When we're talking literature, you know that form is important. First, you make sure you are using the grammar and punctuation properly so that it isn't just you (provided you do) understand what you have written, so that readers can enjoy the power of your words.
Another aspect is the choice of words: repetitions, ambiguities, cacophony... are some of the effects you want to avoid in order to make the reading more pleasant. Look out for those. Whereas you may feel proud of having produced a 500-page manuscript, if most of it is straw it isn't that great. Less is more. So get armed with some knowledge about what you can do with words. To begin with, here is an interesting list of superfluous bits that we tend to add to our writs. They're like sugar, the more you use the more you want to use, but then comes your guest, tries your dish, and the shock sends them into an insulin coma. Measure your ingredients.
wordcentral is a friendly, informal group who meet to read and discuss our work and share information, contacts and news. Writers of all genres are welcome – fiction, plays, poetry, non-fiction – come along and find out what we're like. We meet on the First and Third Thursday of the month from 6pm to 8pm at the St Sidwell's Centre, Exeter.
It's that time of the year again...
We're having our 2016 AGM in a couple of weeks, and we're excited about it, because we want it to be meaningful and productive. We're going to review what we've been up to, we're going to plan what we're going to do next, we have some interesting stuff lined up... We want the group to be more active and take initiatives, starting with the small bits -hoping to upload an updated group photo soon!- going on with the meaty parts, creating activities for development that will help our meetings be useful tools to keep our creative juices flowing; and then bigger stuff: events. We're preparing something special, so stay tuned to know more about it.
In the meanwhile, remember you're invited to join us in the fun at St Sidwell's every first and third Thursday of each month at 6pm. Refreshments provided!
Hoping to see you around soon.
In the meanwhile, remember you're invited to join us in the fun at St Sidwell's every first and third Thursday of each month at 6pm. Refreshments provided!
Hoping to see you around soon.
The Bard of Exeter
There is a tradition in Exeter in which a Bard is elected for a year and a day. The official title of this post is Bardic Chair of Caer Wyse, and those who aspire to fill it participate in a competition in which they perform poems, songs, or stories, and they also explain what they intend to do for Exeter as Bard, then the audience votes for their favourite. For instance, Simon Williams created in 2013 the Broadsheet, a newsletter brimming with work of poets from Devon and Cornwall.
This year the election takes place again at the Bike Shed Theatre, on Sunday, 12th March 2017 at 7.30 pm. That's this coming Sunday, so if you don't want to miss it go buy or book a ticket before they run out!
For details about this interesting part of Exeter history, read more at bardofexeter.weebly.com.
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