Meeting
17th April, 2013
Attendees
David
R, Wendy, Elizabeth, Cath, Jo, Terry, Garry, Geoff, Lynn (facilitator today)
News
Geoff:
a quiet week
David:
enjoying the weather and enjoyed walking the ‘White Sands Walk.
Wendy:
going to Mudgee tomorrow for 6 days. It sounds very exciting (tongue in cheek)
Elizabeth:
missing her friends in Orange but is now making new friends.
Cath:
has no car at the moment but a good looking bike at her home till she gets it
back.
Lynne:
enjoyed the White Sands Walk this week.
Jo:
doing plenty of writing – over 20,000 words
Garry:
good week.
Word of the day
Quandary
= perplexity, dilemma, sticky situation
Apoplectic
= enraged, furious, irate, annoyed
Smirk
= grin, sneer, leer
Pique
= bad feeling, annoyance, ill will
Whimsical
= fanciful, quirky, capricious
Soporific
= sleep-inducing, dull
Succinct
= concise, short and snappy
Altruism
= unselfishness, self-sacrifice
Hegemony
= dominion, authority, subjugation
15 minute Quick write
All
the poems and writings were ‘whimsical’ and none were ‘soporific’ truly showing
the ‘altruism’ of the B&BW
HOMEWORK
Topic
: The Book store
All
poems and stories were well written and received.
DISCUSSION :
various
‘writing’ topics were informatively discussed. Impress or express in the
purpose of writing a story
Writing activity
Describe
a situation without actually saying what that situation is.
Once
again, poets and writers excelled.
HOMEWORK
The
circus
