02 August 2017

Record of meeting 2 August 2017





The writers

Cath, Dennis, Helene, Pat, Terry

Words of day

Multitude - abundance

Particulate – minute particles

Spifflicate – treat roughly or severely

Mews – row of houses converted from stables

Faience – a glazed and coloured earthen wear

Writing from words of the day

The writers created a multitude of stories from the words of the day.

Reading of homework

The writers read out compelling first liners and stories. Topics included dragonflies, drought, death, crying and a wristwatch.

unmese: the blog

Dennis shared his publication unmese: the blog. The day to day account of Elena and Dino in Italy, February- March 2010. Published through blurb.com

Exercise – Lake Tanganyika

Pat provided each writer with six pages of information on Lake Tanganyika from Wikipedia. The writers produced a wide range of stories on fishing, travel, a   monster, business deals and to the north.

Thanks Pat for a wonderful exercise.

Homework

Last night in Hampton Court
Hampton Court

Next weeks facilitator and exercise provider

Dennis


Peter Porter Poetry Prize closes 3 December 2017

First prize is $5,000; second prize $2,000
Entry is $25
Entries need to be no more than 75 lines
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