Alison, Clive, Tim and Tony met at Tony's house on 24th April.
News
Tim - Is writing a poem for Worcester Lit Festival, and has a story in progress from a previously fermenting draft (but not the men in a boat draft sadly).
Clive - has received a cheque from a recipe published in Take a Break, and has entered a short story into the Malvern Theatres story competition.
Tony - is organising a Worcester Writers' Circle event for Worcester Lit Festival, which will feature comic stories and be held at the Arts Workshop. Is doing his 2nd ever stand up gig at the Holly Bush in Cradley, and also entered the Malvern Theatres short story competition.
Alison - has started submitting her novel to agents, has drafted a story for an internal Romantic Novellists Association competition and pitched two freelance articles to magazines. She also attended Chipping Norton Literary Festival at the weekend.
The group then talked about rock houses for longer than might normally appear feasible.
Critique of Here's to you, Mr Robinson
Tony read part of the story aloud. The story focusses on a teenage girl who alleges that she has had sex with a teacher. The story looks at her allegation but also her wider school and home life.
Feedback on the characterisation, tone of the story and character's voice were generally positive.
Reviewers raised similiar issues to one another regarding the plot and character's motivations. Character appears to be making up her allegations but motivation is not clear. Similiarly the opening was considered confusing, as it's not clear who the character is referring to and a lot of people are introduced very quickly.
There was a good amount of detailed comment on specific lines, which Alison noted for editing.
Next Meeting
Date: 14th May (amended from 8th May)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Alison's house
Critiquee: Tony
Book analysis: Alison
