Attending: Terry; Jo; Cath; Helene; Dale; Mary; Mandy; Vala; David R; Melissa
Brags: Jo is still volunteering at the hospital; Cath started ‘Beat It’ exercise program; Mary’s son was working with the SES regarding the Tusnami; Mandy has prepared the first section of the Romance Writing Course; Vala has compiled the anthology; David reconnected with an old friend.
WOD:
Terry: historic – result of an event; historical – the actual event or pertaining to the past
Jo – abattoir – slaughterhouse
Cath – ameliorate – to improve
David – luxate – dislocation of joint; Machiavellian – deceitful, cunning
Helene – steupsed – slang for sucking teeth
Dale – rusticate – to banish to the country, become rustic in style
Mary – magnanimous – lofty, courageous of spirit, generosity of mind
Mandy – manivering – slang for complaining
Competitions:
• Generosity of spirit: www. writeforlife@thenelunefoundation.org
• 500 word travel story w/picture: jo.odowd@ruralpress.com (Southcoast Reg)
• Henry Lawson Comp.
• Poetry comp: www.presspress.com.au
Last week’s homework was to describe cleaning up after a party from the cleaner’s POV. Descriptive and insightful stories and poems were produced.
Exercise: Dale
Part 1: Think of someone you’ve seen that you don’t know, describe him/her.
Part 2: Write in first person from that character’s POV.
Great exercise to describe and try to imagine being someone else. Thanks Dale!
Homework: Helene
Write a story/poem where a person/s behave in accordance with Freud’s theories of the Id, ego, or super-ego. You can use any number of people and either one, two or three of their behaviours. You may want to research these topics or just write what comes to mind.
Also, Mandy brought in a stack of romance books for us to read as research to prepare us for our romance writing course. Thanks Mandy!
Next week:
Facilitator: David C
Exercise: Cath
Homework: Terry
Thanks for an enjoyable afternoon!
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