We are half way through our October Global Short Story Competition and it’s been a fairly quiet start. For all that, the indications are that the quality will again be high.
I have written in my blogs before about writing with power and some of the stories have been terrific examples of that.
Good writing is good writing because it triggers responses in its readers. Readers say ‘I have been in that situation, ‘I know someone like that’, ‘what a terrible thing to be faced with’ etc etc.
If readers feel like that, it means that they are being drawn into the story. They stand next to your characters, they fear for what is about to happen, they simply must know what is on the next page.
If a reader does not really care what is happening in the story then you have lost them and your story has failed. But if they feel part of it, they are experiencing the sheer power of the writer. And that’s a terrific thing to achieve - and the way to impress publishers and competition judges.
Plenty of time to enter £(£100 first prize) at www.inscribemedia.co.uk
John Dean
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