General Chat

Really liked that stella, it says so much in so few lines, I wish I had your talent.

you will have the talent Ann, just relax and stop trying too hard..

it will come one day when you least expect it...

xx

thanks Stella, I will keep looking Lol!

Stella Ann and Rose.Have just read your poems.I think they are all brilliant.What a clever bunch of ladies!.(note I just put 1 !) I can't remember who mentioned putting too many !!!!!.I am learning lol

lol...thank you Jane

xx

Thank you Jane. Having read the latest from stella and Jen though I think I will stick to prose, they are brilliant.

Me too Ann, but it is nice to try out something diferent. Lovely poetry ladies:-) XX

Thank you Ann and BC

Have to say that i too am really enjoying Jen's poetry

xx

I have sent out another short piece of prose. No hurry to read and comment though.

Thank you all for the lovely comments but please don't sell yourselves short. Some of you can write prose so well and that is something I find quite difficult. I admire anyone who can write a piece of prose which makes perfect sense....that's talent lol!

well after some I have read I think my contributions are pretty crummy

Aww Ann please don't think that! We are not out to get the Booker Prize (well I'm not:-) but everyones writing is important and I am thoroughly enjoying reading all the different styles and ideas! XX BC

Ann, no way....just think how I feel, I have discovered I am not writer of prose, but will battle on regardless...lol

Maggie

Ann I love yours you are writing from your heart and that is what matters, Please continue.

Please don't think that just because someone managed to write a good piece of prose, that the words just fell onto the paper. It isn't easy to write good prose, you have to resist the temptation to fall into cliches, or to use something exactly as you've read it before, just because it fits perfectly. It sometimes takes a lot of thought, frustration, editing, re-writing, throwing away, cutting and deleting before the final piece is there.

That's what stopped me writing for so many years. Whenever I read something good, I would feel intimidated, thinking 'Oh I could never write something like that.' But I didn't realise the poor author has put themselves through hours, weeks, sometimes months of torture trying to get it just right. One poet, I forget who, added a comma, and took all day to do it, only to take it out again the next day.

So true, and very good advice, Teresa and I have been spending a fruitless 20 minutes Googling for that poet! lol XX

I read it somewhere, I'll find it eventually and put it here. Thing is, I've read so much lately I can't remember where I read it. I have a feeling it's in my course literature.

I have started a story, done one chapter (about 2000 words) I'll read it through again later this evening and see whether I think it good enough to send out. Not sure about it yet.

Ann, don't read it through this evening, it will still be fresh. It's first draft, leave it for a day or two, or longer, until you can view it with fresh eyes.

Have replied to some of you ,but can't remember who now lol.I am so disorganised.(SP)