Still Life Workshop Anthology
Living through the Covid-19 pandemic posed a particular problem for the writers of fiction, namely how to create work in a world which seemed to have risen ready made from the genre of dystopian fiction. Meeting in groups on Zoom broadened the scope of our workshops in so many ways but it also added an unreal element. For a time we were all characters in a fiction of someone else’s making. So how to react to such a life changing situation?
Some of the workshop writers avoided the subject like the plague while others grasped it by the throat. You’ll find it here in all its shades and variations. 26 writers, artists and photographers reacting in their own unique way to the threat of the unseen, the unknown. Available to buy on Amazon
“I was very familiar with Zoom but Roddy’s workshops really make the most of the format. Close reading other writer’s work onscreen is a revelation and I love watching videos of poets and plays. But one of the best things about the workshop is Roddy’s help with homework. It’s like a magic wand has been waved over it.” Margaret Cooper – Zoom workshop writer.
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In this section we share a selection of our writers’ weekly homework pieces and timed exercises. Homework is normally 500 – 750 words maximum, the timed exercises are completed in the workshop within 20 minutes.
Its not uncommon for one of the workshop writers to develop and combine their homework pieces and craft them into a long form story, or even a novel. These two long form pieces by Sue Hitchcock are perfect examples.
The Disinformation Correspondent by Sue Hitchcock
Square One by Sue Hitchcock
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March
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Aid Work by Meredith Shepard
Colours by Maureen Marsh
The Gentle Touch by Francesca Ryan
The Colour of Egg Yolk by Meredith Shepard
The Police Station by Sue Hitchcock
March by Francesca Ryan
Two Hours by Sho Botham
The New Boy 1969 by Sue Hitchcock
Spilt Milk by Stuart Finegan
Prophecy by Fran Duffield
The First time by Sho Botham
The Letter by Ivor John
Different Strokes by Lesley Dawson
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February
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A Sight for Sore Eyes by Jill Webb
Fox by Francesca Ryan
That Time in the Jungle with Tom Cruise by Juliet Robinson
The Bird by Sue Hitchcock
The Thieving Fox by Kitty March
Figgy by Francesca Ryan
I Remember by Katy Wise
Kids by Sho Botham
Marine Drive/A Heavy Anchor by Chani Fifield
Sauntering by Stuart Finegan
Tumbling Dice by Fran Duffield
Hotel Buzzing by MaryPat Campbell
Elise by Ivor John
How Long? by Lesley Dawson
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January
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Jennet by Francesca Ryan
Phoenix High 2 by Juliet Robinson
Hedda Friends Once by Sue Hitchcock
Crazy by Sho Botham
The Offering by Chani Fifield
Something to Tell by Stuart Finegan
Fur Baby by Francesca Ryan
Fools by Fran Duffield
The Refectory by MaryPat Campbell
Surprise by Lesley Dawson
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