Terry, Helene, Jo,
Pat, Trevor, Jenni, Cath
The words of the day
Harry – to harass,
demand, worry
Fast – abstain
from foods or speed
Diaphoretic –
inducing perspiration
Obsequious –
fawning, servile compliant
Retrograde –
revert to an earlier conditionAlgorithm – formula, process to be followed in calculations or other problem solving especially by a computer
Writing from words of the day
The writers were
fast to create a range of stories - Poor Sheldon, Fasting regime, The effects
of a mars bar, How difficult, Did not want to get sprung, Fast moving
athleticism and Many mathematicians.
Reading of homework
Six writers read
out their homework or discussed their ideas on the topics - Band aids,
Adventure, People may want to know about me “Who is that woman”, Test my
creative writing skills, I used to dream about writing a book and Faction
historical drama and Carers handbook.
A novel in a year by Louise Doherty
It was agreed the
group would purchase 10 copies of the book "A novel in a year".
Exercise – An accident
The Writers tackled the exercise to write about an accident (big or small) to include as many important details as possible. The writers included blood and broken bones to write about summer holidays, A walk from Hampton Court palace, Lunch time at primary school, Locked out, A new years eve party, Surfing on coral and Dancing on a table in Bali.
Homework
Write about a time
when you were lost. It could be a small
incident, a major incident, lost in a metaphorical sense, lost in a love affair
or lost in your family. Fictionalise the story if it feels right.
