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
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.
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
