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Whittaker Round 5-7 and Slingink
Well, what can I say. Started a story for Round 5 of Whittaker and didn’t finish it. Wrote a poem that I quite liked and it got disqualified because it was over the line limit (doh – hint double check the rules, people!).
But for Round 6 I managed both a story and a poem – last minute as usual so fully expecting to do fantastically well!!
Now we are on round 7 (of 9) and I have decided that I will use the picture prompt for both rounds – you can see the picture that will inspire me here. Freaky, huh. Let’s hope I can do it justice.
Been busy on Slingink processing new registrations to the site and entries to our competitions – Slingink Shorts (now closed) and The Slingink Prize (closes July 31st).
Also hoping to start receiving submissions to the e-zine I’m hoping to launch on my birthday in August so please check out the Submission Guidelines.
Round 4 and oops
Well, I didn’t do very well with ScriptFrenzy. After my initial mad bank holiday writing dash everything went quiet. Work and life and getting ill got in the way. Going to keep working on the Script anyway, then turn it back into a novel after. I am reducing my hours at work over the summer so hopefully that will give me both the creative head space plus the actual time to do a bit more writing.
My Round 4 poem is submitted (did rubbish with round 3 one). Part way through a story so not sure if that will get done by tonight.
Not on the topic of writing. I scratched my new car this week. Sniff. Gutted and very angry with myself. Looking at a few hundred to fix that. Also have bronchitis for the bank holiday weekend so feeling a bit sorry for myself. But, on the plus side, 3 day week next week and going to see Wendy Cope read her poetry on Monday.
Round 3
What a week!
Work has been manic this week so I didn’t manage to get my Whittaker fiction entry written. I’d started something but didn’t want to get another hideous score by not having time to edit properly. I’ll get a 0 but that’s ok.
I had already written and submitted the poem so fingers crossed for that one.
Need to consider if I’m going to submit my Dorrie’s poem for publication. Not had any feedback on it though. Ah well, you’ve got to be brave sometime.
Not done anymore on the script but will try and do some more later.
May til August I’m dropping one day at work so hoping that I will achieve lots more with my writing.
Round 2 results
Well the round 2 Whittaker results are out and my poem did OK. Same marks as last time at least and midway on the scoreboard. Just got judge’s comment and they are pretty spot on, will have to reconsider the end.
Fiction not so good, barely scraped half marks and I’m right at the bottom of the scoreboard. I will suck it up and post it for comment, after I get the judges comments, who knows maybe it just needed to be longer!!!
But, I enjoyed writing both and I think my head is just not up to intricate story plotting at the moment.
No more pages on my Script, have a nasty chest infection so not felt up to much. I did do a bit of sorting through receipts and journals today so feel more cleansed. Will try and tackle some more of my script and my round 3 story over the weekend, just wonder if I’ll go higher or lower next round.
Productive Bank Holiday Weekend
Well, I do like this not being at work lark. It does wonders for the creativity.
I have my round 3 Whittaker poem finished and sent (round closes 17th April).
I have my round 3 Whittaker story half drafted (will probably end up cutting that one a little finer).
Also have my poem for Dorrie’s challenge on Slingink all sent – on the theme of new fairytales.
And typed up 16 pages of my April ScriptFrenzy Script. Some of it is adapting from a part written novel but some willl be writing fresh. Given myself the target of 20 pages by the end of today.
Also plan to tidy today though so we will wait and see about that one.
Happy Writing people.
