Articles

After an enjoyable and informative talk on writing articles from Joan Fleming the other week, this Tuesday, 4th November, is the deadline for the General Article Competition to be judged by Joan. There is no theme and a maximum word count of 1200 words.

Joan mentioned plenty of areas where we might find ideas, such as: career; family; hobby; holidays; pets; anniversaries, and reminded us that research can take place online, through interview or in libraries. The format of the article should follow an introduction/hook, the body of the piece and a conclusion, while a catchy title is more likely to catch her attention.

Good luck!
Rosemary

Writing Articles with Judith Duffy

Members of Erskine Writers had an interesting and informative session on Tuesday from senior journalist for the Sunday Herald, Judith Duffy.

Judith kept us fully engaged as she explained the life of a busy journalist and the type of features she sources in her work, as well as the differences from being in the more immediate newsy environment of a weekly newspaper.

We then got to try writing the first few paragraphs of a newspaper-type article from a list of information about Edinburgh Zoo's Giant Pandas - harder than it seems!

Judith is the adjudicator of Erskine Writers' General Article Competition for members. Entries of up to 1000 words must be submitted to Kate Gordon by Tuesday 21st January 2014.

Rosemary