In conversation with Gillian Scholey and Michelle Christophorou
Michelle and Gillian are two of the reader team for this year’s Hysteria Writing Competition. In this episode we discuss the finer merits of entering writing competitions, what they are looking for and their own work as award winning writers themselves.
Listen to the interview
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Key takeaways from this episode:
Michelle and Gillian are both readers for this year’s Hysteria Writing Competition
Both have been placed in, and won, many competitions themselves
Michelle is interested in finding out how people will approach the theme in their Flash Fiction entries
Gillian is reading many of the entries in the Poetry category before starting to judge
Having a theme helps make it easier to judge entries because at least there is some constraint
Having a theme though may restrict the number of entries as people can’t submit something they have already created.
Anything can give a writer inspiration, but it’s often when you’re thinking or doing something else at the time
Stories often spring from overheard conversations and writers are often good at earwigging!
When there are only 100 words to play with, it’s often the last sentance that makes the difference allowing the reader to make sense of the whole story
Try one amazing image in micro fiction rather than bombarding the reader with a sensory overload
Layers in poetry are important so that it unravels and peels back like an o...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Hysteria Podcast author interview hysteria 2021 Source Type: news