Present
Melissa, Cath,
Amanda, Terry, Leonie, Helene, David R, Garry ,
Geoff
David R produced
the new meeting format which we followed and it worked well giving us time for
an exercise. Spare copies of the new format are in our storage box for
everyone. Thanks to David for producing the new meeting format for us.
Cath has been to the
beach enjoying the warm water and beautiful weather. Amanda has been doing
motherly things and will take her children to the beach. Terry has been an
active dreamer - he acts out his active dreams. Helene saw the movie Amour. David R walked from Vincentia to
Huskisson this morning. Garry
attended a seminar on the Futures Market and has made money in the first week
but nothing the second week. Geoff met up with his old writing group which has
been going 25 years. Leonie went for a BBQ brunch this morning. Melissa is a finalist in a
writing contest.
Merit – verb and
noun – value or worth
Propensity –
inclination, tendency to behave in a particular way
Ebullient – adj –
cheerful, full of energy
Riposte – reply,
retort, comeback
Inured –
accustomed or to take effect
Indolence –
laziness
Archaic – old in
language
Abhorrent – detest
Panache –
flamboyant
We created a range
of wonderful stories from words of the day.
The reincarnation
of Elvis – a great poem from Terry; I’ve missed you too – an excellent story
from Amanda; Is that you? - a sad story from Cath; Dementia and mushrooms – a great story from
Melissa; We must do it again - very familiar from Geoff; A woman scorned – fiction from Garry ; Long staying visitors - true story from David; Elvis often looses his
way - a dream from Helene; Work and life experience - good lessons for writers from Leonie.
Helene spoke about
Private Papers by Margaret Forster a family memoir with comments from a daughter.
Melissa spoke
about Ray Bradbury – who advised “write every day”. Melissa will bring in his
book “Zen and art of writing”.
Leonie has been
having horrific dreams, she started writing each night and she hasn’t had a bad
dream since.
Helene talked
about writing a grateful diary every day. Melissa recommended using “The
Artists way” by Julia Cameron as a stimulus to start writing everyday.
Helene spoke about
using track changes for editing documents and Terry spoke about a program of
identifying passive words.
David R talked
about his daily program of creativity, he writes first, goes for a swim or
walk, then writes 500 words longhand in a diary and has been doing so for many
years.
Most of us agreed
about the enjoyment of being alone and having quiet time.
Geoff talked about
using the ellipsis to register a pause, suggests we read Wikipedia about
ellipsis.
We picked 5 people
and wrote a one sentence description of what made that person note worthy. Lots
of great characters emerged.
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