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Characters & Characteristics

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Helen

A writers’ group exercise: Take a character from one list, and a characteristic from another. We had half an hour and this is what I came up with…

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“The first time I smelled that…”

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Helen

The little village of Pilton in Somerset has been home to many creative people, including authors such as Fay Weldon, John Le Carre and Guy Kennaway. Our writers’ group has been fortunate enough to have the company of Guy Kennaway … Continue reading →

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8th April 1994

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Helen

Another little thing I wrote at Writers’ Group this week. This time we were given the (potentially morbid) theme of suicide. We had half an hour to write, and this is what I did – the end is a bit … Continue reading →

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She married for love…

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Helen

Last week at writers’ group, Ruth gave the rest of us a little and very interesting lesson in prose poetry. Our homework challenge was to write a prose poem with the theme of ‘war’. I didn’t completely stick to Ruth’s … Continue reading →

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