Record of meeting 12 January 2011

Present: Jo, Robyn, Cath, Vala, Helene, Wendy, Mandy, Terry and welcome to Geoff Bolton.

Brags: Mandy sold her caravan and had a wonderful Christmas including her ex-husband wearing a g string. Mandy is teaching her granddaughter to drive. Vala won enough to pay for four weeks on Lotto. Vala told us about her Turkish Christmas including smoking a Hokkah. Robyn had a last high tea in her mother’s family home in Revesby before it was sold. Jo saw her three grandsons and wished one of them happy birthday on the wrong day. Cath contacted an old friend on Facebook.

Words of the day

Geoff – educe – to bring out

Cath – shenanigans – high spirited or mischievous activity

Robyn – Charybdis or Kharybdis was a sea monster, once a beautiful nymph and the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia.

Wendy - vociferate – to cry our vehemently

Terry – howgozit – a graph kept during an airline flight

Fustian – pompous high sounding language

Jo – prorogue – to postpone or adjourn

Competition – write a one hour play with a prize of two thousand pounds details available from Cath.

Facebook - Helene to investigate setting up a page for the writers group on Facebook.

Homework

Mandy – Loving protection

Wendy – Golden years

Helene - Weakness

Geoff – Air to air

Cath – Help

Jo – Nonsense

Terry - Tears

Exercises

Each member to bring a list of five exercises next week to be used during 2011.


Project for the year

We will do the thriller course and write a thriller story.

Quick write

The stinking compost heap reminded me of a dead pig, my father, a homeless person etc

Homework due 19 January 2011


I couldn’t help hearing the conversation in the next café booth – use this as a trigger for a short story or poem.

Changes for next week


1. Everyone to bring in five exercises next week for use during 2011. Start searching your books, magazines and the net for ideas. The more creative people may wish to create their own exercises. This is not a writing exercise but something to expand the mind and develop new skills.

2. Each person to bring 10 topics for quick write and the homework to be used during 2011.

3. Brag section will be expanded to include - Sharing key information from a book I am reading. This is not a book review but sharing your learning.

4. Discussion on Bay and Basin group on Facebook.