We were extremely lucky to
have the experienced journalist and author, Kathryn Flett, as the
judge for our third competition of the year. She gave insightful and
useful feedback to everyone, which included such points as:
structure, research, opening sentences, writing style and tone, pace,
clarity of purpose and target audience, working to tight word counts
and deadlines, In addition, she generously gave an honest and
revealing account of both her own career and the world of journalism
in general. Kathryn then announced the winners: first was Elizabeth
Allen's 'A Whole Planet of Possibilities', which was both current and
thought-provoking, closely followed by John Taylor's warm-hearted
piece with its excellent opening line, 'Claim to Fame'. Third was
the well-researched and informative 'On the Trail of Grey Owl' by
Diana Lock. Rachel Marsh was fourth with the fresh and
well-structured 'Turning a Blind Eye'. In response to questions from
the floor, Kathryn gave two invaluable pieces of advice on how to
improve as a writer: to be edited by someone who knows what they're
doing and to keep exercising your 'writing muscle'. Her new novel,
'Outstanding', published by Quercus, is out this Autumn.
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