Edited by Patricia Stammers, Wednesday, 4 Jun 2014, 09:27
They are, they say, going to come again! We read our stuff aloud and took turns reading some quotes, on the subject of love, by Laurie Lee, Shakespeare, and Anon. After having a go at interpreting the meaning of the quotes we were supposed to create a couple of characters who would, in the subsequent exercise, have a romantic meeting with eachother.
Two members must have got the wrong end of the stick; either that or I have opened a can of very kinky worms. One described a boy and a mother the other, two men, but they ( the writers' group members) suffered. How? I read my character sketch and some of my latest stories aloud to them!
Reading work aloud to an audience, is an effective way of detecting errors and judging by their reactions whether ... or not ... the piece is worth developing. If they put their fingers in their ears, scream and crawl under chairs, you failed; unless it was a horror story. If you are attacked, then you know you must be less subversive but if they laugh ... you are pathetically grateful, unless the piece was meant to be serious.
Writers Group
They are, they say, going to come again! We read our stuff aloud and took turns reading some quotes, on the subject of love, by Laurie Lee, Shakespeare, and Anon. After having a go at interpreting the meaning of the quotes we were supposed to create a couple of characters who would, in the subsequent exercise, have a romantic meeting with eachother.
Two members must have got the wrong end of the stick; either that or I have opened a can of very kinky worms. One described a boy and a mother the other, two men, but they ( the writers' group members) suffered. How? I read my character sketch and some of my latest stories aloud to them!
Reading work aloud to an audience, is an effective way of detecting errors and judging by their reactions whether ... or not ... the piece is worth developing. If they put their fingers in their ears, scream and crawl under chairs, you failed; unless it was a horror story. If you are attacked, then you know you must be less subversive but if they laugh ... you are pathetically grateful, unless the piece was meant to be serious.