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WHAT NOT TO SAY TO A FAIRYTALE HEROINE AND ASSUMPTIONS

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FAIRYTALES WITH BITE

You’ll have spotted a theme developing with my recent posts on here.  Tonight’s one looks at what not to say to a fairytale hero/heroine (though I ended up merely writing about heroines!). The gullibility of some characters does get to me sometimes…

THIS WORLD AND OTHERS

Tonight I have a bit of a rant about Audi drivers and discuss assumptions that irritate writers.  I also look at what assumptions your characters might have and what the world of your story might have.  Can these be challenged?  Has anyone in your stories done so and what were the consequences?  Plenty of story ideas there!

CHANDLER’S FORD TODAY

Friday night is usually when my posts appear.  Tonight’s one is a short reminder of a creative writing class coming up in the area shortly.  These classes are being run by the very wonderful Barbara Large, who founded and ran the Winchester Writing Conference as it was known.  Today it is the Winchester Writers’ Festival.  I can’t begin to tell you how many writers Barbara has encouraged but I happily recommend her classes as I’m sure they will be fascinating and enlightening.

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I mainly share news of my Chandler’s Ford Today post on a Friday night.  See link.

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Story ideas often still start life on paper - image via Pixabay

Story ideas often still start life on paper – image via Pixabay

TODAY’S ROUND UP

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MY POSTS ON MY WEBSITES

On my Fairytales with Bite website, I discuss what not to ask for when your fairy godmother turns up.  Well it is best to be prepared, don’t you think?  Forewarned is forearmed and all that…

On my Allison Symes – This World and Others website, I discuss anniversaries, including the impact of the Battle of Bosworth given that anniversary is today, 22nd August.  One of my earliest Chandler’s Ford Today posts is a review of The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, which is one of the few works of fiction to really impact on my views on a person, Richard III.  If you’ve read the novel and feel like posting a comment about my review, I’d be glad to hear from you.

CHANDLER’S FORD TODAY

My most recent post is part of a mini series reviwing a Medieval Weekend recently held by the Road to Agincourt Project.  My most recent writing related post is a notice about creative writing classes coming up in the area, which are being run by Barbara Large, MBE.  Barbara was the founder of the Winchester Writers’ Festival as it is now known and I hope to be interviewing her soon.

One of my writing advice posts was how to spot a real writing competition and I hope the link to this might be useful.  It’s a pity scammers get everywhere but I’ve learned to enter any writing competition with my eyes wide open, knowing exactly what it is I’m putting work in for on the basis it is best to know.  If people aren’t keen to say, I simply don’t enter those competitions.