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Work in Progress - The untold story of the Crawley Writers' Group, compiled by Peter, writer (Paperback)
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Work in Progress - The untold story of the Crawley Writers' Group, compiled by Peter, writer (Paperback)
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'Funny as hell. Formally inventive. Daringly concise' C. M. Taylor
They've all got a book in them, unfortunately. In December 2016,
Julia Greengage, aspiring writer and resting actor, puts up a
poster in her local library inviting people to join a new writers'
group. The group will exchange constructive feedback and 'generally
share in the pains and pleasures of this excruciating yet
exhilarating endeavour we call Literature'. Seven people, each in
their own way a bit of a work in progress, heed the call. There's
Keith, a mercenary sci-fi geek who can write 5,000 words before
breakfast and would sell his mother for a book deal. Tom, a
suburban lothario with an embarrassing secret. Peter, a conceptual
artist whose main goal in life is to make everyone else feel
uncomfortable. Alice, who's been working on her opening sentence
for over nine months. Jon, a faded muso with a UFO complex. Blue,
whose doom-laden poems include 'Electrocuted Angel in the
Headlights of My Dead Lover's Eye Sockets' and the notorious
'Kitten on a Fatberg'. And Mavinder, who sadly couldn't make the
first meeting. Or the second. But promises to come to the next
one... Soon, under Julia's watchful eye, the budding writers are
meeting every month to read out their work and indulge each other's
dreams of getting published. But it's not long before the group's
idiosyncrasies and insecurities begin to appear. Feuds, rivalries
and even romance are on the cards - not to mention an exploding
sheep's head, a cosplay stalker, and an alien mothership invasion.
They're all on a journey, and God help the rest of us. A
novel-in-emails about seven eccentric writers, written by three
quite odd ones, Work in Progress is a very British farce about
loneliness, friendship and the ache of literary obscurity.
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