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03 September 2020
05 August 2020
Record of meeting 5 August 2020
Present
Pat, Trevor, Pauline, Fran, Helene and welcome to Faye.
Words of the day
Quiescent – resting or dormant
Duologue – a conversation between two people
Frieze – rough heavy woollen cloth
Hereditary – transfer of characteristics to descendants
Physique – bodily structure and appearance
Aficionado – knowledgeable, enthusiastic about a subject
Minster – church of a monastery or cathedral
Writing from words
of the day
After a five month break the writers enthusiastically grabbed the words
of the day and wrote about - Links to the church, In front of the class, The
police officer, Unstable family background and Hard to see.
Writing exercise Fran’s ideas - Gum
branches and or storm damage
The writers read out their stories about; My koala, Driving in the USA, Learning
from nature, A murder mystery, Rain was horizontal and The Gumnut story.
Homework
A Dinasour with three legs
29 April 2020
Shoalhaven writing group information
Winifred Sadlier from
the Shoalhaven Writers Group phoned Pat last week.
Winifred wanted
other groups to be aware
and in contact with her
group particularly during this time of isolation. They are sending in a monthly
article on-line during the lockdown and are reading and commenting on each
other’s work to keep in
the mix during this isolation time.
Winifred has recently had her children’s book published on Amazon
and is happy to come and talk us through the process once we are all
meeting
again.
If anyone is
interesting in working with Winifred and the Shoalhaven writers Group you can
contact Winifred on 4447 8251 or at her email address winifred.sadlier@gmail.com
23 March 2020
Corona virus - break for group
The Bay and Basin writing group will not hold meetings until further notice.
12 March 2020
Meeting Wed 4 March 2020
New members always welcome - 1 pm on the first Wednesday of the month at Vincentia Golf Club
The writers
Pauline, Fran
Pauline, Fran
Apologies Helene and
Pat
Words of the day
Popped in – enter briefly
Chat – talk in a friendly and informal way
Writing from words of the day
No writing was carried
out at the meeting
Exercise
.
The writers exchanged
ideas and other information
Home work
The conference - A
continuation of last month’s topic. Maybe part of a longer work.
06 February 2020
Writing group Wednesday 5 February 2020
The first meeting for 2020 was a select event
The writers
Pauline, Trevor,
Helene, Pat
Words of the day
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| Yatch approaching by Turner |
scumble –to soften the
lines or colours
pro active – act
before the event
éclat – striking
effect or social notoriety
exonerate – absolve
from blame
superlative – of the
highest quality or degree
Writing from words of the day
The writers grabbed the words of the day and wrote - I set up my easel,
Always trying, On the train in Pakistan and my plan.
Exercise – an organ in the body
Pat gave us an
excellent topic – write about an organ of the human body. We wrote about - Advice
from the stomach, the skin in rap, the little kicking foot and the biggest
organ goes to the spa.
Exercise - The phone rang
The writers were keen
to share experiences of phones ringing and wrote about - In the court room,
Will she pick it up, Drinking bubbly on the deck and In the meeting.
Home work
The conference
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