RECORD OF MEETING11TH NOVEMBER 2015

                  

The Writers

           

Wendy, Juan, Terry, Di, Leonie, Cathy and Lynn

Word of the Day

Decoction             to boil down, extraction by mashing and boiling
Eggcorn                form of malapropism, word or phrase
                             misinterpreted - old wise tale to old wives tale
Insular                   isolation from others ideology, disinterested
Hostile                  aggressive opposition
Crestfallen            dejected, coward
Elongate               make longer  
Quixotically          romantic, impulsive, Don Quixote characteristics

From this eclectic mix came stories of pilots, self evaluation, old men including a professor and words and phrases.

The reading of the homework about the knife and blood stains elicited tales of murder weapons found, Big Jack's knife, a man on the run and Wendy's cleverly and quickly written Reply to Big Jack's Knife.

Leonie wrote a beautiful piece on Brain Stains.  The memories that stain our brains and we never forget, whether they are good or bad, guilty or guilt free we never lose sight of them.

From Juan came an entwined intelligent ditty condemning cliches written entirely in cliches.

The rest of the afternoon was spent in watching a Powerpoint presentation on forensics and an introduction of a series of DVD lessons on writing.   

Homework
        

                                               
As they departed Macy felt a shiver.  It felt cold...and unsettling...for...well something that wasn't supposed to exist.  And somehow she didn't trust the clammy little hand now clenched within hers..


                                    

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