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How we started
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During 2016, the University of Kent and Medway Libraries together ran ‘Finding Your Voice,’ a short course encouraging adults to start writing fiction and poetry. Over the course of six weeks a small group of Medway residents began learning the basics of turning ideas into stories. This was followed by the ‘Developing Your Voice’ course. Five of us decided to keep meeting and two more soon joined; The Write Companions were formed! The Write Companions are more than just an eclectic bunch of individuals meeting to share thoughts on writing, we have now become firm friends.
We meet every other week to share projects and undertake various writing exercises, with voluntary homework to keep us engaged in between sessions. Sometimes the exercises will include a specific line, or a general feeling, sometimes we use items or characters and sometimes it’s a mix of it all wrapped up in a specific genre! I always find it amazing how different each story can be when based on the same starting point, and it is from there that this compilation of short stories first stemmed.
In our own words
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M.A.Braham
Mark is a versatile writer and poet who challenges normal conventions in writing. Described as having “The Gift of Words”, he combines humour with great dialogue and is able to explore and expand on everyday observations in a way that makes them sound fresh and dramatic. Stand up poet, speechwriter, and aspiring author. His first novel ‘In The Mind of Few and The Heart of One’, was published in November 2019.
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Pam Dodds
Pam Dodds
Unable to stop the clocks, Pam is growing up (not old) leaving a few things on her way, children, pots, etc. Slowly becoming invisible, but not wearing purple. She fantasizes about a bank robbery but has instead joined a literary group, having written the odd poem but never prose she wonders where this venture will lead her.
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C. Lewis Powell
Carol consumes copious amounts of tea and the odd glass of Merlot. She loves her cats, her husband and her lovely Rochester writing group, eclectic people that have become more than just write companions. Winner of the 2019 Solution Loans Short Story Competition.. Her Desert Island Discs luxury? Hot buttered toast and a never ending library.
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E.D.Tinsdale
With both Irish and English roots it's not surprising that Elaine loves a good story. A complete beginner at writing and sharing stories, her most notable writing achievement to date is shortlisted for a Flame Tree Press horror compo. She loves her husband, family,writing,travel,hiking, wildlife and music, and absolutely hates shopping, cauliflowers and spiders.
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Leah Cole
A writer that doesn't write,professional procrastinator and a dreamer still dreaming of following her dreams. Leah is based in Rochester and has recently (against all the odds) completed various courses in creative writing, which one day she may actually put to good use.If you enjoy fantasy and a bit of crazy give her stories a read, she may have even reached the end of one.
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Patricia Cordingley
Pat is a teacher to the core. A learner in the making. A toddler in the writing arena.
Katrina M. Fox
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A part time writer Kat, who always starts but doesn’t often finish… The daughter of a video rental store owner she grew up watching the stories come alive and that’s how she often writes, by seeing it come alive in her minds eye first. She most of all loves listening to what her co-writers have written.