09 March 2016

Record of meeting 9 March 2016

Continuing the month of romance

The writers

Wendy, Juan, Cath, Elizabeth, Helene, David C, Terry and Lynn

The words

Vacillate = dither

Penchant = bias towards

Vitriolic = spiteful, bitter

Picnic = a meal eaten outdoors

Lapse = temporary drop in standards

Palaver = talk profusely, time wasting fuss

Dalliance = act of fondness, amorous toying

Sensuous = effecting the feelings in a pleasurable way
  
Writing from words of the day

The eight writers used the words of the day in a dalliance with a penchant to lapse into palaver to create some amazingly sensuous stories about - In love with a shirt, He sneaked away, Revenge, Picnic cancelled, The politician’s wife, The damage he caused, Fruit and vegetables and Scared to touch.

Reading of homework

Six writers read out their homework on the topics - Pamela and the Sheik by Helene, True Love a poem from Wendy, Jayne Austin from Juan, Surprise from David C, Young love a poem from Terry and Customer service in a country store by Elizabeth.

Exercise – forbidden love


The group of diligent writers created a tasteful bunch of stories of forbidden love titled – Peanut butter cheesecake, He made my life worth living a political poem by Wendy, What is it?, My heart beating in my ears, Frozen to the core, In the shower, 
Red with black leather trim 

and Getting what I want.

Homework

Lust in the dust