{"id":1067,"date":"2021-12-16T13:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2021-12-16T13:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:45:20","slug":"season-xviii-alphaday-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphawriters.net\/new\/season-xviii-alphaday-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Season XVIII &#8211; Alphaday 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi Alphas,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Alphaday 6, Season XVIII. By the time we\u2019ve moved on to year 2022 and you\u2019ve completed all the tasks set for next Alphaday we\u2019ll be halfway through this season, our 18<sup>th<\/sup>. I think we\u2019re working well as a group and benefiting from the input from such a wonderful variety of writers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you know we\u2019re having a festive break to allow for the traditional celebrations that occupy us at this time of year. I wish you all a merry time with family and friends and let\u2019s hope the year 2022 brings good news of all sorts to everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime we\u2019ve got a busy Alphaday prepared by everybody in the form of your input, and by our willing members in the form of presenting the treats of the day. It looks as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alphaday 6, Season XVIII agenda:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This bulletin from me<\/li><li>The brief for Challenge 5 from Francesca<\/li><li>The collated entries for the Aristotle challenge from Stephen (already out)<\/li><li>The feedback for the photo challenge from Suzanne<\/li><li>Alpha Log 3 news from Phil<\/li><li>A Writers Reads prompt from Christine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll probably be pleased there\u2019s an extra week to take all this in and get ready for next Alphaday. Enjoy it all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alpha news <\/strong>will be delivered by Phil today in our third Log of the season. We look forward to hear what\u2019s happening in your writing lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General news: <\/strong>It\u2019s Christmas and I was amused when I stumbled over a news item about a bishop who was severely reprimanded (though not exactly defrocked, I don\u2019t think) for telling children that Santa Claus didn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surely it\u2019s wrong to deprive children of a belief in a benign character whose existence is proved by multiple sightings and a full stocking on the morning of Christmas Day. What might be the effect on their trust in grown-ups?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At about the same time I also listened to a radio interview with a famous theatre director. When he was asked what he aimed for when staging a performance, he replied that he wanted to make something real that doesn\u2019t exist. On stage King Lear is real and so is the angst in, say, Strindberg\u2019s plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It made me think that maybe that\u2019s precisely what we\u2019re all trying to do with our writing. Whether our genre is dystopian, romance, fantasy or history doesn\u2019t matter. What\u2019s on the page is real even though it never existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children\u2019s imaginations supply them with stories that are as real as if they were performed on a stage. I wonder what the bishop believed in \u2026 even if it didn\u2019t include Santa Claus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a wonderful Christmas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Alphas, Welcome to Alphaday 6, Season XVIII. 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