Record of meeting 8 February 2017

The writers

Wendy, Cath, Terry, Helene, Elizabeth, Lynne, Diane and welcome to new member Jenny

Words of the day

Glom – 1.to grab, catch or steal 2.look or glimpse

Icon – sacred image

Penumbra – partial shade

Sapient – wise or shrewd

Hoity-toity – arrogant or haughty

Fawn – young deer, colour or servile

Mull – think about, wine, promontory, humus, spine book binding

Writing from words of the day

The writers mulled over the words of the day and created sapient stories and poems: Helene – An amazing family, Cath – The loot, Jenny- The whipper snapper, Lynn – A piece of art, Elizabeth – At the auction, Terry – Not worth my time and Wendy – Why did I bother.

Reading of homework

Five writers read out their homework: Lynne – Too late for a new uniform – a thought provoking story, Elizabeth – As children, Terry – The album, Helene – Bodies of water and Cath – The birthday cake.

Exercise - a view through a peek hole at night

Helene – The style police, Cath – Hello Gran, Diane – An eye, Jenny – The postman, Lynne - Are you home, Elizabeth – Two big brown eyes, Terry – The cash cow and Wendy – A bloodshot eye.

Homework

Write about your own or others compulsions or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 

Meeting 1st Feb 2017

Attendance
David, Lynn, Cath, Wendy, Terry, Elizabeth, Dianne

There was an inordinate amount of verbal interaction this day i.e we spoke a lot.

Words of the Day
Ambivalent...wavering, indecisive,   Tidbit...small morsel,    Anarchic...lawless
Epicentre...focal point of something, also directly above an earthquake
Chattel...movable personal possessions,  Peevish...easily irritated  (Donald Trump perhaps?)
Mayhem...violent destruction, chaos, intent to maim

From these words an array of thoughts and ideas found there way onto paper.

Homework readings

Cath...a cruise on the good ship Delphinium
David...a school experience...to be continued
Terry...When Tennyson McGuiness met Terrencio Mancini at Tuggerah Lakes

Homework for next week

Write a story involving a pastry cook, a rotary dial telephone and a boat's steering wheel

Meeting 25-1-17

Attending...Elizabeth, Diane, Cath, Pauline, Terry

Words
Perfidious...Deceitful, untrustworthy,   Clamour...loud appeal, confused,
Fear...unpleasant emotion caused by perceived threat or harm, Obsequious...servile, obedient
Claustrophobia...irrational fear of confined spaces

A range of poems, stories from these words were presented

Homework readings
Diane...a fear of writing      Pauline...No is the word      Terry...Fear of failure? or of success

Exercise was to come up with the basics on which a short story/poem could be based. Fill in the table
below and use the information as a basis. Words in red are examples only.

            Item                      Your first name initial                 Your Surname initial
                                            (e.g. P from Peter)                    (e.g P from Piper)

A body of water                        Pond                                        Pacific                

Flower                                     Pelargonium                            Pigface

Food                                        Pizza                                       Potato chips

A first name                            Patricia                                    Phillip

A surname                              Porter                                       Parsons

Record of meeting 18 January 2017

The writers

Wendy, Cath, Helene, Trevor, Diane, Terry, Lynn, David

The words of the day

Co-dependent – reliant on another to the extent independent action is not possible

Hectoring – badgering and haranguing shouting

Interdict – prohibition

Puerile – childish, immature

Microfiche – piece of film containing reduced photograph of newspaper, book etc

Flummox – to confuse

Invalid – void without legal force or infirm

Jimcrack – showy but flimsy, worthless, trivial mechanism

Writing from words of the day

David – I could hear her, Diane – Before the judge, Cath – The Psychiatrist, Helene – Cupie, Wendy – Playing with my toy, Lynn – Constant interjections, Terry – Incessant and Trevor – Writing to the newspaper

Reading of homework

David – The crap band, Diane – Dangerous behaviour, Cath – The hair cut, Helene – The odd couple and Terry – Without a face

Exercise - A diary writes back to a 16 year old girl

Wendy – Ungrateful sod, Lynn – It has been torturous, Terry – Rick the technology fairy, Trevor – My life as paper, Diane – How’s the boyfriend, Cath – not as we want it and Helene – Dear Sophie.

Homework

Write about a real or imaginary fear that stops you from writing or doing something else important to you.

Record of meeting 11 January 2017 - cancelled

The writers

Wendy, Cath, Helene

With such small numbers the meeting was cancelled

Homework from 4 January 2017

From the second I heard about her I knew ……………

Record of meeting 4 January 2017

The Writers

Wendy, Juan, Helene, Pauline, Diane

Words of day

Burst – break

Debauchery – sexually corrupt or immoral

Imposter – person who cheats or swindles pretending to be someone else

Sociopath – a personality disorder extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour

Wurlitzer – large electric organ for theatres musical machine sounding like an orchestra

Wurlitzer organ

Writing from words of the day

The writers grabbed the words of the day and produced the following amazing stories; Helene – Donald is like a Wurlitzer, Pauline – down in Port Kembla, Diane – A clown at the Fair ground, Juan – The astronomer and Wendy – A long hot bath.

Reading of homework

A few writers read out their homework created during the silly season; Helene – Is my life a mess, Pauline – Follow my dreams and Juan – Remembering a special birthday, read by Diane.

Exercise- Daydreaming through a window and or about scars

The writers excelled with stories and poems on the following: Helene – a flea allergy, Wendy – I hate clowns, Juan – Day and mood, Diane – Boarding school and Pauline – Stained glass windows.

Boarding school

Homework

From the second I heard about her I knew ……………

Record of meeting 14 December 2016

The writers

Wendy, Terry, David, Cath, Helene, Pauline, Helene

The words of the day

Geezer – odd character

Graveolent – offensive smell

Glean – collect or gather

Gabardine – strong twill cloth used for raincoats

Galumph – move about noisily

Writing from words of the day

The writers grabbed the words of the day and generated the following stories; Cath – Greedy greengrocer, Helene – On the beach, Wendy – Gravitate outside, Pauline – Smells in the kitchen and David – An old man.

Reading of homework

Two writers read out their homework; Helene – Grizzly guardian and Pauline – Finding a Christian.

Homework

Making resolutions or not

Happy Christmas and healthy New Year to writers, their families and friends

Next meeting Wednesday 4 January 2017