© Thames Valley Writers’ Circle
Iain Pattison
One of the Circle’s highlights each year
is to run a competition in which we get
an external judge to decide the winners
and to provide a critique for each entry.
Iain, we are delighted to say, continues
to support us by being the person who
takes on this onerous task.
Iain is a full-time author, creative writing
tutor and competition judge. His short
stories have appeared in numerous
women’s magazines, UK and US
anthologies, and been broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
To give participants an idea of what Iain likes, here are a couple
of quotes from an interview he did for The Word Hut web site.
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Iain’s Tips
These are some of the tips that we’ve picked
up from Iain’s critiques in past competitions.
They’re tips, not rules, so they are flexible
and open to interpretation. Hopefully, they will
help you to avoid the worst of Iain’s “buts”.
These have moved to the Tips page.