Wigtownshire

Writers

Next meeting 1st May - members are invited to bring in anything they are uncomfortable with or unsure of: maybe an actual piece of writing you have struggled to finish or something you want to write about or an aspect of writing you find challenging.

Suggestions and possibilities for 2024 include writing for performance with our 'sister' play reading group, arranging a trip out to a publisher, or having a visiting writer come and speak to us.

This group invites members with any interest in writing to come and discuss their projects.

There are a number of suggestions and possibilities in the pipeline for the next year, including: writing for performance with our 'sister' play reading group, arranging a trip out to a publisher, or having a visiting writer come and speak to us.

See the Groups Bulletin for details.

Previous meetings

• April - members were challenged by Lin to write a short story about ‘something irrelevant’ in a movie, on a painting or whatever. Easy to say … Still, there were some interesting texts and views.
• March - a member read from part of his recent narrative non fiction book: ‘Share?’ and invited comments and thoughts re possibilities for publication!
• November - more work on writing dialogue whilst also benefitting from a brilliant short workshop exercise from one of the group members about a very creative way to devise and plan plotlines and new ideas
• October - continuing the theme of writing dialog for the page and for performance.
• September - members wrote a short piece of dialogue (without any wider context) to discuss and explore dialogue as part of the creative writing process.
• August - In August, a group member composed and presented a fascinating conversation between the Devil and her secretary. In the voice of the Secretary, all group members composed their own responses, which we shared and read aloud. A very interesting discussion followed.