At
our Manuscript Evening on 18 April, four writers brought sections of
their novels-in-progress for feedback from other group members.
Godfrey Forder's 'Mr Dickens and Mr Powell', tells the tale of the
Victorian criminal underworld, set in an atmosphere of fog and
gaslight. 'Watching' by Sandra Daniels opens with creepy cases from
the files of a psychologist, but the reader begins to wonder if
things are as they appear. Marcia Woolf's sequel to her first novel,
'Road Kill' is called 'The Cat' and explores an undercover
investigation. 'Angels' of Islington' by Sam Davey depicts the
angelic world investigating a powerful criminal cartel. Discussion
followed about story continuity, the structure of the first chapter
and the role of a prologues, the uses of long and short sentences,
reducing the number of adjectives by boosting verbs and page layout
in manuscripts being submitted to agents,
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