09 January 2013

Meeting 9 January 2013

Happy new year 2013

 In summer colours

David R, Wendy, Terry, Jo, Trish, Helene, Robyn, Garry, Cath

News

Jo told a funny story about a pet pig, Robyn enjoyed her 14 day cruise and had a balcony which was healthier, Garry was in hospital over Xmas for 9 days, David R is off to Chile in February, Helene went to the pool every day it was open, Wendy went to a party on New Years eve, Cath could not go to bed early on New Years Eve as her cat was under the bed, Cath also told us about the Writers Circle on Facebook, Terry put some stories on the Fan stories web site and had some feedback. Trish enjoyed hearing the comments and the stories about the fire – what did we talk about before the fires.

Jo told us about the FAW competitions and feedback opportunities available from March 2013 go to australianwritermagazine@gmail.com To get involved with Hive Television go to www.hivetv.wordpress.com

Words of the day

Catastrophic = disastrous, calamitous, appalling, terrible

Puerile = childish

Stultify = to bring to nought, appear foolish or absurd

Obstreperous = noisy, annoying

Sustainability = to maintain or prolong

Glorious = celebrated, exalted, delightful

Quirk = an artful evasion, flourish in drawing or writing, peculiarity of character or twist of fate

Adagio = a piece of music to be played slowly

Dichotomy = division or contrast between two things

Writing from words of the day

Robyn – the weather and the family. Garry – Dear John letter to a son. David R – a poem about a cat. Helene – the crèche.  Wendy – a poem half a brain. Cath – all or nothing. Terry – writing on the fence. Trish – The black dust. Jo – separate species.


Reading of homework

Garry – tell the truth. David C two poems – catastrophic warnings and cool change. Helene – Fifi’s new year’s resolution. Wendy brilliant poem– I’m posh. Terry – part of a future novel - I’ve had enough. Trish – read out a few funny resolutions she found on the internet.

Exercise

We each wrote what we were grateful for on a piece of paper. We then selected one of the folded pieces of paper and wrote about that topic.

The stories covered the topics of being grateful for

My adventures, My sister, Being alive – he passed because of the interference of God, Sydney Morning Herald meets all my needs, Mr Nobody, Small Mersey’s, Electricity, My body.

Homework

After the door closed and the footsteps died