Erskine Writers

 Ten members attended the meeting on 14th January. Apologies were received from Sandra, Joyce, Lorna, Irene, John H and John S. This was the third workshop of the current session and was dedicated to writing for children. It was delivered by Alan Dapre, best known as one of the writers of the childrens’ programme and books based  on the car character “Brum” although this was just part of his extensive output. In an interesting presentation, he analysed the basics of writing books for young children - in particular those of approximately six years old and it was coloured with various anecdotes along the way accompanied by the various pitfalls which he had faced. The competition he set will be emailed to members as soon as possible. Next week promises to be quite exciting as we receive our first adjudications and results of the year - our poetry competition. This, along with contributions from our own manuscripts, adds up to it being a busy and entertaining afternoon.