Our last play of the year is Non-Figurative Sculpture by Lisa Pasold. In this article I’ll talk a little about the play, the way in which it subsumes structure within character and why I think it is such an effective piece of writing (hint: it’s about dialogue and how to write expert level dialogue). Before that, however, make sure you click below and listen to the play! Spoilers await below the marker.
I am delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Little Wonder Radio Plays Short Drama Competition is:
Annie Fox with Driverless.
Well done Annie! Driverless is a wonderful, warm and hopeful play with great characters and a talking car (always good), which provoked a long discussion on the night about whether or not a certain character was a bad guy. Fabulous stuff.
Warmest congratulations to our other shortlisted candidates: Steven Lancefield for Final Goodbye, Stephanie Weston Gladiator, Tom Kinney for Less Than Three and Kris Thompson for Birth of a Hero. There was virtually no consensus between our judges and a lot of love for all these plays. You have produced excellent pieces of writing.
I’ll be in touch with all five of shortlisted writers very soon, and we’ll announce the broadcast date for Driverless just as soon as possible. In the meantime, to keep you entertained, here are some clips from Less Than Three, Gladiator and Final Goodbye to give you a taste of the evening. I promise the sound quality is much better through the actual mics than these little video clips! Enjoy!
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About Writing and the Atlantis Short Story Competition have some history together – back in 2015 Raffael, founder of the competition, gave me some of the most useful advice I’d had on how to write a short story and every year he continues to provide quality advice to authors. Now, this year, they’ve gone into print! Not only has Raffael taken the time to write a little bit about it for us, but for a short time readers of the blog can get a discount on this excellent collection of stories. I’ll let Raffael take over!
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Today we’re talking to our friend Toby Frost about his new Dark Fantasy novel “Up to the Throne”, and what it’s like taking the step into the brave new world of writing dark fantasy.
Hi Toby. Your new book, Up to the Throne,is now available for pre-order. What’s it about?
It’s about a woman who returns to the city-state where she grew up to take revenge on the criminal who scarred her and left her to die. Once, she was a petty criminal, but now she’s a seasoned thief-catcher and bounty hunter. However, he is no longer a mere gang leader but a powerful politician with his eyes on the throne. He will be extremely hard to kill – and if our heroine does take him out, something even worse will take his place.
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It’s finally here! After months of writing, reading, revisions, commenting, re-revising, hoping and repeated checking of emails, the shortlisted plays of the Little Wonder Radio Plays Competition 2018 will be receive a public reading this Sunday. After the reading, the audience will vote on their favourite piece, and their votes will be combined with judges scoring to choose the winner- announced on New Years Eve. Full details of the reading are below – good luck to all or shortlisted writers!
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