Report of Meeting

Meeting report 17th August

Present: Barry, Tony, Peter, Dick, Stephen, Liliane, Beryl, Les, Ally, Simon, Rosie, Trish and Dave (chair)

Welcome to our new member Beryl who came along for the first time.

It’s amazing how such a diverse group of people keep coming up with such a variety of writing contributions. The meeting was a first for us in a new format for a creative exercise:
the first paragraph from a book selected at random (by Dave this time) and the group had to spend thirty minutes of their time trying to create a middle and a conclusion to those few words.

There were a few reservations about this exercise but I think on the whole it was received with enthusiasm when the meeting ended. It certainly was an entertaining and jovial time when the results were read.Most had a twist in the tail which had us guessing. Apart from Dave throwing his toys from the pram (silently of course) when the basic premise for his piece seemed to have been plagiarized by Dick, and Rosie’s brave effort while suffering greatly from hay fever, the mix was as varied as usual and as I said the exercise proved to be a success, one that we will no doubt use at other meetings.

Thanks go out to everybody, although some suggested that they had little time to write convincingly, every piece was enjoyed by all.

The next meeting is on the 7th September when the homework subject of up to one thousand words is HAT. Good luck on that.

A reminder to those not present that there is an Art on the Prom event on Felixstowe seafront on Sunday 5th September and on 19th September the Jack Wilkinson Memorial walk will take place. Details are on the weblog.

Once again Scribblers, a good meeting and hope to see you all next time.

Barry