14.7.10 Meeting

Present: Wendy, Mandy, Cathy, Joey, Davidy.

Word of the day:
Imprecation: spoken curse, wish evil to
Agog: in a state of eager curiosity.
Parsimony: extreme unwillingness to spend money, cheapskate, niggardly, close-fisted, cheese paring, penuriousness.
Carapace: the hard shell of a turtle, or crustacean. Underside of crustacean is called plastron.
Nudiustertian: the day before yesterday. (try and fit that into a story!)
Lickspittle: today, servile person.
Alterego: another self
Ipso facto: by the fact of itself
Prima facie: the first case
Status quo: as things were before
Erudite: learned
Tocsin: a bell, a call to arms

Brag:
Robyn had a card written to her and signed by Paul Keating years ago.
Wendy wanted food ideas for party.
David cleaned the house.
Cathy sorted through materials in order to make kids' dresses in Uganda.
Read out Helene's description of the scribblers' she is attending in Canberra.

Homework:
Wendy, The Biggest Lie Of All. A poem, 'Lies, all lies'. the funniest poem about what grown-ups tell you about what will happen to you if you do this or that. All gruesome.
Mandy, They Are All Gone. About the Army. New recruit lasted less than l2 hours.
David, Life On The Planet Kristina. A poem about Kristina Kenneally - who came from space - has supernatural powers.
Cathy, Get On With Your Life, Son. about Adam, a musician. How he found his family.
Jo, The Darkest Hour, about a mysterious book which appeared on an empty football field.

Exercise. Word Game by Robyn.
Trying to write many words that mean the same thing, eg. words that apply to organs or parts used in the production of the voice. Larynx, throat, windpipe etcetera.
This was a difficult exercise although it looked easy. It certainly showed how much notice we do take of alternative words when writing.

Ten minutes Quick Write. David.
About rats. Very different offerings on this. No one thought the same about rats.
Homework..."Diet"...whatever comes to mind...poetry or prose
Finis.
Jo...ey