We talked about the Margery Allingham competition at our last meeting. The promise given, to share details, is now kept.
Should we run our own writing competitions? What do you think?
Short Story Competition
Category: Storytelling
Season’s Greetings
The year is hastening by and we’ve just enough time to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. More information coming soon…
22 Rules of Storytelling
Is that it?
Yes, 22 rules, at least from Emma Coats, a former Pixar Storyboard artist. There are lots of rules for every waspaect of writing. The particualr focus of her list is what she learned from being a storyboard illustrator.
Still, a story is a story. Does one size fit all? Experience suggests that, in the end, we discover our own rules, every time we crumple up our trash and throw stuff away with a snarl … OR every time we give ourselves a big warm hug, for a piece well written.
Here is Emma’s list:
Writers’ Neuk 