2nd February was
the deadline for our first competition of the year: Flash Fiction in
exactly 250 words. The tight word count didn't inhibit the variety of
approach, and there was a startling range of genres: comedy, drama,
tragedy, love, murder, genocide with a variety of protagonists,
including Nigerian warlords, holocaust survivors and a coin of the
realm. In all, there were 27 entries with 23 being read out on the night.
In the second half, members
were given a scenario: 'A group of writers are in a hotel room
reading their work when suddenly the lights go out and they are
plunged into darkness. What happens next?' We worked alone or in small
groups, and the results revealed some members had been murdered while
others had encountered a range of ingeniously construed situations.
Most – but not all – had happy endings.
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