I've enjoyed reading it so far Ann and would like to see where you're going with it.

I've printed it off Ann to read in bed :) but one thing that I just read in a book on writing and which I found reading some of my old stuff last night is, when you read it yourself, do YOU want to know what happens next? if you do it's a good chance the reader will too .

Also that with a story it is probably better to have an idea of the end, when you start, even if the characters change that for you as they go along lol.

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I think it a good start Ann,so yes keep going lol

Ann, I haven't read it yet, but ask yourself how YOU feel about it. Do you feel excited about what happens next? Do you WANT to continue with it?

All we will see is an opening chapter, and be able to tell you if it is a good beginning, or whether you need to add/take away to shape it a bit better and so on, but we don't know what happens in the rest of the story, so only you can say if it's worth going on.

Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about editing and tidying up, just write it, 'get into the zone' with it, enjoy doing it, and let your imaganation flow. Ediiting can come when the first draft is complete.

I have sent out Chapter one of a story. I would like to know if it is worth progressing with it. No rush though, it is a bit longer than the usual bits and pieces and I appreciate that we are all overwhelmed with offerings. I am happy to wait.

OMG you can tell I'm tired, just looking at the typos in my last post LOL

Afternoon Teresa and everyone :)

I took some folders of things I had written years ago to bed last night , I had forgotten writing some of them lol.


Woke up at 4 , having dreamt I was putting my dream into rhyme...lol so I am going to knock poetry on the head for a while and let my brain unscramble ;)

Thankyou for all the pieces sent that I haven't yet commented on , I have read just not got time to get back to everyone.

Rose xx

Morning all,

Didn't sleep much last night. I had been reading up on poetry yesterday, and during the night a line came to me that I wanted to used. I jotted it down, but that was it, I couldn't sleep any more, so got up and wrote a few experimental verses.

I'll review them later and send them out...not quite happy with them at the moment.

I'll also catch up again on all my comment to those who have sent out. But first I must do some of my non-fiction coursework *sigh*

Hi everyone, I've read all your lovely poems and prose, when I get sorted on my day off tomorrow I shall reply to you all. Thanks to everyone for comments on my own humble offering.

No, I have not read it through again yet, will take your advice TW. Been watching the TV awards instead,

that IS the worst of it Stella... she was ! lol

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worst of it is Rose.. she was probably right...lol

lol Stella, no you're not annoying :)) It is just now I have 'turned into my mum' I find myself coming out with all the quotes or phrases she used to :))