Helene, Elizabeth, Pauline, Jo, Terry, Trevor E, Fran, and welcome to Trevor H
The words of the day
Copious – abundant
Ostentation – a
pretentious show
Implacable – not
to be appeased
Crèche – nursery
where children are cared for
Myself – used as
an intensive of me or I
Hydrant – upright
pipe with a nozzle
Callous –
insensitive and cruel disregard for others
Writing from words of the day
The writers wrote
copiously about - I myself, If he didn’t get his way, Arranging a meeting,
Wayward children, Plastic flowers, Minding grandchildren, Flushing children,
Let it burn and In my swimming pool.
Reading of homework
Four writers read and brought
in books and shared hooks they found in the opening words.
Exercise
– loaned your car to a friend
We wrote about a secret item
left in a car lent to a friend. The
stories covered - She wouldn’t look, Whiskey, Truffles in a cloud of dust, Jim
Bob, Blow up the house, Everything happens for a reason, Smelly cheese and In our
daughter’s car.
Exercise
- Progressive write
We started a progressive
write with "Life has no early warning system". Some funny stories emerged from
our combined creativity.
Homework
Week 4 from A novel in a year by Louise Doughty – write freely,
enthusiastically, anything you like. Scribble down odd ideas. Begin short
stories that may go nowhere. Write up an autobiographical incident that may or
may not be worth fictionalising. Do not censor yourself write anything. Keep
everything you write. Read widely.
