Creative Writing Club Round-Up #1: 29/11/2013

Hello there! Welcome to the first ever edition of Creative Writing Club Round-Up! Here's what happened this week, documented brilliantly by ConscienceSarah:

Hey guys, it’s ConscienceSarah here! Just keeping you all updated on our literature related news.

So, today in CWC we were continuing with our task of a 100 word short story based around a fairy tale. This was originally for a competition but it’s now a bit like a challenge that no-one has cracked. The pressure is on this week though, as next week we will be reading aloud what we have so far (eek!)

More progress was made by some than others but it’s amazing what you can do when you’re fuelled by chocolate...

Cap. seems to be stuck with a bit of writer’s block but I can assure you all her ideas are in the pipeline. She spent the session helping ANT with what might turn out to be a winning story from what I’ve heard so far. Not sure whether I should give away too much as it might be posted on this blog in a few weeks but I can say that ANT turns a classic fairy tale on its head in her own dark way as she fuses it with a bit of Greek mythology!

I also asked ShoeLobber whether she enjoyed the club today. Naturally her only response was ‘I always enjoy Creative Writing Club’. Her story’s also still a work in progress but I’m sure it will be amazing after some of the awesome essays she’s pulled out of the bag in English.

Master also spent some time commenting on ANT’s unique writing style. She claims that if everyone in the club wrote about the same thing, she’d still be able to identify ANT’s. ANT is bemused by this but I think it’s something we should definitely try.

Meanwhile, DisneyLoverMolly and I decided to combine our efforts to create a story based around the Little Mermaid. However, after some good initial ideas we decided to go our separate ways due to our artistic differences. We have now decided to have a little competition, writing about the same theme but each with our own take on it. I’ll bring you the results on this next time. We also helped another member of the club in naming purple things for her story. These suggestions ranged all the way from aubergines to Cadbury World!

So that’s it for today. I thought I’d end with a book related quote and as it’s my first round-up it had to be from Harry Potter, surprisingly though it’s one of Ron’s, and a very wise one it is too:

‘When in doubt, go to the library.’