General Chat

Ann and BC have a great time away :)) ( take notes of anything inspiring lol.. !)

Oh yes, please keep sending. I like to come back to an interesting in box.

I shall be away for a few days also, so I shall respond to any writing sent to me, when I get back. Please keep sending:-) BCXX

No, I have just had another look and nothing in my in box from helen. Except for a critique of my 2 pieces sent out this weekend.

I will be away from tomorrow so please don't worry if you don't get an acknowledgement from me. I don't think we have internet access this time. Some horrible person has messed the broadband up apparently.

Yes Rose, that sounds very fair. At the moment it is like sending out into a void with some people.

Hi everyone

I've not received your latest writing Helen,but rest assured I will acknowledge it,as always :O)
Sorry you were hurt...I would have been too if 'said' to me.

Thanks for new suggestions Rose. I'm about to finish my story so will keep them in mind.
...and I do agree with what you say Rose,sounds fair to me.

Hi Helen I have received thankyou, I will drop you an email with the people I am currently sending out to (it's the same as Ann except that I have forwarded to SRS) .

In future I think it's only fair to the regular writers to make it clear that if someone wishes to read work but not write anything , then they do at very least acknowledge and preferably'critique' what is sent to them. Or if they can't commit to either writing or critiquing due to lack of time, that they drop out until they can? Does that sound fair to everyone?

I have not received anything yet Helen.


The last time I started a story with......... Rose it ended with me writing 88000 words.

Hi everyone, I just sent out a small piece. If you don't get it please pm me.

I would be so grateful if we could decide who is in and who is out of our group.

A while back I sent something out to everyone, only to get a reply from someone "Do I know you?" which was a bit hurtful.

To avoid this in future please let's sort out a new list.

Ideas :)

Deceit...yours or someone else's.

Begin a story with the line ( or based on) "When i was young and the world seemed full of promise"

Write a piece using the following words: Time, renew, solitude, sanctuary, choice.

add: just sent an email round with an idea, if anyone wants to have a go and needs a subject this week :)

I could do with some suggestions fro a new title, please:

Here's one : "The Last Thing I Read".

I'll have a scout to see if I can find anything else. Please offer suggestions as I don't seem to be able to write without someone else's suggestion! Thank-you.

Helen x

Woke up and could not get back to sleep..urgh....
I have received quite a few writings and apologise to everyone for not felling. As you know I have been quite unwell, getting better now, so will try to go through them all and send my views. However if I do not reply to everyone please forgive me, I may have deleted them or even mislaid them or deleted them, ...

However I will start behaving from today!

Thank-you, Rose.

Helen x

Hello all :)

Helen I forwarded your piece to Peter (and also to SRS who I am relaying work to at present), think a revision of the list is needed now. Will try and get some feedback from those who receive but don't write or critique.

Bridget no set number of words, whatever comes is fine !

Rose xx

At last the comp is back on line. We never know when we are going to loose internet connection or when it comes back.

I have not been to well in the last 6 to 9 months as some of you know so I feel a little nervous but next week I shall start writing. I recall now how the system works so will write a short piece first if that is ok. Is there a minum number of words required.
Sorry for all my questions / queries

Hi everyone. I have just been browsing back the last few pages and it looks like we have at least 11 in our group at the moment!!! I don't think I sent my last piece about the cockerel to 11 people so, if you didn't receive it, I apologise! Please send me a pm and I will update my list again!

Helen x

Just go and develop that idea BC.

Afternoon all and welcome back Bridget and also Wend's BIL (if he joins! lol). I am having a creative lull right now. I find I write in spurts and then sit back! But I have an idea:-)...Hope all your juices are flowing if that doesn't sound too rude. lol BC XX

Bridget, you have obviously got confused. I can understand that, I live in a permanent state of confusion Lol!!

What we do is. We send out our writing to all on our list. We then wait for those who have received it to e mail back (not on the thread) to say a)they have received it and b) to give encouragement or constructive criticism etc.

Nothing of our writing goes on the thread. Only the members of the writing group get to see any of the writing, it is not put on the open forum.

Is that OK? If you need a further explanation just say. glad you have received them anyway.

Morning All
I agree Ann as I've not had two or three replies to stuff I've sent out.

Bridget, we send out wrtings via email,privately.....not straight onto the threads here.

Mau