RENEGADE WRITERS' GROUP: 13th OCTOBER 2010

Attended the second Renegade Writers' Group in Stoke tonite and it was very useful. It's good for a writer to hear what other writers are doing...the number of ideas I come away with is remarkable.

But tonite was especially notable because Martin Roberts read a story which I thought was truly outstanding. It was untitled and I'm still not sure what it was about but some of the ideas and imagery was terrific. Dig this:

• 'He liked standing barefoot in his fishtank getting a blow-job': as fine a piece of  of neo-Vonnogutian whimsy as I've ever heard.
• When one of the protagonists charges a door to take out a bad guy (don't ask) the scene is described as being a mix of 'door and gore'. Wonderful.
• And the piece-de-resistance? Having one of his characters talk in...well I won't say in what because it's so good some bastard would nick it.

Anyway very enjoyable and I hope Martin is inclined to finish it. I think it could quite easily be worked up as a sort of Dirk Gently-type story, though it would (should) be made even more trippy.

A good evening!