Record of meeting 9 May 2018

The writers

Trevor, Helene, Pat, Cath

Apologies from Terry, Pauline, Jo

Garry sends his best wishes from Malaysia and plans to return to JB before Christmas this year

The words of the day        

Cologne – fragrance

Oof – money or wealth

Farl – thin piece of oat cake

Impoverish – poor, exhaust

Mellifluous – pleasing voice, dulcet

Chaos – complete disorder and confusion

Delicacy – dainty or luxurious, tender, easily harmed

Slush, slosh – Thawing snow, thin, mud, silly sentiment

Writing from words of the day

The writers grabbed the words of the day like they were wealth and created stories about - The French President, Before he entered the room, I moved in darkness and In the school grounds.

Reading of homework

Three writers read their homework on planning writing a novel in a year on the topics - I write best in the mornings, The blue dress and I’m in it for the fun.

Exercise – six characters

The writers wrote about the six characters in some amusing situations - The French Foreign Legion, Robbing a bank, What a day and Slug on Lettuce.

Exercise - Spoiled rotten

The writers listed six rotten things found in fridges and wrote about - Nightmares of a defrosted freezer, I will slash my wrist, Many things dead and I’m throwing it out.

Homework

Start work on the first or second chapter of your novel.

If you are not following Write a novel in a year you could write about the 2018/19 Australian Budget.