Jean Fullerton's POV

This evening Norwich Writers' Circle's 2010/11 programme continued with a visit from Jean Fullerton.

The successful saga writer, who first visited us in December 2009, returned to give us a workshop on Characterisation & Viewpoint.

During the evening the visiting writer discussed the importance of characters within our chosen narrative. Jean also highlighted to us that it is vital to give each of our characters their own distinctive voice for our stories to have an impact.

The meeting proved popular with a lot of members as we were regularly given opportunities to offer our feedback, along with being able to discuss with Jean Fullerton any points of interest.

We next meet on the 5th April when Laurence Mitchell will be giving us a talk on Travel Writing.

Visiting Writers Celebration

Our recently launched YouTube channel has been updated to include a film which celebrates all the visiting writers from NWC's 2009/10 programme.

Amongst the featured writers included in the short video are Simon Scarrow, Lucy McCarraher and Jean Fullerton, the latter two of whom will be returning to the Circle in the coming months.

To view the film, simply click here.

Jean Fullerton: Making History

This evening, following her visit to us in April, Jean Fullerton returned to Norwich Writers’ Circle to adjudicate our Historical Novel Introduction Competition.

Jean was impressed by the different writing styles, and the range of historical periods covered by our competition entries. The award-winning saga writer also offered some useful pointers on how we could improve the formatting of our prose in future.

After listening to Jean’s humorous and grounded feedback, we had the opportunity to hear all the competition's winning entries.

The competition winners were:

1st

The Apothecary's Niece

by Sally Newton

Joint 2nd

The Last Weybourne Run

by Anne Funnell

Joint 2nd

Pathway To The Future

by Doreen Rosser

In additional to gaining points towards our annual Competition Cup, Sally also won a signed copy of Jean Fullerton's latest book, A Glimpse At Happiness, which available to buy now.

Next week – 8th December – is our annual Christmas Celebration in The Pierce Room. We hope to see you there.

Competition One Clarification

During our recent Open Evening, several visitors and Norwich Writers' Circle members asked for clarification of what is required for our Historical Novel Introduction Competition.

For this competition, which closes on 20th October, you will need to write the first 5 pages of an Historical Novel, using a maximum of 1,500 words.

The competition's adjudicator, Jean Fullerton, believes 'history' to cover time from 3,000BC to 1945. Jean has requested that the manuscripts are in a 12 point font, double spaced with wide margins, as standard. Finally, we have also been advised that we do not need to put the copyright symbol - © - on our entries.

For our In-House Competition Guidelines, please go here.

2009/10 Programme

Details of our 2009/10 programme are now available online.

Highlights for the year ahead include historical novelist Simon Scarrow, poet Esther Morgan, and a visit from Jean Fullerton, who will be adjudicating the Circle's first competition of the year.

Our first meeting, on 15th September, will be an Open Evening. The free evening will be a chance for the Circle to introduce themselves to new members and visitors. The meeting will also feature some readings, which will help set the scene for our Historical Novel Introduction Competition.

Further details of the programme can be seen here.

We look forward to seeing you at The Assembly House.