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Ascriber / Writers Eyes Workshop - 15
The Gun
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Imagine a gun and think about it for a while before reading on.
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Is it a large field gun with a team of soldiers preparing it to be fired, or standing as an ornament outside a barracks, or even derelict on an old battlefield?
It could be a toy gun, a water pistol or cap gun, or even a starting pistol.
Is a sniper taking aim on the Prime Minister, President, or some other dignitary? Or is a famer or land owner carrying it in search of game?
What colour is the gun? It may be silver, shiny and catching the sun's rays or it may be black, matt and almost hidden against the black clothing of the person carrying it.
Who would use it? A sniper, a madman, a woman who suspects her husband of adultery or a small child creeping up on his unsuspecting father to spray him with nothing more deadly than water?
Perhaps you hate guns, this could be a time to put your hate into writing. Perhaps you love them, or a particular gun and this is your chance to explain why.
Whatever your feelings, we want articles, short stories and poetry with a gun playing an important role.
Short story writers - up to 2500 words please. The gun need not be the central emphasise of the story but must be included as an integral part.
Articles up to 2000 words please. This time the emphasis must be on the gun or
people using them. Do you hate them, love them or are you telling a true story
about them.
Please help us here, if your article is true but reads like a story we would
appreciate being told to help us get our classification right.
Poets up to 50 lines of poetry please. If Tennyson could do it, so can you! Let's have some really good poems for this workshop. As with short stories, you don't need to make the central emphasis the gun or guns. You may find that a subtle approach is more suitable. So there you are e-mail your submissions to our writing group submissions address and we don't mind if you attempt both prose or poetry.
Submissions are from:
High Noon by John Ryley
(Short Story)
Shotgun Wedding by Dorothy Spry
(Short Story)
Belgian Weapon, Scottish Treasure by Stuart McDonald
(Article)
Hornets by John Williams
(True Story)
In our own Hands by Janis Robertson
(Poetry - Haiku)
The Gun by Anna Brown
(Poetry)