tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-962371820684138842024-03-14T01:11:27.033-07:00Fairfield Writers Group-QueenslandA blog where you will find everything to do with writing and much moreFairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-28179627046382435332013-01-30T06:25:00.003-08:002013-01-30T06:25:58.641-08:00New Website Up and Running<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi! There Readers - at long last our new Website is up and running. Here is the link </span><a href="http://fairfieldwritersgroupqld.org/"><span style="font-size: large;">fairfieldwritersgroupqld.org</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> We at Fairfield Writers Group think it's great. Please check it out and feel free to give comments; we would love to hear your opinions</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hi! there faithful readers – as you will have noticed our
blog has had very few posts in the last few months. You’ve probably been
wondering what has happened to our writing group. Due to sickness and a brand
new baby the blog has been sadly neglected. However, we are getting a brand new
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<span class="userContent">Last Saturday Fairfield Writers Group was treated to a writing workshop at the Fairfield Library. The workshop was presented by Brisbane author Bill Youat-Pine author of "The Groundsman" and "The Militia Man's Tale". It was excellent! We all learnt things to improve our writing and had a great day as well.</span><br />
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Members $20 per head</span></span></span><br />
</strong>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-39188754527928921522012-01-24T23:24:00.000-08:002012-01-24T23:24:10.209-08:00COMPETITIONS<img alt="00365168.gif" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900365168.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00365168.gif" width="96" /><img alt="00365168.gif" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900365168.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00365168.gif" width="96" /><img alt="00365168.gif" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900365168.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00365168.gif" width="96" /><img alt="00365168.gif" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900365168.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00365168.gif" width="96" /><img alt="00365168.gif" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900365168.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00365168.gif" width="96" /><img alt="00365168.gif" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900365168.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00365168.gif" width="96" /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The Stringybark Short Story Award</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.stringybarkstories.net/" target="_blank">www.stringybarkstories.net</a><br />
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The <a class="class1" href="http://www.stringybarkstories.net/The_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award/Twisted_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award_2012.html" title="Twisted_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award_2012.html"><span class="style_4">Twisted Stringybark Short Story Award 2012</span></a><span class="style_5"> </span>is awarded for a short story with a nifty twist at the end. All genres accepted.<br />
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</div><div class="paragraph_style">Stringybark Short Story Awards cordially invites all writers, including our international friends, to put their hand to writing a short story in 1500 words or fewer. </div><div class="paragraph_style"><br />
</div><div class="paragraph_style">The <a class="style_4" href="http://www.stringybarkstories.net/The_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award/Twisted_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award_2012.html" title="Twisted_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award_2012.html">Twisted Stringybark Short Story Award 2012</a> offers the winner A$300 cash, a certificate, publication in hardcopy and/or electronically and a copy of the book. Second place receives A$125 cash, a certificate, publication in hardcopy and/or electronically and a copy of the book. Third place, A$50 cash, a certificate and publication in hardcopy and/or electronically and a copy of the book.</div><div class="paragraph_style"><br />
</div><div class="paragraph_style">There is an entry fee of A$9.75 for one story, A$18 for two or A$25.00 for a maximum of three stories. This can be paid via PayPal or Direct Deposit. See the<a href="http://www.stringybarkstories.net/The_Stringybark_Short_Story_Award/Payment.html" title="Payment.html"> payment page</a> for details.</div><div class="paragraph_style"><br />
</div>Stories <span class="style_4">must</span> be sent via email. Closing date for entries is <span class="style_4">4 March 2012. </span>Winners will be notified by <span class="style_4">16 April 2012.</span><br />
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<div align="center" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sleepytown Press is having a contest to find an "unpublished" <br />
NEW VOICE <br />
in Fiction and Children's Picture Bo</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #3366ff; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">oks.</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18pt;"></span></b></div><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
<b>This contest is in honor of our 2nd Anniversary. We are going to select “two” winners, one each in the category of Fiction and Children’s Picture Book. Fiction Novels may be any genre and Adult or YA. <br />
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We will start accepting Fiction and Children’s Picture Book entries on January 1, 2012. (Ending February 14th, 2012.)</b><br />
The Contest will award <b>two grand prizes</b>: one for Fiction and one for Children’s Picture Books. Each winner will receive a publishing contract with Sleepytown Press at no cost to the winners. <br />
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #3333ff; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">This contest is open to authors who have not been published in book form.<br />
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*Click on NEW VOICE "Contest" at the left for more information.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
<b>Open submissions for manuscripts will begin on January 1, 2012 and run through February 14, 2012.</b> If you're an unpublished author, this is for you. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">You could be that “New Voice.”<br />
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Email your submission to</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #000099; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> <a href="mailto:sleepytownpress@yahoo.com" title=""><span style="color: red;">sleepytownpress@yahoo.com</span></a> (Include the information listed on the "NEW VOICE" page at the left.)</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #990000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">The Picture Book Winner will be published in April.<br />
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The Fiction Winner will be published in June.</span><br />
Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-7726114722919129442012-01-24T22:49:00.000-08:002012-01-24T22:49:16.060-08:00MEMBER CORNER<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">P</span><span style="color: orange;">o</span><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: purple;">e</span><span style="color: lime;">m</span><span style="color: blue;">s</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">By Trevor Mckell </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><img alt="Decorated Christmas tree" height="192" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MB900436386.jpg" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="Decorated Christmas tree" width="192" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">CHRISTMAS</span></b><br />
Christmas is a surprising time<br />
When presents appear that are mine<br />
Now I am older, the situation has changed<br />
Extra kilos are all that I gain.<br />
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<b><span style="color: lime;">SHORT SKIRTS</span></b><br />
Walking in the city on a sunny day<br />
One sees many people in a rush<br />
Business men suited to earn their pay<br />
Delivery people darting in a hush<br />
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None warrant much attention<br />
But my eyes are darting in all direction<br />
Looking at a young man in a smart shirt<br />
And then the amazing mini skirt.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">UMBRELLA</span></b><br />
All up and down and most are round<br />
Some are small while others huge<br />
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I prefer the golf umbrella<br />
Though that’s not a sport for this fella<br />
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That many are plain is not a worry<br />
As my Tucan handle sends all in a flurry.</div>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-25848537069815190392012-01-24T21:22:00.000-08:002012-01-24T23:06:42.844-08:00WRITING SERVICES<div style="color: #660000;"><div style="color: magenta;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Animation image of a woman sitting on a stack of books" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900283631.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="Animation image of a woman sitting on a stack of books" width="96" /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Publishing </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #20124d; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Spectacle Publishing.</span></span></b> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.spectaclemag.com%20/"><span style="color: red;">www.spectaclemag.com </span></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br />
</span></span></b></div></div>Spectacle Publishing Media Group is the culmination of intrepid dreams and daring. Founded by writers, to help writers share their stories, SPMG specializes in eBook and traditional print publication.<br />
SPMG was founded on the principle belief that great writing sells itself. We love to work with new authors and are here to help those just entering the publishing arena. Our combined experience in story telling and editing are at your disposal! Send us a query today and get writing!<br />
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</span></a></div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Paragraph Planet-UK</span></b></div><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><pre style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.paragraphplanet.com/"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: red;">www.paragraphplanet.com</span></span></a></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Paragraph Planet, the website which publishes a </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">75-word piece of writing daily, now has a </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Writing Group </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">and Book Group Directory map on the site. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The website is visited by aspiring writers and published </span></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">authors.It now features sequels, author info, exclusive </span></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">interviews.</span></pre></pre></pre></pre><div style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"> </span></div><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="color: lime; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BOOKPAL</span></b></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.bookpal.com.au/">www.bookpal.com.au </a></span></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Publishing company-services include</b></i>: </span></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Book Marketing</span></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Print on Demand</span></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Book Design</span></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Book Distribution </span></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Book Printing</span></div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Children's Books</span>
<b><span style="color: blue;">CHILDRENS BOOK PUBLISHING</span></b>
<a href="http://www.childrens-book-publishing.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">www.childrens-book-publishing.com</span></a>
Editing and publishing children's books.
</div><div class="ecxyiv9862474MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><img alt="00356587.gif" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900356587.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00356587.gif" width="96" /><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div></pre></pre><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"> EDITING</span></b></div><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">A WOMAN'S WRITE</span></b></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: lime;"><a href="http://www.awomanswrite.com/"><span style="color: blue;">www.awomanswrite.com</span></a></span></b></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: lime; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span></b>Provides editing services. </pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: green; font-family: Andy;">Affordable Manuscript Assessments</span></span></b></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: green; font-family: Andy; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Manuscript assessment</span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b></span></pre><pre style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Strengths ~ Weaknesses and Possible Problems ~ Specific Advice</span></pre></pre><span style="color: green; font-family: Andy; font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-89165076098351114152012-01-24T20:58:00.000-08:002012-01-24T20:58:24.687-08:00Christmas Party 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #0b5394; text-align: center;">Our Christmas party was held at Yeronga Services Club.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #bf9000; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Everyone was all smiles as we celebrated another successful writing year!</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; color: #bf9000; text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Helga,Anne D and Maxine</span><span style="color: purple;"> happily waiting for their Christmas lunch</span></b>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">The group chatting away before the food arrives.</span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;"> </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Anne,Vera and Jennifer smiling for the camera.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Maarten enjoying the Christmas party.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Big smiles from Maxine and Anna.</b></td></tr>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">second anthology </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Life's a Roller Coaster </span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>on the 15th of October 2011.</strong></span></div></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span> <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Writers Helga Parl, Findlay McKenchie, Lorraine Cobcroft, Maarten Wijinberg, Lou Bromley, Jennifer Nosovich and Anna Arnold were there to sign and mingled<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Guest speakers Queensland Author Estelle Pinney, Sophie Overtett from the Queensland Writers Centre and for the second time, Councillor Nicole Johnston<br />
were there to celebrate the completion of the book.</div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">The atmosphere was incredible.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Many people came to support the launch which was a big success.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">What a day! </div> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Anna Arnold welcoming the guests.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Queensland author Estelle Pinney opened the launch.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Jennifer Nosovich mingling with the crowd..</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Jennifer Nosovich signing books.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Helga Parl with her readers.</em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Estelle Pinney enjoying the book.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Maarten Wijnberg taking a moment to sign a book.</span></em></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">Lorraine Cobcroft and Anna Arnold,all smiles at a wonderful day!</span></em></td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-53490656014924124522011-11-08T21:35:00.000-08:002012-01-24T20:26:51.771-08:00NEXT FWG MEETING<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NEXT FWG MEETINGS</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="00172570.gif" height="192" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MB900172570.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="00172570.gif" width="192" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Held 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month</span></div> <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>12th of November 2011</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Exercise Group-10.30am</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anthology Group-12.00pm<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Novel/Short Group-10.30am</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: medium;">Last meeting of the year-Fun Workshop</span></b></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Flashing holly decoration for Christmas" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900354706.gif" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="Flashing holly decoration for Christmas" width="96" /><b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: medium;">C<span style="color: red;">H</span><span style="color: yellow;">R</span><span style="color: cyan;">I</span><span style="color: purple;">S</span><span style="color: #20124d;">T</span><span style="color: orange;">M</span><span style="color: #e06666;">A</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">S</span> <span style="color: #660000;">P</span><span style="color: #7f6000;">A</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">R</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">T</span><span style="color: #274e13;">Y</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>14th of January 2012</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Goal setting meeting. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="color: black; text-align: center;"></div></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">This month we are repeating the same workshop we did in October 2011 but with a twist!</span></div><div></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">This time what ever 3/4 items you got last time you will pass them over to someone else.</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Let's see what other story will come out of the same items.</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Just to remind you, below is the the info on last months workshop.</span></div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Please bring three items to the meeting (preferably small items that can be carried in a shopping bag or handbag). </span></div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="color: #3d85c6;">These will be pooled and redistributed randomly, so that each participant ends up with three different items. These items must be contained in and play a significant role in a story that you will write in the first hour of the meeting, and be critiqued in the second hour. </div><div style="color: #3d85c6;"></div><div style="color: #3d85c6;">Eg. Let's say you end up with a picture of a woman, a a red scarf, a pair of handcuffs...then you might write a story in which the woman in the picture is a high class prostitute....she gets a call from a customer called Mr B.....he wants something special....that involves handcuffs and a red scarf....well you get the picture. Of course if you get something like a mobile phone, a comb, and a a pencil.,..it might be a lot of difficult to write a story in an hour using those items</div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">This meeting we will have a fun workshop!</span></div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal">Please bring three items to the meeting (preferably small items that can be carried in a shopping bag or handbag). </div><div align="left" class="ecxMsoNormal"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">SECOND Anthology</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">then here is your last chance so </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><em><strong>don't miss out!</strong></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"></span></em></strong></div><div aria-live="polite" class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowboxCaption" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong><span style="color: red;"><em>Life's a Roller Coaster</em> </span></strong></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong><span style="color: red;">is a collection </span></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong><span style="color: red;">NINE short stories </span></strong></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong><span style="color: red;">exploring </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: red;">the uncertainty and excitement </span></span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="color: red;">of what life can </span><span style="color: red;">bring. </span></span></strong></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some of the writers will be reading from their stories and signing books on the night.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Copies of the anthongy will be on sale.</span></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Registration for this event is open from </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday 7th of October to Sun 30th of October</span></em><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><strong>When:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday 1st November 2011</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.avidreader.com.au/index.php?option=com_google_maps&Itemid=49" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Avid Reader Bookshop</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> , </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">193 Boundary Road, West End, Qld 4101 </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">6pm – 8pm</span><br />
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</div><span style="color: red;"></span>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-40203547222105010702011-09-11T15:39:00.000-07:002011-10-06T17:10:16.608-07:00BOOK LAUNCH 2011<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">FAIRFIELD WRITERS GROUP</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">PRESENTS</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">"LIFE'S A ROLLER COASTER" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">BOOK LAUNCH</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt;"><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: black;">$19.95 (plus </span></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><b>$2.70 to any address in Australia</b></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt;"><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: black;">) at the launch or from selected retailers</span>.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 20pt;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">To pre order your copy, please email </span></b></span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><a href="mailto:fairfield_writers@yahoo.com.au"><span style="color: red; font-family: Times New Roman;">fairfield_writers@yahoo.com.au</span></a></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Seven local writers of Fairfield Writers Group are launching their 2nd short story anthology.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">When</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday 15 October 2011</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Time</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">11am – 1pm, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Venue</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Brisbane City Council Library </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 180 Fairfield Road, Fairfield.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">The anthology explores the ups and downs of life: life versus death; nature as destructive versus comforting; adversity versus hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: black;">Noted Queensland author and Patron of the Society of Women Writers, Estelle Pinney said of the anthology:</span> </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">“It’s a roller coaster of fact and story-telling fiction. A thoroughly enjoyable read.”</span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Estelle Pinney will be joined by Sophie Overett from QWC and local councillor for Tennyson, Nicole Johnston, to officiate at the launch and hear the authors read extracts from their stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><br />
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</span>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-34082839139107146032011-09-10T00:35:00.000-07:002011-09-10T00:35:48.507-07:00QUOTE FOR THE MONTH<div class="ecxfooter-quote" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> <img alt="Man wearing glasses reading a book" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900284013.gif" style="vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="Man wearing glasses reading a book" width="96" /></span></div><div class="ecxfooter-quote" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life, </span></i></b></div><div class="ecxfooter-quote" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog. </span></i></b></div><div class="ecxfooter-quote" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763;"><b><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">- </span></i></b><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">Stephen King</span></b></span><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></b></div>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-29438820533090318982011-09-10T00:30:00.000-07:002011-09-10T00:30:06.315-07:00NEXT FWG MEETING<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;">NEXT FWG MEETINGS</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>24th of September 2011</strong></span></span></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Novel/Short Group-10.30am</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Anthology Group-12.00pm<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>8th of October 2011</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Exercise Group-10.30am</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anthology Group-12.00pm</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">15th of October 2011</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">ANTHOLOGY 2011 BOOK LAUNCH</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>22th of October 2011</strong></span></span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Novel/Short Group-10.30-12pm</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: cyan;"><strong><span style="color: cyan;"><strong><span style="color: magenta;">VENUE:</span></strong></span></strong></span></span><span style="color: cyan;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></strong></span></div><br />
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<strong><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fairfield Library</span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre<br />
180 Fairfield Road<br />
FAIRFIELD Q 4103</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div></strong>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-6292964714051004422011-09-10T00:15:00.000-07:002011-09-10T00:22:48.114-07:00COMPETITIONS<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;"><img alt="Gold cup trophy award" height="192" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MB900440398.jpg" style="vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="Gold cup trophy award" width="192" /></span></strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">Third National Republican Short Story Competition</span></strong> </span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Blog: </span><a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"> <br />
W: </span><a href="http://www.republic.org.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">http://www.republic.org.au</span></span></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Batang;"><strong>Closes 6 November 2011<br />
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Third National Republican Short Story Competition</strong></span><br />
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</strong>Entry: $11.99<br />
Length: 2000-4000 words<br />
First Prize: $500<br />
Details at </span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">E: </span><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:fiction@republic.org.au" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">fiction@republic.org.au</span></a><br />
</span><span style="font-family: "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The theme for the <b>Third National Republican Short Story Competition</b> is 'Citizen or Subject'. Short stories will speculate on Australian republican futures. They don't have to be political thrillers or constitutional whodunits as long as they are an exploration of our future, our republican future.</span><br />
<div class="ecxyiv1736733511MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="ecxyiv1736733511MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The 2011 judges are novelist Thomas Keneally, Professor John Warhurst (ANU) and Professor George Williams (UNSW). <br />
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<b>Send entries to:</b>Australian Republican Movement<br />
PO Box 87<br />
Geebung Q 4034</span><br />
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<div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: large;"><b>Inaugural Writing Australia </b></span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Unpublished Manuscript Award</span> </b></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0068cf; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="http://writingaustralia.org.au/" target="_blank">http://writingaustralia.org.au/</a></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-right: 2.2pt;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #000001;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The Award, to aid in the development of the next stage of an unpublished manuscript, is for a work of adult literary or genre fiction. It will be granted to the work that shows the greatest promise and likely to benefit most from this opportunity.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-right: 2.2pt;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000 and, in consultation with organisers, will be offered a suitable mentor selected from some of Australia’s best authors.</span></div><div style="margin-right: 2.2pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-right: 28.3pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>The Judges</b></span><u></u><u></u></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> </span></span><a href="mailto:tategal@bigpond.net.au"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Valerie Parv</b></span></span></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="color: black;"><b>,</b> international best-selling author, is a successful writer of romance and non-fiction. Valerie’s books have sold more than twenty-six million copies internationally, and been translated into over twenty languages from Russian to Japanese and Icelandic.</span></span></span></a></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Mark Macleod</b></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"> is a Senior Lecturer in English at Charles Sturt University and well known as a Television and Radio Presenter. Mark was Project Manager of ‘My Favourite Book’ for ABCTV. He published books for young readers and for adults under his own name imprint at Hodder Headline.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b>Peter Bishop</b></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><b> </b>is one of Australia’s most effective writing teachers and mentors. Working with Australia’s leading authors he has enjoyed outstanding success as the Creative Director of Varuna -The Writers’ House in the Blue Mountains - from 1994 to 2010. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Applications close: </span></span></span><span style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Thursday 13 October 2011</span></span></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Entry form: </span></span><span style="color: #0068cf; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><a href="http://writingaustralia.org.au/" target="_blank">http://writingaustralia.org.au/</a></span></div></div>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-32084494266581845962011-09-10T00:13:00.000-07:002011-09-10T00:13:28.391-07:00COMING EVENTS 2011<img alt="Animated image of multiple fireworks" height="96" src="https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/MR900336545.gif" style="vertical-align: text-bottom;" title="Animated image of multiple fireworks" width="96" /><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Writers Festivals and Events 2011</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Australia</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bclbooks.com.au/festivals.htm">http://bclbooks.com.au/festivals.htm</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><ul><li><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>7 to 11 September 2011</strong></span> - <strong><a href="http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/">Brisbane Writers Festival</a></strong> </div></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"></div><ul><li><span style="color: red;"><strong>7 to Sunday 11 September</strong></span> - <a href="http://www.writearoundthemurray.org.au/"><strong>Write Around the Murray Festival</strong></a> - in Albury, New South Wales.</li>
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<ul><li><span style="color: red;"><strong>2nd to 5th October 2011</strong></span> - <strong><a href="http://www.asla.org.au/pd/conference/">Australian School Library Association XXII Biennial Conference</a></strong></li>
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A limerick represents the lighter side of literature.<br />
It represents the fun part as a joke represents the fun in our life.<br />
Like a joke, it can be sad or emotional whilst still giving a smile.<br />
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History suspect that the origin of the limerick lies with a group of Irish soldiers (from a town called Limerick), that were returning from a battle in France in 1700. In literature Edward Lear is considered the father of the Limerick.<br />
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A limerick is a kind of witty, humorous nonsense poem with a strict rhythm scheme.<br />
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It is a five line poem containing a three lines rhymed triplet and a two lines rhymed couplet.<br />
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The pattern of the rhymes is a-a-b-b-a, with lines 1, 2, and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming.<br />
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Lines 3 and 4 having 2 beats and rhyming. The cadans of the beats are as important as the rhyming.<br />
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The pun of the poem is mostly in line five<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Example: by C Alan Beber</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The limerick is fugitive and mean</div><div style="text-align: center;">You must keep her in close quarantine</div><div style="text-align: center;">For she sneaks to the slums </div><div style="text-align: center;">And promptly becomes</div><div style="text-align: center;">Disorderly, drunk and obscene</div>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96237182068413884.post-42001527016277954252011-09-09T05:44:00.000-07:002011-09-09T05:55:20.410-07:00WRITING EXERCISE FOR SEPTEMBER 2011<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">EXERCISE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Write a report a 350 word report the following story :<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<h2 align="center" style="margin: 12pt 0cm 3pt; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Road Turned, the Car Didn't</span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></h2><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">The roads were curved. The night was dark. I was lost. I didn't own a cell phone. I was still in high school. My boyfriend was calling my cousin, who just HAD to live in the middle of nowhere, trying again to get instructions.<br />
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I made it up the windy road only to find a dead end and not my cousin's house. I made a U-turn and began the descent down the road and then...I still don't know what happened. I caught some dirt, didn't quite turn and as I tell people when they ask about my car, "the road turned..I didn't."<br />
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I landed upside down in a ravine. Thankfully it was someone's yard. We knocked on their doorbell and were greeted by a smiling couple, "Did you land in our yard?" the man asked as the woman welcomed us in, "Not to worry. Second time this month. If we knew you were coming we would have saved dinner! Would you like some desert?"<br />
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How awful that the road is so poorly designed this family is used to cars landing upside down in their backyard! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.car-accident-advice.com/the-road-turned-the-car-didnt.html<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>OR<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Write a 350 word story on the following report :<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt 36pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2; text-align: center;"><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">“Turnaround not working, resident claims<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">West End residents are concerned a $1.5 million bus turnaround, built by the Brisbane City Council, is going to waste. </span></i></strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">West End residents are concerned a $1.5 million bus turnaround, built by the Brisbane City Council, is going to waste.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The turnaround, on the corner of Hoogley and Orleigh streets, was built to prevent the CityGlider using a surrounding group of residential streets, Morry St, Gray Rd and Hoogley St, as a make-shift turnaround.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Gloria Collie, 41, said buses were still using the streets and banking on Hoogley St, even when spaces were available at the bus turnaround.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">She said residents already had to endure frequent 192 and 199 buses and that the CityGlider services to Teneriffe had added more noise pollution.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"It's not just engine noise, it's the breaking and acceleration noises," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ms Collie said safety was also a concern as residents had trouble crossing the streets.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"Our community is very diverse, there are elderly people, lots of children and people who are disabled," Ms Collie said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">However, Brisbane City Council public and active transport chairman Julian Simmonds said all CityGlider buses should utilise the turnaround.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He claimed the turnaround had "halved" the number of buses travelling on suburban streets.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"The only instance where they wouldn't utilise the turnaround would be if the stop was filled up and they had to go ... into Hoogley St to the hold up bays," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">He said residents should write to him if buses were avoiding the turnaround when spaces were available.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"If they were going to Hoogley St when there was space at the bus stop ... we would have to address that with the individual driver concerned," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ms Collie said residents also wanted to reduce the number of 192 and 199 buses travelling in local streets.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">However, a Translink spokesman said they were not considering changes.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
<div style="background: white;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Translink spokesman said inbound services departed from a stop on Orleigh St, beyond the turnaround, so they were unable to return via Hoogley St.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A report should relate facts in a very direct and un-emotive manner. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In a story, you want to put the reader in a scene and let him watch events take place, observe the characters, hear their tone of voice as well as what they say. Let him observe the setting, smell the odours, feel the character’s emotion. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the mother is called to the principal’s office to discuss her problem son, your reader is a fly on the wall. What does he see and hear? Is she shivering… white faced… red faced… pounding the desk… shouting at the principal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When she comes home to have coffee with her friend and report on the events of the day, does her friend notice, as she sets the coffee cup in front of her, </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">·</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">that the woman who always manicured her lovely nails weekly and was inevitably meticulously groomed – has ragged, broken or bitten nails with the polish half off; <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">·</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">that her hair is uncombed; <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">·</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">that she’s not wearing stockings and her legs are hairy?? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">·</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">That the hem of her skirt is hanging down or a button is missing from her blouse?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Does she worry, wondering if her friend looked like that when she went to the school. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Is she concerned what people might think?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Is her friend teary-eyed as she tells what happened, or resigned. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Did the principal notice that she wasn’t the elegant, poised, self-assured woman who came to enrol her son a year ago?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did he notice that was different?</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the man kicks the dog, how does the dog react. Is his yelp high pitched, or does he give a low, threatening growl?</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How does the girl smell? Yes, we know she isn’t bathing often enough, and has body odour, but what does the smell remind you of, specifically? Can you compare it to something specific?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Urine… or vomit perhaps?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the man is frightened, how does he show it? Does he turn pale? Does his hand shake? </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rather than REPORTING what happened, what someone saw, what someone did, etc., the story teller paints a scene and lets the reader actually experience it for themselves. If a story is well-written, the reader should finish it feeling as though they were temporarily transported into the body and mind of someone else and lived an experience as that person. You want your reader to say “Oh my goodness!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw it. I felt it. I actually lived it!” </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The following table lists some of the specific differences between a report and a story.</span><br />
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<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: currentColor; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid black; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid black; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: 1pt solid black; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><h1 style="margin: 12pt 0cm 3pt;">A REPORT</h1></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><h1 style="margin: 12pt 0cm 3pt;">A STORY</h1></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Tells (reports) facts in a direct, un-emotive manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Reveals information through the gradual unfolding of scenes in which dialog, description of reactions (and sometimes emotions) and events expose information.</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Events usually related either in time sequence or sequenced to support the order of stated premises.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Events may be related in somewhat random order to maximize suspense </div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Leaves nothing relevant out, nor delays exposure of relevant data to confuse or create suspense</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Writer deliberately selects what to include and what to leave out based on the effect desired. Delays exposure of information to maximize suspense and tension. Rearranges events so that the time sequence is incorrect but interest is maximized. </div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Forms and states judgments and conclusions (which must be backed up by argument and factual reporting</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Leaves the reader to form judgments and conclusions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does not tell them how to feel or respond.</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Facts stated rather blandly and only as far as they are specifically relevant. Eg. The weather is generally not mentioned unless it has a bearing on the conclusions in the report.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The writer seeks to paint a scene, so may comment on anything that is visible or can be sensed – even though it may be of minimal or no real importance.</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Writer draws only on the senses that detect relevant data.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Writer draws on all senses – tells what the characters saw, smelled, heard, felt – what was happening in the background, described so the reader sees it, hears it, smells it, feels it.</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Writer tells what happened. Feelings and emotions are reported only where specifically relevant and usually only to the extent that one or more subjects of the report stated their feelings or emotions. <br />
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Writer aims for maximum objectivity.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Writer unveils feelings and emotions un-objectively – unapologetically seeking to evoke specific responses in the reader, but never telling the reader how to respond. <br />
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The description must put the reader in the scene and MAKE them feel a certain way – without ever telling them to!<br />
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The reader wants to SEE the character turning white or shaking with rage; smell the coffee and toast; hear the clock ticking or the door slamming; feel the shiver running down the character’s spine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t TELL them about it. Make them experience it!</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Writer tells rather than shows.<br />
e.g.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs Jones appeared to be frightened.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Writer shows rather than tells e.g.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">He watched as the colour drained from Mrs. Jones’ face, her eyes bulged, and she began to tremble violently. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">(Note, we don’t want to tell the reader she was frightened, or that he thought she looked frightened. We want the readers to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">see</b> her reaction and make their own judgment.)</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Be clear and direct. No surprises or confusion please.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Surprises and shock endings are good!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shake the reader up a bit. May them say…”Oh my goodness!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t see that coming.”</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Suspense is not usually desirable</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Suspense is essential. Make the reader tense up, fearing what’s coming. Make him wonder! Keep him guessing. Take the tension up, then wind it down, then take it up and wind it down again. Create a roller coaster.</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Tell directly. No devices please.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Use devices. Characters discover and read a diary, find and read old letters, receive and read a letter, write a letter, hear a radio or TV announcement, see a documentary, overhear a conversation, read a newspaper article, discover a mystery friend who remembers long-forgotten events, have a dream, recall something from the past…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a thousand ways to draw out background information for the reader. </div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Use filters to make it clear who saw, heard, did, or thought what.<br />
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e.g. Mrs Jones ignored the ‘Don’t Walk’ sign and stepped off the kerb. Mr Jones reported that he saw a black car speeding toward the intersection that his wife was crossing. He said that he noted that it was heading directly towards his wife. He said he felt very frightened.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Don’t use filters. Use direct action statements instead.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">A black car sped toward the intersection. It was heading right for Mrs Jones, who had stepped recklessly off the kerb against the ‘Don’t Walk’ sign. Mr Jones, who had stopped at the lights, turned white and began to tremble violently.</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Be truthful. </div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Be creative. Add some spice. Don’t worry if it’s not quite accurate (if this is a story based on fact).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stories need excitement that goes beyond truth.</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Be credible, but understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Often truth is incredible. If something incredible is reported, be very clear and objective and note that although it seems incredible, this is, in fact, what happened</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Truth really is stranger than fiction, so often stating the truth makes a story unbelievable. Coincidences that happen in real life just don’t work in fiction. When the character goes to the other side of the world for a holiday and coincidentally runs into her elderly neighbour boarding the plane for home, the reader says ‘What utter nonsense.’ Sure, it happens in real life, but a fiction reader won’t swallow it!</div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Tell me what happened. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">E.g.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sarah took some time to respond to the knock on the door. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">When she finally did respond, the caller (a neighbour who later called police) noted that she had a black eye, a lump on her forehead, and a split lower lip.<br />
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In her statement, Sarah said that she was embarrassed and frightened that he would report her condition and bring in the authorities to interfere in her life. <br />
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She said, “I hoped if I ignored the knock, the caller would go away. I knew if I suffered in silence, Jack would become remorseful and be good to me for a while, but if he was caught out either he would take it out on me, or, if he was sent to prison, we would lose the benefit of his wages coming in and the children and I would suffer more.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Sarah confessed openly to Sergeant Bryce that while she hesitated that morning, she was formulating her plan to murder her husband by stabbing him while he slept.</div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) black black rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 221.4pt;" valign="top" width="295"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Let me (the reader) experience what happened through the character. Let me BE him or her. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Example:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Who was it? Why must they come now, of all times?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Sarah waited. “Please make them go away,” whispered to the empty room. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">She moved to the mirror and stood there, for a time, staring at that awful reflection --running her fingers over the lump on her forehead, studying the bruising around her eye, gently easing her lower lip down to measure the length of the cut and the extent of the swelling.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">She’d made no attempt to apply makeup. What was the use? Anyway, it would hurt too much. She hadn’t even bothered to comb her hair. Her bathrobe – the same one she wore last night – was blood stained around the collar.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Her ribs hurt. She wondered should she seek an X-ray. Could they be broken? They mend themselves anyway – broken ribs. The doctor told her so that time she’d lied and said she fell. He didn’t offer any treatment. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">She tried to peek through the window, but she couldn’t see the caller. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">The clock counted the minutes… loudly. Tick, tock, tick, tock. It taunted her and dared her to make the caller wait so long he would think her out, and leave. But the lights were on. The radio was blaring. The smell of burnt bacon was wafting through the open kitchen window.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Maybe she should report it herself. What would they do? If they put Jack in jail, how would she feed the kids. If they didn’t, he would beat her again for dobbing him in. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Maybe she wanted the caller to see her… report it… take it out of her hands?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But no! That would only make things worse. Jack would blame her. He would drink to drown his anger at being caught out, and then he would beat her. He would withhold housekeeping money. He would be sharp with the children. He would berate her and curse her and refuse her every request for help. It would make it so very much worse. When she suffered silently, he eventually became remorseful and was good to her… for a while. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">God, please make this visitor go away</i>!”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">And all the while, she plotted.. schemed… planned. She saw how it would all unfold, and she panted with excitement at the prospect freedom… and ultimately, peace. </div></td> </tr>
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<h3 style="margin: 12pt 0cm 3pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium;">A Useful Test:</span></h3><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Imagine you are in a theatre and your story is being played out on stage. Go through the story line by line and highlight all the bits that can’t be portrayed on the stage. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The set designer can paint backdrops or furnish sets to create the scene you described and reproduce smells. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The sound engineer can create the noises you describe. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The actors can speak the dialog you wrote and move, change facial expressions, make gestures, show a hand with broken fingernails, etc. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But mark the bits that the actors can’t act out or speak – the information that readers will get but play viewers won’t. How much of the story is highlighted. What critical information will the viewer miss out on?</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next, go through each scene and note all the questions the actors, sound engineer, and set designer will have to ask you in order to create the scene. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What didn’t you tell about the setting, and the character’s pose and expressions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No, you absolutely DO NOT want to tell it all. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Too much detail is probably worse than not enough, and no reader wants to read a lot of rambling irrelevant description about the colour of the mother’s skirt and the height of her heels. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You want to reveal a few critical titbits – enough to give the reader a feel for the important characteristics. </span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But you don’t want to leave them with no idea who this character is, what they look like, how they act, what social class they belong to… etc. They need enough to be able to picture and get to know the character – to feel like they have met them and spent enough time with them to understand them and relate to what they have been through. </span></div></div>Fairfield Writers Group-Queenslandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12690153134562837890noreply@blogger.com0