Record of meeting 3 May 2017

The writers

Terry, Pat, Helene, Pauline, Diane

The words of the day

Falcate – bent like a sickle

Sublime – inspiring, uplifting

Gnostic – having a mystical knowledge

Temporal – fleeting momentary

Writing from words of the day

The writers bent the words of the day into amazing stories: Helene – Fading fast, Pat - There is something about a maze, Pauline I stumbled, and Terry – A passing phase (another witty poem)

Homework

A great response for homework: Helene – Sausage sizzle, Terry – Really tricky – another great poem, Pauline - In my younger years and Pat – Goldilocks the final chapter

Exercise 1 – When I asked

Using nouns, verbs, adjectives and names we created the following masterpieces

Diane – Playing in the water, Pat – When you wish upon a star, Terry - When I saw Paul and Helene – Fly to the moon.

Exercise 2 - The bigger they are the harder they fall

Helene – Zucchini picking, Diane – Rugby players, Pat – Saves what? and Terry – What happened to Humpy.

Exercise 3 - Traits from the writer you want to be

Diane – Bill Bryson, Pat – J K Rawlings, Terry – Dickens and Helene – Lilly Brett

Homework

Get into a routine and write every day to create The neighbour from hell