by paulmalone | Apr 25, 2021 | Competitions, creative writing, SWC Member Stories
Photo by Bruce Christianson on Unsplash Last month we set our members an extra special challenge over the Easter break. We ran a writing competition with a real difference. We gave them 3 writing prompts and said they must use all 3 to inspire a single story or poem...
by paulmalone | Apr 22, 2021 | creative writing, SWC Member Stories
Prompt: Write a story entitled “Treacle” where, ironically, the story’s pacing is quite the opposite – no backstory, no pondering protagonist, no narrator interjections – it howls along, leaving the reader gripped with anticipation to the big question: Why the...
by paulmalone | Apr 11, 2021 | Interview, podcast, SWC Member Stories
Photo provided by Brigid Whoriskey On this April Sunday Writers’ Club podcast we chat to SWC member Brigid Whoriskey about her writing and experiences in India, and Brigid reads her heartrending short story about a girl from the slums titled NOT ME, NOT TODAY....
by paulmalone | Mar 28, 2021 | creative writing, SWC Member Stories
Prompt: Write about a character who knows a big change in their life is coming, who can feel it in the air or in their bones. Are they excited, nervous, resentful? Are they a caterpillar, a werewolf, a teenager or a bride-to-be? Change By Connie Phlipot Dana wasn’t...
by paulmalone | Mar 25, 2021 | creative writing, SWC Member Stories
Writing inspired by the SWC creative writing prompt: Write about a character who always feels the need to keep hidden who they truly are. His Seventh Birthday By Emma Downey Ronan peered out at the coast rushing past the train window, the tide was steadily rolling in....
by paulmalone | Mar 21, 2021 | creative writing, SWC Member Stories
Writing inspired by the SWC creative writing prompt: Write a flash fiction story of no more than 250 words with the above title. What is announced and where? And what unfolds dramatically because of it? The Announcement By Connie Phlipot ALL BEARDS MUST BE...
