We are in the final stages of negotiations to enable ABC Open's Shepparton producer, Will Kendrew, to attend our August 15th session. Will has set the following 500 word challenge for us to write and will lead a session in which we listen to each other’s works in progress, make suggestions and edit. Will is hopeful that before 3.30 pm some if not all of us will have, or be ready to have, uploaded 500 words (give or take 300) to the ABC Open and U3A websites.
Topic 'What happened in Vegas' (working title)
Spill the beans on something from one of your holidays, something that just doesn’t happen in every day life.
Ideas that could help to get you moving along – look at photo albums, emails, letters, even Facebook – get yourself reminders of holidays and the events that happened on them, then describe one of those holiday moments in detail.
Alternative 500 word topic/s - the alternative topic for today or for the next Cafe Catchup will be ABC Open's regular 500 words topic for August - 'Experiences of the Unexplained' - Have you ever had a brush with the spiritual world, a stay in a haunted house, a moment of psychic synergy? Make us shiver in our boots with your story of an otherworldly encounter. Tell us the story as it happened, and how you see it now. If this doesn't appeal and you haven't already shared them, bring along ‘The Year that Made Me’; or ‘Desert Island discs’ – describe five pieces of music you would like to have with you if you found yourself alone on a desert island and why.
Cafe catchup – (optional). Our next cafe catch up will be on the 1st Monday in August (1st August) from 2.30 to 3.30 pm by the fire at 'The Northo'. Bring along 'Experiences of the Unexplained' (see above); ‘alternative topic’ stories; unshared stories (eg. if you wrote two versions of one topic); stories from missed sessions; and/or writing of your own you would like to share/discuss.
Topic 'What happened in Vegas' (working title)
Spill the beans on something from one of your holidays, something that just doesn’t happen in every day life.
Ideas that could help to get you moving along – look at photo albums, emails, letters, even Facebook – get yourself reminders of holidays and the events that happened on them, then describe one of those holiday moments in detail.
Alternative 500 word topic/s - the alternative topic for today or for the next Cafe Catchup will be ABC Open's regular 500 words topic for August - 'Experiences of the Unexplained' - Have you ever had a brush with the spiritual world, a stay in a haunted house, a moment of psychic synergy? Make us shiver in our boots with your story of an otherworldly encounter. Tell us the story as it happened, and how you see it now. If this doesn't appeal and you haven't already shared them, bring along ‘The Year that Made Me’; or ‘Desert Island discs’ – describe five pieces of music you would like to have with you if you found yourself alone on a desert island and why.
Cafe catchup – (optional). Our next cafe catch up will be on the 1st Monday in August (1st August) from 2.30 to 3.30 pm by the fire at 'The Northo'. Bring along 'Experiences of the Unexplained' (see above); ‘alternative topic’ stories; unshared stories (eg. if you wrote two versions of one topic); stories from missed sessions; and/or writing of your own you would like to share/discuss.
