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

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

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The writers exchanged ideas and other information

Home work

The conference - A continuation of last month’s topic. Maybe part of a longer work.

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

Yatch approaching by Turner

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

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.

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 4^th December. Arrive early if you want to spend some time writing, it will be lunch and catch up.

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.

Record of meeting 4 September 2019

The writers

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

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.