27Jul/10
Recent sessions of Derby Scribes have been devoted to getting an oft talked about Scribes idea off the ground, a shared world free for all Scribes members to use and set stories in.
There has been lots of fun in sessions that have been less structured than normal and thus far we have a floating castle-like library tethered by a mighty chain above a small townstead. Large spider like creatures tear up and down the chain and in the depths of the library proper is a room that allows the 'reader' to step into the story.
Being that this is a library the many genres allow us scope to write any type of story we like.
The upcoming session (2nd August 2010) will also be devoted to hammering down specifics and listening to initial drafts of stories that explore the world then we will be back to a regular schedule for a while to give the world time to percolate.
Come join us at the library next session and have a hand in creating the world.
Cheers
Chris
18Apr/10
The next Scribes meeting will be held on the 19th April 2010 in the Meeting Room of the Derby Central Library.
The session will be on the subject of Scriptwriting and will be presented by Christopher Barker.
This is also the date when we should all have a first draft of a story for the Scribes Anthology.
Hope to see you all there.
Chris
4Apr/10
Scribes will be held at the Wardwick Tavern in town tomorow (Monday the 5th April) and will be an AGM style session focused on garnering feedback from Scribes members and planning out the session schedule for the rest of the year.
See you there,
Chris
12Mar/10
Right guys and Gals,
I have changed a few dates in the Scribes calendar and thought it best to post here also.
April 5th 2010 is the first Monday of April but it is also easter, as such we will be holding the meeting in a venue yet to be decided (most likely a pub in the City Centre). The session itself will be light on actual writing but will be a chance for us to plan and take feedback for the year ahead.
This is your chance to influence Scribes, to request specific sessions and help drive us to be a better group.
More info on the venue as the time approaches.
Secondly, for those wishing to contribute to the Scribes Anthology this year the deadline for FIRST DRAFTS is now 19th April 2010, this session will be used to go over our submissions and to get feedback from other members on them where needed.
That's all for now, any questions send us an E-Mail : derbyscribes@googlemail.com
Cheers,
Chris
3Oct/08
The top three micro txt stories, from our last competition, were placed in the Scribes Anthology 08.
Here are the winning entries.
"Running for the bus she trips over a stone with her name on it. She misses the bus, the chain is broken: she is free. She doesn't go to work, she lives instead."
by Claire May
"Henry grasped the most powerful weapon in the universe. His fingers shook. He knew to kill his merciless enemies he had to kill his own people."
by David Ball
"Mum said it would end in tears, she was wrong though all they could do was watch as the teddy they fought over bled woollen innards atop the rubbish bin."
by Christopher Barker
