19 December 2018

Record of meeting 19 December 2018


The writers

Helene, Pat, Terry Apologies Trevor, Pauline

First meeting in 2019

The first meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 9 January 2019. We will discuss preferences for a venue in 2019. Please attend the meeting if you are interested in this topic.


The words of the day

Sate – fully satisfy

Mille fleur - a thousand flowers

Rummer – large drinking glass

Cornucopia – an abundant supply

Salicin – bitter crystalline substance obtained from willow bark

Elixir – a magical or medicinal potion, a particular type of medicinal solution


Writing from words of the day

The three writers were satisfied as they wrote about - My beauty receptors, I brewed the elixir and drunk he was.


Reading of homework

The writers did not fully embrace the fan fiction technique and wrote about - Keep the fan fanning, Dracula & the stake and Little Red Riding Hood.


Exercise What’s the matter with Juliet

The writers investigated the topic and wrote stories and poems about - Not my kind of person, Kicking the dog and Something that she ate.


Homework

Let’s try fan fiction again. As a fan rewrite your favourite story featuring characters from a particular TV series, film etc