19 April 2013

Meeting 17th April 2013


Meeting 17th April, 2013

Attendees
David R, Wendy, Elizabeth, Cath, Jo, Terry, Garry, Geoff, Lynn (facilitator today)
News
Geoff: a quiet week
David: enjoying the weather and enjoyed walking the ‘White Sands Walk.
Wendy: going to Mudgee tomorrow for 6 days. It sounds very exciting (tongue in cheek)
Elizabeth: missing her friends in Orange but is now making new friends.
Cath: has no car at the moment but a good looking bike at her home till she gets it back.
Lynne: enjoyed the White Sands Walk this week.
Jo: doing plenty of writing – over 20,000 words
Garry: good week.

Word of the day
Quandary = perplexity, dilemma, sticky situation
Apoplectic = enraged, furious, irate, annoyed
Smirk = grin, sneer, leer
Pique = bad feeling, annoyance, ill will
Whimsical = fanciful, quirky, capricious
Soporific = sleep-inducing, dull
Succinct = concise, short and snappy
Altruism = unselfishness, self-sacrifice
Hegemony = dominion, authority, subjugation

15 minute Quick write
All the poems and writings were ‘whimsical’ and none were ‘soporific’ truly showing the ‘altruism’ of the B&BW

HOMEWORK
Topic : The Book store
All poems and stories were well written and received.

DISCUSSION :
various ‘writing’ topics were informatively discussed. Impress or express in the purpose of writing a story

Writing activity
Describe a situation without actually saying what that situation is.
Once again, poets and writers excelled.

HOMEWORK
The circus

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