More romance for the month of March
The writers
Terry, Juan,
Roslyn, Lynn, Di, Pauline, Leonie, Helene and Wendy
The words of the day
Delta – the forth
letter of the Greek alphabet, a code word representing the letter D used in
radio communication, area of low flat land, where a river divides into several
smaller rivers flowing into the sea.
Paramour – a lover
married to someone else
Cinerarium – a
place for ashes
Puerile –
childish, trivial
Insouciant –
indifferent, unconcerned
Scintillate – to
spark or flash
Abet – help a
criminal
Hardnosed – a
person unwilling to give in
Lust – animal
desire for sexual indulgence
Writing from words of the day
The scintillating
group of writers took the words of the day to create the following stories and
poems - Memories, Not many visitors, Delta Hardnose, The meeting place, I don’t
need another lover, Family discussion, Champagne and roses; He walked into the
room and Lust or bust.
Six romantic
writers read out stories and poems as follows - To become a jillaroo by Terry,
The couples by Juan, The rodeo by Ros, Life and money by Pauline, A day of
surprises by Leonie and Out of her class by Wendy.
Shoalhaven poetry prize
First prize $1,000
with a two week artist residency at Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon on the Shoalhaven River
Second prize $300
and third prize $100.
Also $200 Geoff
Bolton award for an entry from a Shoalhaven resident.
Entries close on
Friday 3 June 2016 and winners will be notified in September 2016.
Romance writing
Terry read out
information about romance writing on character development and plot researched
by Lynn
Exercise - Take a type of love and develop one
of the characters
The writers used
the information presented to develop characters and or plot for a romance. The
stories were on the topics - Helene – The matchmakers; Wendy – two different
worlds. Terry – love at first sight; Ros
– a cousin at a wedding; Lynn – In the penthouse; Di – love from the past;
Pauline – too honest for his own good.
Homework
Take the characters
or story you created today and develop it further. Or using the romance
information you receive by email develop two characters and start their romance
story
