Members present Geoff, Leonie, David C, David R, Terry and Wendy.
If you were not present you missed out on an exciting enlightening quality meeting full of beautifully read transcripts.
NOTD Geoff is selling his property in Sydney
Wendy went to a Greek Club in Figtree Excellent Meals
David R Froze in Oberon but had a friend to help keep him warm
Terry took his Grandson to Sydney Powerhouse Museum Awesome quality time
Leonie went to Floriade in Canberra an exhilarating photo opportunity
David C Mentioned staff attitude at Rivers after sustaining an injury {non life threatning}
WOTD David R Blurb Brief synopsos of a book or writing
Wendy Bombulation Brief explosion {in your underwear }
Geoff Adhere Sticking to it {your guns your word}
Terry Venal Corruptable {the word not Terry}
Leonie Obnoxious Disagreeable and offensive {people ,behaviour language}
David C Summary Brief dispensation or execusion ie Courts or Police
WOTD Short Clips
Leonie All about Bill
Geoff Political Satire
Wendy Poetry about Bombulation
David R As above
Terry Ditto {seems like a trend is blowing in }
David C An outhouse manuscript
Homework Quality Verse and Readings
David C Double Cross
Terry Superman V Luthor
David R Dandylion/ Intrcacity of time
Wendy I am innocent
Leonie Old
Garry Never to be released
Afternoon tea and cookies Yumoh
More discussions and readings including Shadows
Exercise Quickwrite You have only one more Holiday in your lifetime Where would you go.
David R Back to the Bush
Geoff A Musicl tour of Vienna
Wendy Return to her youthfull memories
Terry To Visit Relo's in Scotland England and G Britain
Leonie To cruise on a super cruiser along the Danube
David C A place of smiles Touramina in Sicily near MT Etna
And now the dreaded Homework
You see a co-worker leaving work and he/she is crying why?? Ps no bombulations in their car after a curry night Dum De Dum Thats all folks
03 October 2013
25 September 2013
Record of meeting 25 September 2013
Present
Cath, Lyn, David
C, Jo, Terry, Trish, Wendy, Helene
News
David C’s daughter
is having a baby. Jo has been writing three books. Terry has been researching his book and read
out some swear words from 100 years ago.
Trish is thinking about swearing the best word in world. Wendy went to Canberra Queensland
Word of the day
Suggestive = of
lewd ideas, a form of medical treatment
Contrite = sorry,
deep regret
Acquisition = a
person or thing of merit
Lollygag = loafing
around
Cadenza = a virtuoso
solo passage near the end of a piece of music
Lampoon = verb to
satirise or mock or noun a characteristic
Zinger = a
striking remark, outstanding person or thing,
Coerce = force or
press someone to do something about your will
We produced stories about The young man, the
white gown behind the door, A John Howard dummy, On Facebook, A performance,
Hindsight, Access to emails and the violinist and the pianist.
Homework reading
We read stories
about Someone I know, Super Dave (a poem from Wendy to David R), Anna, The old
man, Ready for a fight, Seeing and feeling, Who the - what the, Inimitable and
I’m sorry son.
Terry discussed
how he enjoyed the writing of Richard Flanagan in “The narrow road to the
north”.
David C read a
funny poem about a Red back spider by the Gwydir.
Exercise
We wrote stories
personifying objects from the natural environment. We created stories about A Eucalyptus
tree and the sky; The waves and rocks; The sand and the waves; A little brown
nut and the squirrel; The ant and the rat; The wattle bird and the tree; The Soldier
crab, the waves and the gull and the slimy green rock and the crab.
Homework
Write a story or
poem from the bad guy’s point of view.
18 September 2013
Record of meeting 18 September 2013
Present
Lynn, Terry,
Geoff, David R, Helene, Wendy, Terry, Elizabeth, David C, Sue, Cath
News
Geoff – went to Sydney Sydney Sydney Elizabeth Lynn Canberra Canberra and
Wollongong
Obtuse = dull or
stupid, blunt or not sharp
Enfilade = a long
line of rooms
Adumbrate =
foreshadow in a faint way
Insouciant = unworried,
slap happy
Solipsism = the
theory that the self is the only reality
Gingerly =
cautiously
Laggard = slow,
falling behind
Nugatory = of no
value
Captious = making
much of trivial things, fault finding
Pas de deux =
dance for two
Choices was the topic and a lot of people
made the choice not to do homework. Those who did homework wrote about - What’s
for free – magical glasses, Learning to fly, Family and media influences – a
thoughtful piece from Leonie, The right choice, Delicious choice and his best choice to join our writing group from Garry in Thailand.
David C – In
Coventry – part of a longer story
David R – Private eye
and Next time – poems
Leonie – Hanging
rock – a free verse poem
Wendy talked about
Robert B Parker's writing including his detective character Spencer
Following a few prompts
on the topic of gifts we wrote about A pack of dogs, I’m a septic, One way
ticket to WA, A good luck charm and the black car, The dating site, The large
brown envelope, how to survive boot camp, a blonde bimbo, A crystal necklace,
Speed dating venue and the sharp knife.
Homework
Write a couple of paragraphs depicting a character
without describing physical characteristics, allow the reader to use their
imagination to visualise the character.
11 September 2013
Record of meeting 11 September 2013
Present:
Wendy, Trevor,
Elizabeth, Jo, Cath, Terry,
David C, Geoff, Jenny, Lynn and David R
News:
Cath painted a door at
home, Leonie had lovely
telephone contact with her children, David C
has
an “urge to write”, Lynn
visited her mother,
Terry picked up a
beaut thesaurus at the markets,
Geoff had a quiet
week, David R and friend had an
Enjoyable drive to
Ulladulla and Cupitt’s Winery,
Wendy travelled to
Victoria, Trevor had friends stay,
Elizabeth spent some
lovely time in the Blue Mountains and visited Norman
Lindsay’s gallery, Jo had no news to share.
Polygamy – more than
one husband/wife
Careen – Move rapidly
Shindig – A noisy
party
Incongruous – Not in
agreement
Custodian – Caretaker
Rebel – Deny authority
Dilemma – Requiring
choice
Force Majeure –
Inability to meet obligation
Frangible – Brittle
No one – Not anybody
Solicitude – Anxiety
We all wrote very
witty short stories and poems using “Words of
the day”
Trevor brought in a
100 year old Mini typewriter,
Elizabeth read her beautiful poem “The Trees", Cath had a lovely Iris
she wrote about, Leonie’s theme
was confidence and she brought a
beautiful charcoal drawing she’d done of
her young son, David C - Part one of
Old habits die hard, "A ring a vow and a
dog tag” Geoff “Sorobon” about the Japanese
abacus, David R a seashell and poem “Shells”, Wendy a great poem “It keeps me going”, Garry sent a story about the humble Tim Tam.
Discussion:
Terry reported no more news from SC Writers Centre about courses
Trevor is looking at our
DVD ‘Write a novel
David C, a follow up
to Die Hard
David R a bush ballad
“The middle of Nowhere”
For a short exercise
we created a hilarious progressive write
Jenny said goodbye to
the Group for awhile and thanked
us for having her.
“Choice”
04 September 2013
Record of meeting 4 September 2013
Present
David R, Jo,
Leonie, Robyn, Jenny, Helene, Cath, David C
Jo dressed for
spring today and in a blue and green theme, Leonie had good news from the eye
specialist and went to Kangaroo Valley, sadly her aunt died in Victoria, Robyn
unpacked her last box and has given away lots of stuff, Cath has been enjoying
the weather and gardening, David R is walking 10 km per day, Helene went to
see “the way, way back” at the movies, Jenny’s daughter and son in law visited
at the weekend and David C found an Elmore Leonard book of short stories at the
tip.
Juxtapose – close
together, contrasting
Nadir – the place
or time of deepest depression, lowest point
Suave – charming,
smooth
Ludicrous –
absurd, ridiculous
Bemoan – lament
Succinct – briefly
and clearly expressed
Spleen – body
organ, spite, pique,
Megalith – a huge
stone used in ancient monuments
We wrote a great
bunch of stories - False friends, A visit to the dietician, On the stage,
Seemed to have everything, Lamenting the past, The bunk beds and Steinbeck and
Charley.
David C – The sons
of the father, Leonie – the blood test for cancer, Robyn – a parable a
religious magical play, Garry – Home
and away, Helene – a modern play of the
three rings.
David R read two of
his poems Free fall and Deceptive intentions.
Helene read her
story Trees – based on the mispronunciation of the word three.
David C read “The
cat walk” by Mary Jones from the Victorian FAW publication.
Robyn brought in
the software "Write your own novel" the group has purchased. We will ask Trevor
our IT Guru to advise how to install and use the program.
Jenny proposed the
group subscribe to the Victorian FAW publication and that we subsidises entries
to competitions.
We also discussed
membership numbers and reiterated the decision to divide the group for a
meeting if we have too many people attending on a particular day.
Show and tell -
write about a favourite item, bring that item to the meeting and read your story.
02 September 2013
Writing competitions August to November 2013
30 August | Boroondara Literary Awards (VIC)
31 August | Scarlett Stiletto awards
6 September| Marjorie Graber-McInnis Short Story Award (ACT)
1 November | Margaret River Short Story Competition (WA)
15 November | EJ BRADY Mallacoota Prize - Short Story competition (VIC) 30 November | Blackened Billy Verse Competition
For details & links see News & Events column, Arts in Shoalhaven
(http://www.arts.shoalhaven.net.au/NewsEvents.html)
28 August 2013
Record of meeting 28 August 2013
Present
Melissa, Robyn,
Cath, Geoff, David C, David R, Helene, Wendy, Jenny, Trevor, Margaret, Terry,
Jo, Elizabeth
Trevor spent 3
days in Sydney and enjoyed a baked dinner cooked by his daughter, Margaret went to
the film festival, Terry had a quiet week and had some new thoughts about his
novel, Jo hasn’t had her computer for a few weeks so has been thinking about
her book and demonstrated her technique to fix the computer (it didn’t work),
Melissa reflected on writing 100 words and its effect on her song writing,
Robyn is settling in to her new house and has built new cupboards, Elizabeth
enjoyed watching men cutting down a huge tree, Cath went to a 1 st birthday
party, Geoff had a quiet week, David C
went to Kangaroo Valley Celtic festival, David R raved about his dentist,
Helene saw Red Obsession, Wendy went for a picnic at Swan Lake, Jenny also went to
Red Obsession and the Nicole Kidman film.
Quotidian – every
day usual
Metaphoric –
symbolic
Boor – rustic,
rude
Convivial –
sociable, happy
Nadir – the worst
moment
Bliss – enjoyment,
pleasure
Pithy – crisp,
concise to the point
Nuance – a subtle
chance
Vulgar – lacking
refinement
Ilk – a type of
Eclectic –
selecting from various styles
Retinue (n) – a
body of aides & retainers attending an important person
Sanctimonious -
hypocritical
We created a great
variety of stories many concerning our group including three men in a shoe, A
meeting we had to have, The bliss of silence, Who let him join, Colourful
language, Summer time, Not wanted in our group, The loving cup, more stories
about our group including starve them out, the cult and a pain in the ass.
Homework
We read our homework
including Brownie points, Double lives, Hello dad, The baby bonus, a sexy
letter, The pop corn vendor and the cat, The map, The triple knot, the kitchen
knife, a woman who pleases all men, A Ferris wheel of questions, Dates to
remember, The adoptee and Kevin no longer works here.
We again discussed
numbers for the group and decided we would reconsider the issue if numbers go
beyond 14.
Geoff recommended
the Concert the stars of the eisteddfod in the Entertainment Centre in Nowra,
this weekend.
Geoff also
recommended the current Photo exhibition at Lady Denman which closes soon
Terry is waiting
for more information and will report back on options on training next week.
Robyn has ordered
“Write your own novel professional edition” for the group. We will know more
when it arrives.
Geoff recommends
reading
George Megalogenis
- The Australian Moment – an overview of Australia
David R read out
his poems Gloss and Blind Corners about decorating and life. We all love a good
gloss.
We each selected
words and completed a 10 minute write and came up with stories about Boorish,
Zero, The headless man, Welcome to heaven, Greed, the vase and flowers in the
garden, Sunday, understanding small, bones, nothing on his mind, $50 off and
treatment.
We also wrote a
sentence including the word treatments and listed as many words as we could
from the word. Some good scores I think Wendy or Jo topped the score with 15
words.
Homework
Write a short play
in language suitable for girls and boys of primary school age based on the parable which will be
emailed to you. If you don’t get the parable choose your own parable. The aim
is for children to role play using their language to help them remember the parable. Cool.
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