Helene, Elizabeth, Pauline, Pat, Terry, Juan,
and welcome to Fran
Shoalhaven Writers FestivalJuan told us about The Shoalhaven writers Festival to be held Saturday 4 August – Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
Terry and Pat will
attend a meeting 6 March at 6.30 pm to discuss the festival to present our
suggestion for a workshop for the festival.
The words of the dayMisprize – under value
Inevitable – will
happen, unavoidable
Ephemeral –
transient, lasting a short time
Kowtow – act in a slave like manner, bow to the ground
Minx – an impudent, cunning or boldly flirtation girl
Plangent – a word
that adds power to an expression
Protagonist – the
leading character or one of the major characters in a play, novel etc
Writing from words of the day
Shameful hussy, literary
minx, What will be, Always a minx, No doubt, Do not expect me to and Several
murders.
Reading of homework
Three animal
lovers wrote noisy stories for our enjoyment on the topics - Some talk back, Taranga
Zoo and Animal sounds in the UK.
Long
term project for 2018
Each member to plan to each
write a novella over 2018 using as a guide - A novel in a year by Louisa Doughty – members
have been provided with a copy.
Exercise -
trapped in an elevator with Donald Trump
The writers embraced the topic and wrote about - Hair and guns, Climate
change, New dentures, Don’t start a war, Twitter, At The Dorchester and Lets
pray.
Homework
Read Week 1 and complete Exercise 1 from “A novel in a year” by Louisa Doughty – members have been
provided with a copy.
“The day after my eight birthday, my father told me’
