Record of meeting 31 August 2016

The writers

Wendy, Helene, Roslyn, Leonie, Terry, Cath, Diane

Words of the day

Lone – solitary

Life – existence

Lank – lean and tall

Lachrymose – tearful

Laggard – person who falls behind

Libertine – a person who goes their own way

Lambaste – scold severely, thrash, criticize

  

Writing from words of the day

The lugubrious writers leisurely lifted the words of the day to the following stories and poems: Wendy – Little old lady, Cath – On deaf ears, Roslyn – My friend, Leonie – A potential leader, Diane – An unusual man, Terry – He wont say die and Helene – Lisa the lousy lush.

Reading of homework

Six writers presented the following stories and poems: Roslyn – Library day, Leonie – Hospitals, Diane – Love to all others, Terry – Laurie (a brilliant descriptive poem), Helene – Lulu laments love lost and Juan – Lots of L words (read by Terry in Juan’s absence).

Discussion

We held a discussion of the background and procedures for the Youth Writing competition. We will further discuss the procedures after the closing date of 16 September 2016.

Exercise 1

We started a story/poem with - The first time I heard about/saw him I had a feeling...........

The writers wrote about: Helene – Clive Palmer, Wendy – the messiah (very witty), Cath – Dusty the dog, Roslyn – The applicant, Leonie – My husband, Diane – Donald Trump  and Terry – The Jolly swag man.

Exercise 2 

We started a story or poem with the words “He held my hand in his” and in long hand and by lap top created:

Leonie – in a scary situation, Diane – On the dance floor, Terry – Riding in a Bentley,  Helene – A card reading, Wendy – In handcuffs, Cath – A good life line and Roslyn – How things would change.

Homework

Write a story or poem on the theme of Sci-Fi or Occult. Next week bring a word starting with the letter M.