Writers Group Meeting
26th Oct 10
Present at todays meeting. Terry M. David R. Robyn K. Wendy W. Mandy B.
Eva B.Vala H Cathy R.
Apologies Jo B. David C.
Brag of the day.
Robyn showed a really good photo of her great grandmother and her great aunt. The quality of the photo was exceptional. Nearly 100yrs old. Robyn is compiling a photographic family history.
Cathy: Found another Jo Ball on Face Book it was not our Jo tho.
David R. Talked about Adam Lindsay Gordon poems he lived in the eighteenth century. He has a book of his poems and his life and found it fascinating.
Vala told us about problems with her passport because of her name. She must never let her passport lapse or she would have problems.
Wendy has bought a Wii to use for games and sports. Beware of playing with numchuckers as it can be dangerous.
Mandy has started water aerobics and is fighting fit. Also sent a submission into Reader's Digest . Also have finished the romance story and needs to be checked for tenses and POV Robyn will do first .
Eva Finished her book after a month.
Terry. Has adopted a little blind Lorrikeet. Called Stevie after Stevie Wonder. It has lots of personality. And has adapted to life without sight. Terry is a member of NANA
This brought on a noisy discussion about birds, the feathered sort.
Word of the Day
Cath. Footle to behave in a foolish or incompetent way. Something we all do often!!
Robyn Gyro Strategic Term used by sportsman used by instructors of different sports.
David. Pragmatic. Dealing with things realistically in a practical way.
. Anecdotal. To give an account on something but it might not be true it can be just a statement.
Vala. Nothing today.
Wendy Tendentious To be biased not impartial.
Eva. Acrimonious To be angry or bitter. Vala commented that was her this week.
Terry. Surreal. A dream like distortion of reality, (Vala Again she said) Strikingly odd.
Homework. The Silence of Snow and the music of Sunshine.
Jo wrote As cold as ice.
A Poignant Story we all enjoyed. Much acclaimed Jo well done.
Terry did a poem called Morning. It explained the subject really well. Beautifully written.
Cath. Life. A play on the words in a short story. Cleverly done.
Robyn. The Question a poem. Really good lovely use of words.
David. Snow Silence and The Melody of Music. A poem. Really well written very poetical.
Wendy. It's Snowing. And Sunshine. Written in a usual fashion giving us a good laugh.
Mandy Between Two Worlds. Short Story about love lost .
Eva. The Silence of Snow a Poem. Then the music of sunshine. Two beautiful little poems.
Today's homework brought out the poets and expressing life in different ways.
Exercise using all the words of the day. Write a short piece. Using the following words
Exercise.
Footle
Gyro strategic
Pragmatic
Acrimonious
Tendentious
Surreal
Some very good poetry and short stories emerged from this exercise. Gosh we are a clever lot.
We did a writing exercise on The things my Father/Mother would tell me.
Homework. "If I could become invisible."
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