This week the centenary issue of Woman's Weekly is in the shops- you can't miss the blue and pink cover with 100 across the front. (It's dated 8th November 2011.)
It's brilliant for enthusiasts of nostalgia, or anyone interested in researching any decade of the 20th Century.
There are a couple of pages of front covers showing how they've changed and I certainly remember the pink background header title from the 70's and 80's- and the knitting patterns...
The beauty and health sections from the past were certainly an eye opener. Obviously science has brought many discoveries over one hundred years, but all I will say is I'm glad I wasn't a baby in 1916!!!
The reproduction of the first issue that's included is about A5 size and the print is small, so I'm not going to try reading the articles and stories without a magnifying glass handy. But the adverts of 1911 do make their 21st century counterparts seem quite tame...
I'm sure there will be lots of inspiration for stories from this centenary issue...
There are some links for the website given in the magazine but they don't seem to be working at the moment, but meanwhile the website can be found here.
Carol Bevitt's blog on her writing and inspirations, along with occasional literature related news...
Friday 4 November 2011
Wednesday 2 November 2011
250 Words- Why Did I worry?
The 250 words I mentioned on Monday finally came together Tuesday lunchtime.
My character was still giving me hints a couple of hours before I finalised the story.
I had actually tried three different openings in the previous fortnight, and actually those elements did feature in the final cut, so they weren't wasted.
In fact it was only as I was getting to the heart of my character that I made a discovery- it altered the angle of the story entirely...
My only problem was that by the time I had edited it to a state I was happy with, I found I had 251 words.
Now when a competition says 250 words is the maximum, then 250 words it is, so mini panic over I looked at a few of the sentences which could be jiggled around. In fact I even moved the position of one sentence completely and it worked so much better.
Eventually I found a way to lose one word, so I finally had my 250 words.
Now I can't reveal any details yet, but maybe tomorrow I will share it with you. Though no doubt I will want to rewrite it when I read it again...
My character was still giving me hints a couple of hours before I finalised the story.
I had actually tried three different openings in the previous fortnight, and actually those elements did feature in the final cut, so they weren't wasted.
In fact it was only as I was getting to the heart of my character that I made a discovery- it altered the angle of the story entirely...
My only problem was that by the time I had edited it to a state I was happy with, I found I had 251 words.
Now when a competition says 250 words is the maximum, then 250 words it is, so mini panic over I looked at a few of the sentences which could be jiggled around. In fact I even moved the position of one sentence completely and it worked so much better.
Eventually I found a way to lose one word, so I finally had my 250 words.
Now I can't reveal any details yet, but maybe tomorrow I will share it with you. Though no doubt I will want to rewrite it when I read it again...
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