Record of meeting 28 September 2016

The writers 

Wendy, Cath, Helene, Juan, Terry, David C

The words of the day

Soporific – inducing drowsiness

Salubrious – healthy, feeling good

Salvation – being saved from harm or sin

Stupefy – to make dull or astound someone

Sanctimonious – show of being morally superior

Scandal – disgraceful action or event, shame, malicious gossip

Writing from words of the day

The salubrious writers scribbled short stories and poems as follows; Helene - Sabrina swayed, Wendy – Stewart and lots of s words, Juan – Parking, Terry – Donald’s campaign, David – Won by one vote and Cath – Jim.

Reading of homework

A few sanctimonious scribblers scandalised the others with the stories: Helene – Wanda and Warren, David – The Sepia school photograph and Terry – oooooagg at the mercy of a beast.

Young Writer’s competition SSPAN

The group discussed procedures for judging the entries - Terry will send out the 37 entries by email and confirm allocation of entries to judges. Judging to be completed by Wednesday 12 October 2016. Any enquires about entries to Terry.

Exercise - Giraffe, gold fish and/or hypochondriac nurse

The writers scrutinised the exercise topics to stream the stories; Cath – buy the fish, David – Maid Marion visits me, Terry – When I was young, Juan – Lazy man, Wendy – My sister sent me a spider and Helene - Visit from the nurse.

Homework

Use the letter E to evolve a word of the day and use it to energise a comedy story or poem.

Record of meeting 21 September 2016

The writers present

David C, Terry, Elizabeth, Cath, Juan, Wendy, Pauline and Diane

Words of the Day.
Wring     Winklepickers   Worldling   Woebegone   Wage   
Winsome   Wergild   Dessert
Using these words there were stories of disaster, a young mother's struggle, visiting a cafeteria, an old woman, an adventurous wedding, Wally and Willimena, a long journey, and a young man in the desert.

Homework.
Juan...When everything is gone    (reminiscence and hope)
David...An intergalactic war   Pauline...The fortune teller
Dianne...Robots and terror    Elizabeth...Pastoral memories

Exercise...We used the words "I have to hand it to you" and came up with wide variation of tales.

Homework for 28 September 2016

Bring a word of the day starting with the letter S and include words starting with the letter S in a Sci fi or occult story or poem.

Record of meeting 14 September 2016

The writers

Wendy, Juan, Cath, Helene, Terry, David C and Diane

The words of the day

Termagant – bad tempered woman

Telepathy – direct communication between minds

Tantamount – equivalent to

Trenchant – effective, sharp edge

Tangible – actual, not vague

Tarradiddle – a white lie, fib (from Hindi)

The stories from words of the day

The writers turned out tangible stories and poems; from Helene – Aunty Tina, Cath – Treason, David – the sting, Terry – Heresy, Juan – Bob and Jane and Wendy – The ugly old woman.

The reading of homework

The following writers read out homework: Helene – Tia and Truth, David – Human flesh for dinner, Terry – Over the hills and far away – a witty poem, Juan – The true story of Jonah and Noah.

Exercise - In the rear view mirror

The writers wrote what the taxi driver saw in the rear view mirror; Helene – A bloodied doll, Wendy – Tattooed head, Juan – A spider on a passengers face, Terry – The randy young man – a great poem, Diane – A ghostly figure, David – Typical Friday night and Cath – Dark clouds.

Homework

Bring a word of the day starting with the letter W and include words starting with the letter W in a Sci fi or occult story or poem.

Record of meeting 14 September 2016

The writers

Wendy, Juan, Cath, Helene, Terry, David C and Diane

The words of the day

Termagant – bad tempered woman

Telepathy – direct communication between minds

Tantamount – equivalent to

Trenchant – effective, sharp edge

Tangible – actual, not vague

Tarradiddle – a white lie, fib (from Hindi)

The stories from words of the day

The writers turned out tangible stories and poems; from Helene – Aunty Tina, Cath – Treason, David – the sting, Terry – Heresy, Juan – Bob and Jane and Wendy – The ugly old woman.

The reading of homework

The following writers read out homework: Helene – Tia and Truth, David – Human flesh for dinner, Terry – Over the hills and far away – a witty poem, Juan – The true story of Jonah and Noah.

Exercise - In the rear view mirror

The writers wrote what the taxi driver saw in the rear view mirror; Helene – A bloodied doll, Wendy – Tattooed head, Juan – A spider on a passengers face, Terry – The randy young man – a great poem, Diane – A ghostly figure, David – Typical Friday night and Cath – Dark clouds.

Homework

Bring a word of the day starting with the letter W and include words starting with the letter W in a Sci fi or occult story or poem.

Record of meeting 7 September 2016

Writers in attendance

Wendy, Juan, Cath, Elizabeth, David C, Helene

Words of the day

Maelstrom-Malevolent-Miscreant-Moppet-Misanthrope

Writing from words of the day

The writers manipulated the words of the day and made short stories with an occult twist.

Reading of homework

Moon base Sci-fi, Strange things Occult

Exercise - The Hitchhiker

Strange tales of spiders and more

Homework for 14 September 2016

The letter T for word of the day with more Sci-fi or Occult stories or poems



Record of meeting 31 August 2016

The writers

Wendy, Helene, Roslyn, Leonie, Terry, Cath, Diane

Words of the day

Lone – solitary

Life – existence

Lank – lean and tall

Lachrymose – tearful

Laggard – person who falls behind

Libertine – a person who goes their own way

Lambaste – scold severely, thrash, criticize

  

Writing from words of the day

The lugubrious writers leisurely lifted the words of the day to the following stories and poems: Wendy – Little old lady, Cath – On deaf ears, Roslyn – My friend, Leonie – A potential leader, Diane – An unusual man, Terry – He wont say die and Helene – Lisa the lousy lush.

Reading of homework

Six writers presented the following stories and poems: Roslyn – Library day, Leonie – Hospitals, Diane – Love to all others, Terry – Laurie (a brilliant descriptive poem), Helene – Lulu laments love lost and Juan – Lots of L words (read by Terry in Juan’s absence).

Discussion

We held a discussion of the background and procedures for the Youth Writing competition. We will further discuss the procedures after the closing date of 16 September 2016.

Exercise 1

We started a story/poem with - The first time I heard about/saw him I had a feeling...........

The writers wrote about: Helene – Clive Palmer, Wendy – the messiah (very witty), Cath – Dusty the dog, Roslyn – The applicant, Leonie – My husband, Diane – Donald Trump  and Terry – The Jolly swag man.

Exercise 2 

We started a story or poem with the words “He held my hand in his” and in long hand and by lap top created:

Leonie – in a scary situation, Diane – On the dance floor, Terry – Riding in a Bentley,  Helene – A card reading, Wendy – In handcuffs, Cath – A good life line and Roslyn – How things would change.

Homework

Write a story or poem on the theme of Sci-Fi or Occult. Next week bring a word starting with the letter M.  

Meeting 24 August 2016

The writers 

Wendy, Juan, Roslyn, Cath, Helene, Terry, Virginia, David C, Diane and welcome to visitor Kath

The words of the day

Hideous – repulsive

Hectoring - bullying

Hero – brave, champion, idol

Hangar – storage for planes

Happy – feeling or showing pleasure

Hyperbole – deliberate exaggeration

Hamstrung – restricted or thwarted

Harangue – tirade noisy long pompous speech

Hobbledehoy – rough, ill mannered youth, unkempt

Writing from words of the day

Helene – Waiting for the plane, Wendy - Harry and Hector, Di – The definition of a bully, Juan – Pepe le pew, Roslyn – Brave Action, David – The Minister for Finance left, Terry – Elected, Cath – Hard to be happy and Kath Seeing my hero.

Reading of homework

Six heroic writers read out the following homework - Cath – A camping holiday, Helene – My ancestry, Terry – My first car smelled a little strange, David – Hesitating, Roslyn – My hideout and Juan – A home coming (read by Lynn).

Exercise - in another life

We created wonderful stories and poems from the point of view of another person or creature.  Helene - My life as a butterfly, Diane – My friend, Juan – My cat, Roslyn – A day in the shop, David – A beared man in white robes, Terry – In the skylight ( a vey clever poem), Lynne – My life as a spider and Kath – A young lady in my shoes.

Homework

Use the letter L

1. To select your word of the day and
2. A topic starting with the Letter L as the basis for your homework on a memory.