Eight people met at the North Eastern for our last session for 2018. The prompt for our writing was around the words present/presence, using variations of the words. As in previous sessions, there was a great variety of stories. Many stories told about presents, Christmas, birthdays, or general. There was the present of a car, a scholarship, a special meal, a birthday gift to oneself, the first word spoken by a brain injured daughter after several years of silence. We also had one about the presence of the ghost of a young mother, followed by a poem about the background on how she had died (murder or suicide?).
Some of the stories left open the possibility for extension, and this was a task that each could follow up over the Christmas break.
For our first session in 2019, there are two assignments. Firstly, to write a paragraph to share on any topic. The writer will then take the paragraph away and refine/extend it during the first semester. At the end of the semester we will compare the original with the revised version. Each member has also been asked to come along with some possible prompts to use during the year. These will be put in a “hat” and 2-3 will be selected each month for the following month’s writing.
Joy Shirley
Some of the stories left open the possibility for extension, and this was a task that each could follow up over the Christmas break.
For our first session in 2019, there are two assignments. Firstly, to write a paragraph to share on any topic. The writer will then take the paragraph away and refine/extend it during the first semester. At the end of the semester we will compare the original with the revised version. Each member has also been asked to come along with some possible prompts to use during the year. These will be put in a “hat” and 2-3 will be selected each month for the following month’s writing.
Joy Shirley
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