Many of us kept our writing activity up during the Christmas break. We had four prompts to choose from:
All the prompts were used by at least one person. The use of a typewriter did tend to take us back in time for some stories, although one handled the idea differently – what do you do when the power is out and a school assignment is due in the following day? Using a laptop makes completing the work possible, but how do you print the result. An aunt helps a student by typing the work on an old typewriter in a vacant office in her office building. The niece then decides that is what she wants for her birthday – a typewriter. Old technology can still come in useful sometimes.
Some of the stories were less light-hearted than we sometimes share, but the sadness or darkness was handled well. It has been heartening to see how we have all developed in our writing over the last year.
We are looking forward to welcoming some new members to the class in 2022. I expect that there will be new directions to explore. I have set some topics for our February class for returning members. Of course, our new members are also welcome to start writing. Just choose one of the topics and write a story – any length you like.
The topics are:
Our first class for the year is on 14 February – St Valentines Day!
Joy Shirley
- A breeze swirled, growing thick with the promise of rain
- {Evelyn} peered down the long table, searching out {Sally}
- From somewhere in the building came the loud clack of a typewriter
- By mid-afternoon, the study was already growing dark
All the prompts were used by at least one person. The use of a typewriter did tend to take us back in time for some stories, although one handled the idea differently – what do you do when the power is out and a school assignment is due in the following day? Using a laptop makes completing the work possible, but how do you print the result. An aunt helps a student by typing the work on an old typewriter in a vacant office in her office building. The niece then decides that is what she wants for her birthday – a typewriter. Old technology can still come in useful sometimes.
Some of the stories were less light-hearted than we sometimes share, but the sadness or darkness was handled well. It has been heartening to see how we have all developed in our writing over the last year.
We are looking forward to welcoming some new members to the class in 2022. I expect that there will be new directions to explore. I have set some topics for our February class for returning members. Of course, our new members are also welcome to start writing. Just choose one of the topics and write a story – any length you like.
The topics are:
- The most adorable chocolate brown eyes stared at Susan from the face resting on
- the desk.
- They walked beside the river while {Charlie} weaved in and out of the reeds.
- The jury retired to consider the verdict
Our first class for the year is on 14 February – St Valentines Day!
Joy Shirley
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