October 6th 2021 – Writing Fiction based On Fact – Theresa Talbot
It was quite a treat last night for GWC crime thriller writers to have the multi-talented Theresa Talbot as our guest speaker. The author, broadcaster and creative writing guru was on hand with a lively question and answer session on how she writes her crime novels inspired by true events. Considering how much she is […]
September 29th 2021 – Social Writing Evening – Paul Kelly
The inimitable Paul Kelly hosted GWC’s first Social Writing Evening last night. The idea of these is to have a more free-format approach with lots of writing and people sharing their work. However the main thrust of last night’s proceedings was focused on getting the Scottish Icon project back on track. We are hoping to […]
September 22nd 2021 – On Writing Comedy – Billy O’Hara
Last night Billy O’Hara (aka Parrot) one of GWC’s new members shared some of his thoughts on comedy writing with the group. It was a rare romp through the secret world of comedy writing and with over 35 years experience the acclaimed and award-winning writer did not disappoint. Billy began by mentioning Robert McKee’s book […]
September 8th 2021 – Another Beginning
Autumn is once more upon us, and while Spring may be the season of rebirth, autumn can be (as Laurie says) a time for new beginnings and the Greenock Writers Club is no stranger to those. El Presidente Anne emphasised this point in her zoom speech to everyone last night along with GWC’s purpose to […]
April 14th 2021 – Adjudication Short Story – Featuring Teenage Protagonist
Well the final night of our truncated, covid restricted and Zoom assisted season took place last night with Cathy McSporran adjudicating the short story competition (featuring a teenage protagonist). She was full of praise for all seven entries who all created a variety of believable teenage characters. Tony’s story of identical twins and teachers mixed […]
March 31st 2021 – Greenock Writers Club AGM
El Presidente Anne began last nights AGM with a vote of thanks to long standing committee stalwarts club secretary Isobel Watt and treasurer David McKelvie who are standing down at the end of the year after many long years of service. Grahame (our SAW representative) reported that the SAW conference at the weekend was a […]
March 17th 2021 – Adjudication Travel Article
Well last night began with the surreal sight of a giant puppy bestriding the Golden Gate bridge before tumbling adorably into Isobel’s arms (back to normal size thankfully). Zoom backgrounds have certainly been a source of entertainment for everyone this past year. Speaking of entertainment it is still not to late to register for the […]
March 3rd 2020 – Peer Editing Featuring New Dawn by Margaret Grant
Colette filled in for seamlessly for El Presidente Ann, reminding us of the upcoming SAW conference (19th – 21st March), a committee meeting next week (10th March) and that in two weeks time we should get the delayed adjudication of the Travel Article competition. All this despite the distraction of Fanziska’s cat attack – what […]
February 17th 2021 – Workshop: Show not Tell – Isobel Watt
The Paisley book festival begins on the 18th Feb https://paisleybookfest.com/ with contributions from Dave, Margaret and Isobel this year. Ann also suggested checking out The Federation of Writers Scotland https://federationofwritersscotland.com/ who are looking for entries for their short story anthology. Last night Isobel stepped into the covid breach with her excellent workshop on ‘Show […]
February 3rd 2021 – Young Adult Fiction – Cathy McSporran
News this week includes the The Paisley book festival which begins on the 18th Feb https://paisleybookfest.com/ And don’t forget the upcoming virtual SAW conference. Also Anne is doing her enlightening presentation on book covers as part of the LiteraryGlobe Zoom event – details below: Date: Friday, February 12th 2021 Time: 1830 UK Time; 1930 (Netherlands) Login: https://us04web.zoom. Meeting ID: 771 […]