Sorry folks...no meeting today (5th May 2021)
05 May 2021
25 March 2021
Bay and Basin writers group 2021
All welcome
The Bay and Basin writers group will continue to meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 1 pm to 4 pm. Location Vincentia Country Club (Golf Club) 49 Murray St, Vincentia.
Bring your pen and paper or your electronic device.
Have a look at previous records of meetings in this blog to get an idea of how the meetings work.
Contact Pat Lucock 0405 325 235 for further information.
03 September 2020
Peter Porter and Moth Poetry competitions
Judged by Lachlan Brown, John Hawke, A. Frances Johnson, and John Kinsella
Click here to enter the 2021 Porter Prize
The Moth Poetry Prize – $10,000 (or Euro 6,000) – Closes 31 Dec 2020
05 August 2020
Record of meeting 5 August 2020
Present
Pat, Trevor, Pauline, Fran, Helene and welcome to Faye.
Words of the day
Quiescent – resting or dormant
Duologue – a conversation between two people
Frieze – rough heavy woollen cloth
Hereditary – transfer of characteristics to descendants
Physique – bodily structure and appearance
Aficionado – knowledgeable, enthusiastic about a subject
Minster – church of a monastery or cathedral
Writing from words
of the day
After a five month break the writers enthusiastically grabbed the words
of the day and wrote about - Links to the church, In front of the class, The
police officer, Unstable family background and Hard to see.
Writing exercise Fran’s ideas - Gum
branches and or storm damage
The writers read out their stories about; My koala, Driving in the USA, Learning
from nature, A murder mystery, Rain was horizontal and The Gumnut story.
Homework
A Dinasour with three legs
29 April 2020
Shoalhaven writing group information
Winifred Sadlier from
the Shoalhaven Writers Group phoned Pat last week.
Winifred wanted
other groups to be aware
and in contact with her
group particularly during this time of isolation. They are sending in a monthly
article on-line during the lockdown and are reading and commenting on each
other’s work to keep in
the mix during this isolation time.
Winifred has recently had her children’s book published on Amazon
and is happy to come and talk us through the process once we are all
meeting
again.
If anyone is
interesting in working with Winifred and the Shoalhaven writers Group you can
contact Winifred on 4447 8251 or at her email address winifred.sadlier@gmail.com
23 March 2020
Corona virus - break for group
The Bay and Basin writing group will not hold meetings until further notice.
12 March 2020
Meeting Wed 4 March 2020
New members always welcome - 1 pm on the first Wednesday of the month at Vincentia Golf Club
The writers
Pauline, Fran
Pauline, Fran
Apologies Helene and
Pat
Words of the day
Popped in – enter briefly
Chat – talk in a friendly and informal way
Writing from words of the day
No writing was carried
out at the meeting
Exercise
.
The writers exchanged
ideas and other information
Home work
The conference - A
continuation of last month’s topic. Maybe part of a longer work.
06 February 2020
Writing group Wednesday 5 February 2020
The first meeting for 2020 was a select event
The writers
Pauline, Trevor,
Helene, Pat
Words of the day
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scumble –to soften the
lines or colours
pro active – act
before the event
éclat – striking
effect or social notoriety
exonerate – absolve
from blame
superlative – of the
highest quality or degree
Writing from words of the day
The writers grabbed the words of the day and wrote - I set up my easel,
Always trying, On the train in Pakistan and my plan.
Exercise – an organ in the body
Pat gave us an
excellent topic – write about an organ of the human body. We wrote about - Advice
from the stomach, the skin in rap, the little kicking foot and the biggest
organ goes to the spa.
Exercise - The phone rang
The writers were keen
to share experiences of phones ringing and wrote about - In the court room,
Will she pick it up, Drinking bubbly on the deck and In the meeting.
Home work
The conference
04 December 2019
Christmas lunch 4 December 2019
The writers
Pauline, Helene,
Fran, Pat.
Trevor sent Christmas greetings with a painting.
Food of the day
Chicken, fish,
zucchini, Haloumi
Exercise
The writers enjoyed their lunch and company
Meetings in 2020
The first meeting
for the year will be held on Wednesday 5 February 2020, 1 pm at the Vincentia
Golf Club.
22 November 2019
Writing group met Wednesday 6/11/19
Present were: Fran, Trev, Terry, Pat and Pauline so a
good turnout. Helene could not come this month due to other commitments.
The future of homework/thought diaries
We discussed our
homework/non-homework situation, not everyone was sure about thought diaries. However, one writer read out details which he said had helped him gain some
perspective on a troublesome matter that had occurred recently. It was also discussed that the Thought Diary was not meant to be a deep and meaningful counselling
type thing but rather thoughts that occurred to us randomly during the month.
Exercises
We did a short one
word each 10 min write and read our pieces the words were Fold, Plankton,
Mitigate, Dandelions and Manufacture. A bit of fun was had with these words and
their juxta positioning….
We then wrote in the
first person from the viewpoint of an inanimate object, which again was a bit
of light hearted fun.
Christmas meeting
Christmas Meeting will
be 1’ish at Pelicans on Wednesday 4th December. Arrive early if you want to
spend some time writing, it will be lunch and catch up.
06 October 2019
Meeting 2 October 2019
Writers
Pat and Fran
Action
Fran bought in the book of short stories Candle in the dark. Pat and Fran then practiced their poetry writing skills
Fran also brought in an orange as a prop and the pair wrote about many orange things.
Pat brought in a Thought diary by an English author.
Homework
Write a thought dairy for a few days. Bring the diary for discussion and writing for the next meeting.
Pat and Fran
Action
Fran bought in the book of short stories Candle in the dark. Pat and Fran then practiced their poetry writing skills
Fran also brought in an orange as a prop and the pair wrote about many orange things.
Pat brought in a Thought diary by an English author.
Homework
Write a thought dairy for a few days. Bring the diary for discussion and writing for the next meeting.
04 September 2019
Record of meeting 4 September 2019
Helene, Jo, Trevor, Fran, Pauline, Pat, Cath
The words of the day
Irk – to annoy
Scintillating – sparkling
Garbled – mix up or confuse
Firth – arm of the sea or estuary
Sinuous – many curves and turns
Calliope – beautifully voiced goddess
Jubilation – feeling of great happiness and triumph
Writing from words of the day
The group closed, Escape from the storm, The county fair, Performance cancelled, I saw the estuary, One of those days and Most days.
Exercise – Babushka dolls
The writers were inspired by the dolls and wrote about - Should have chosen her lover more carefully, In the box, What is that, Just take the doll, An excuse, At the airport and Riding the horse.
Exercise – the person in the sunglasses
The writers embraced the concept of sunglasses and wrote about - Hard to recognise, Above Collingwood beach, The greatest invention, John Lennon’s sunglasses, Not the local hospital, Rainbow sunglasses and Dark thoughts.
Homework
Not compulsory
25 August 2019
August 2019 update
Attendance numbers have dropped this year - resulting in fewer meetings being held.
As a result of the drop in numbers a few members have decided that from Wednesday 4 September 2019, meetings will be held monthly on the first Wednesday of the month.
Come to the Function room in the Vincentia Golf Club from 1 to 4 pm and bring a pen and paper or your electronic devise for writing.
As a result of the drop in numbers a few members have decided that from Wednesday 4 September 2019, meetings will be held monthly on the first Wednesday of the month.
Come to the Function room in the Vincentia Golf Club from 1 to 4 pm and bring a pen and paper or your electronic devise for writing.
08 July 2019
Lunch Wednesday 3 July 2019
The following writers met over lunch
Terry, Pat, Pauline, Jenny, Helene, Trevor
Terry, Pat, Pauline, Jenny, Helene, Trevor
19 June 2019
12 June 2019
05 June 2019
Record of meeting 5 June 2019
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Humming bird collecting nectar
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Terry, Pat, Helene, Trevor
Words of the day
Circumspect – careful not to take risks
Converse – turn around or put upside down
Cynosure – attracts attention by brilliance
Corrigendum – error to be corrected in print
Amalgamate – to unite in or as if in a mixture of elements
Nectar – a sweet liquid produced by flowers collected by bees
Caper – preserved flower bud or skip or dance about in a lively way
Writing from words of the day
The writers captured the words of the day and capered around as they wrote - I didn’t want to, My Dentist is not my mate, Poor little bee and In my garden.
Reading of homework
Three writers read out homework on the topics - My burnt dinner, The smell of perfume and A meal I cooked.
Exercise – Affects of The anti-anger virus
The writers wrote about the advantages and disadvantages of the anti-anger virus - Everyone was nice, Chaos on a cruise ship, The ho-ho virus and Needing a snack.
Homework
Target practice
31 May 2019
Record of meeting 29 May 2019
Members in attendance
PAT, JENNY and PAULINE
The meeting ended early after beginning with some discussions about reasons for absences while we waited to see in anyone else turned up.
Words of the day
BUCOLIC - charming, picturesque, pertaining to country-side
TERCEL 2 meanings - fabric /Hawke
VULPICIDE - fox killing in an unsportsmanlike way
MEPHISTOPHELIAN full of evil cunning, one of the seven devils of medical demonology in Goethe’s Faust
Holidays and writing
PAT shared about her recent holiday; 23 days in China in an area of 10million people, polite but not much English. Amazing ancient buildings and broken pottery. 1,000 photos including toilets and lamp posts.
There was also writing about “Charles and gunfire and loving foxes”.
Jenny had written on a previous homework topic “We left early”. It was very adventurous and action filled.
Homework for 5 June 2019
“I woke to the smell of smoke”
29 May 2019
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