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
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.
