Present
Lynn, Jo, Leonie,
Jenny, David C, Geoff, David R, Helene, Wendy, Terry
Leonie fed fish at
Lady Denman and will visit Melbourne next week, Jenny went to a good cake
party, David C’s daughter visited at the weekend and he will walk in the City
to Surf, Geoff has had a quiet week and publicised two events, David R has been
planning his trip and enjoying life, Helene went to see her son in Wollongong,
Wendy had problems with house insurance as she is in a bush fire prone area,
Elizabeth saw some beautiful churches around Camden, Terry caught up with an
old friend and will start to play his clarinet soon, Jo has a white tip spider
bite and has problems with her internet. Maybe the spider bite made Jo unusually talkative today.
Essence, Turpitude,
Repine, Manchester
This week we wrote
our words on the white board and this allowed extra time for an exercise and a
quick write later in the meeting. We developed stories from the words about The spy who fell
in love, In pursuit of wealth, No depravity, Not glamour, The woman from Manchester , The strumpet, Drab times in Manchester
– a great poem from David R, Sharp political comment from Geoff, Tony in a man
thong, The standard of manchester
We read out our
homework stories about
A bundle of joy
love to Mum, Impressions of time, Yesterdays news, The birthday - Helene gained great enjoyment from her story, The storm
symphony, Missing the group from Garry ,
Too many yesterdays, Under the purple tree, Today will become yesterday and aromatic
information with the dogs from Jenny.
Terry recommended
The Perk by Mark Gimenez and commented on the great planning he observed. We
discussed the merits of planning a story versus letting the characters and our imagination take over. We also discussed the benefits of research and experience and writing about topics we are passionate about.
David R read out his
poem Skeletons based on family secrets and a child's curiosity.
Jo provided a page
of phrases and we produced single words to replace the phrases.
We used the phrase
“Don’t get carried away with yourself” to do a quick write.
We produced great
stories about - Too much to do, The black prince, Write without delay, No
Mackers here, Hard to write, Beats village gossip from Elizabeth who
appreciates attending our meetings, Down in the mouth, Not haughty, In my usual
political rut, Don’t get carried away, The slippery road and No smoke to be
found.
The tree
