Verulam Writers' Circle The St Albans writers' group
By writers, for writers
Are you a writer based in or around St Albans? Are you seeking a little inspiration? Or maybe some high quality critique to help bring your work up to scratch? Or workshops to hone your writing skills? Do you want to be among people who understand what is to to be a writer? Then Verulam Writers' Circle is for you. Come and join us.
Veracity Summer 2017
As well as joining our meetings, writers can benefit from the secure and friendly member area of this website. Why not have a browse of Veracity, our newsletter?Our latest competition
The Theme of the Competition is Human Weaknesses. Take one or more of the seven deadly sins: gluttony, sloth, lust, wrath, pride, envy and greed then weave a story to intrigue us all. It can be of any genre - romance, crime, zombie etc. But make the sin the centre of the story. Casual reference to it along the way will not be appreciated. You could take more than one sin, attach them to different characters and look at the consequences. Prizes will of course be awarded for excellent writing as well as relevance to the theme.News Feeds
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Writers and Artists short story competition
This competition will be of interest to writers. Bear in mind the value of the Writers' and Artists' Yearbooks.
This Weeks Writing Tip (3)
Reading your work out loud is one of the simplest methods of detecting where your writing is in danger of rambling, or has sentence structures that sound awkward or dialogue that comes across as unnatural. Stand up while you read and project your voice. Try it, it really works.
(Steve Barley)
Put a smile on your face (2)
In the bookstore I asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self- help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
