The writers
Helene, Trevor,
Terry, Fran, Pat, Cath and welcome to John
The words of the day
Portugal – a
country
Cimmerian –
darkness
Turophile – lover
of cheese
Chiromancy – palm reading
Demeanour –
outward appearance, behaviour
Hybrid – made of 2
different combined elements
Glory –
magnificent, splendour, wonder, exaltation
Troglodyte – a
hermit or person regarded as being deliberately ignorant
The writers
emerged from the darkness and wrote about - Very soon, Jake, She was tall,
Kevin had a slave, A different time, I don’t speak football and The last word
again.
Four writers read
their homework on the topics Clancy, This will change my life, Waiting in line and
What a bloody cheek.
Exercise – the otherness of night time
The writers wrote about experiences at night - Scare off
the intruders, A pounding heart, Leave it to the SES, A face at the window,
I’ll think about that tomorrow, Half asleep and The handy baseball bat.
Exercise - Last chance honey
The writers used the phrase Last chance honey and wrote about - Back with the band, Their own butler, One eyed Jack, An angelic creature, Starting afresh and Flipped a coin.
Christmas in July lunch
Wednesday 11 July
12 noon at the Chinese Restaurant at the Vincentia Golf Club. Current and former
members welcome.
Exercise 13 from page
138 of ‘A novel in a year” by Louise Dougherty.
Give your character an obstacle, puzzle or challenge as she struggles through
the maze of your book.
