23 March 2016

Record of meeting 23 March 2016


The writers

Wendy, Juan, Ros, Lynn, Di, Terry, Pauline and Helene

The words of the day

Bumbledom – fussy officialdom
Smithereens – small pieces
Mouflon – wild mountain sheep
Melancholy – prolonged sadness
Lugubriously – mournful, gloomy
Rapacious – greedy or grasping
Diaphanous – sheer fine delicate, gossamer thin, gauzy
Halo – circle of light around the moon, sun, head of person or saint

The Stories from words of the day

The writers sat under their halos, blew all melancholy to smithereens and created the stories - A work project, Stop wearing skinny blue jeans, Driving around New Zealand, The heroine, Mabel in pink, The shepherd looked, The original hotel and A moonlit night. 


The Reading of homework

Six writers read out homework as follows - The date from Roslyn, Bluebird Café in the mood for love – by Lynn, The man who had a hip operation and false teeth – a funny story from Di, Temptation – a great poem by Terry, Hey Paula with music from Helene and Love and music from Juan.

Reading

Terry read an excellent poem written by his 13 year old grandson


Romance writing for dummies

Roslyn read out information from the publication “Romance writing for dummies” about heroines, emotional tension, plots and chapters.

Exercise conflict in romance/relationship

The lugubrious writers toiled to create a romance story with conflict resulting in Cake by Helene, I’m not watching that rubbish by Wendy, What a problem by Juan, Harry and Sally by Roslyn, Move on from Lynn, Slightly disabled from Di, Lips like an Italian car by Terry and  Fred and Jan from Pauline.


Homework

Write a story or poem displaying conflict in romance




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