Meeting notes 31 March 2010

Present: Mary, Mandy, Terry, Jo, David R, Kath, Melissa, Robyn, Helene

Enjoy your Easter break and thanks to Mary for the rock cakes, Virginia for the babana cake and the easter bunny for the chocolate eggs.

Brags

Jo had a poem published on line and a comment about UFOs in the Courier mail. She is now working on a radio play.

Mary went to Darwin and for the first time saw rivers running in the NT. While in the NT she had a ride in a huge mining truck driven by her daughter. Had a photo taken at Adelaide River with the crocodile filmed in Crocodile Dundee.

Mandy has been busy writing and enjoying the romance course.

Words of the day

David R – spelunker – one who explores caves for sport from Latin

Jo – digitabulist – collector of thimbles

Terry – profligacy – 1 great wickedness and vice 2 – reckless extravagance, reckless acts of generosity

Mandy – coruscating – give off flashing lights to sparkle

Mary – chevron – a figure pattern or object having the shape of a V or inverted V

Melissa – meretricious – superficially attractive or insincere

Kath – malevolence – malice, ill will, cruelty

Homework readings

Mandy – The more I resisted – part of her romance story

Kath – Sing to me

Helene – It was finished yet

David R – Romantic story as a poem

Jo – Don’t forget to call me dad – a poem

Terry – Sing to me – story of a dead bird

Exercise was a spelling test provided by Jo.

Competitions

Bush poetry association competitions – see http://www.abpa.org.au/Bush/entry.html

FAW Short story competition 2010 – closing date 1 June 2010 www.fawwa.org.au for details

Wet ink short story competition – First prize $3,000 closing 31 August 2010 http://www.wetink.com.au for details

Romance writing

Mandy shared more of her experience from the romance writing course.

Romance homework – prepare a list of obstacles for the heroine and make plots from them or write your first chapter where the two main characters meet which shows instant attraction between the hero and heroine. Due in three weeks.

Homework from David R – Imagine you are an eagle soaring over the waters of Jervis Bay. Write a poem or short story describing how you feel and what you see below.

Next meeting - 7 April 2010
Facilitator – Robyn
Exercise – Melissa
Homework – to be selected from quotes from Ex libris – a literary game provide by Jo

MEETING WEDNESDAY 24-3-10

BAY AND BAY WRITER’S MEETING
WEDNESDAY 24 MARCH 2010

Attended:

Robyn; Cath; Terry; David R; Vala; Mandy; Helene; Melissa

Brags:

Melissa her song has been selected in the top five of the lyrics section of the Great American Song Contest she received an honourable mention – well done!!

Terry’s grandson received the Coaches award for enthusiasm in cricket.

Word of the Day:

David R: Nuance - (noun) a shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Cath: Euphoria - intense feeling of well-being elation.
Helene: Stultification – to cause to appear or to be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical.
Terry: Sophisticated – experienced in worldly ways – sophisticator one who adulterates cheats – to become less naïve.

Homework:

Helene: Obahama’s secret visit to the Shoalhaven.
Vala: Thwaites – Researched novelist.
Cath: Have you or anyone had a premonition that has come true.
Terry: Helena Roerich – Research – Russian philosopher.
David: Transcriptions from family archives – 2 poems:
“A Day on Board the Harrison Bound for California”
“The Californian Miner’s Sabbath”

A description was written of a female character depicted in a romance novel.






Next week:

Facilitator - Helene
Exercise - Jo
Homework - David R

Through commitments of people in the group at times it is impossible for Terry to co-ordinate and organize the roster it was suggested that each person could have homework and an exercise available and utilized if needed.


Homework:

There is always a ‘conflict’ at the beginning of a romantic story;

Create histories of your favourite characters;

Time – event for them to meet – as though intended;

10 obstacles to their union;