14 September 2016

Record of meeting 14 September 2016


The writers

Wendy, Juan, Cath, Helene, Terry, David C and Diane


The words of the day

Termagant – bad tempered woman

Telepathy – direct communication between minds

Tantamount – equivalent to

Trenchant – effective, sharp edge

Tangible – actual, not vague

Tarradiddle – a white lie, fib (from Hindi)


The stories from words of the day

The writers turned out tangible stories and poems; from Helene – Aunty Tina, Cath – Treason, David – the sting, Terry – Heresy, Juan – Bob and Jane and Wendy – The ugly old woman.


The reading of homework

The following writers read out homework: Helene – Tia and Truth, David – Human flesh for dinner, Terry – Over the hills and far away – a witty poem, Juan – The true story of Jonah and Noah.

Exercise - In the rear view mirror


The writers wrote what the taxi driver saw in the rear view mirror; Helene – A bloodied doll, Wendy – Tattooed head, Juan – A spider on a passengers face, Terry – The randy young man – a great poem, Diane – A ghostly figure, David – Typical Friday night and Cath – Dark clouds.

Homework

Bring a word of the day starting with the letter W and include words starting with the letter W in a Sci fi or occult story or poem.

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