Felixstowe Scribblers Meeting Report

Felixstowe Scribblers Meeting Report for 16th August 2010 held at The Room at the Top Felixstowe Library.

Apologies from; Debbie,Beryl, Trish, Sally and Robyn.

Members attending; Tony, Dick, Caz, Dave, Barry, Les, Martin, Sandy, Cathy, Carolyn, Ray and Liliane.

Four little words, just four little words and out of the hat we all had our pick.
Once again, it is incredible how such professional pieces appear from just thirty minutes spontaneous writing. Even the few doubters of this evening’s format had to comment on the quality and diversity of the work. Some written using the full thirty minutes and some completed before that.

TONY’s four words were; COUSIN, RICOCHET, TWISTED and ABSOLUTE.
WHO’S NEXT . . . A short story about a young girl, wanting to play a central character in a play but disliking her name.

DICK . . .COLLECTED, TEMPLE, PZAZZ and WIRE.
A DANGEROUS TASK FOR BILL . . . A rather scaly tale of snake catcher Bill.

CAZ; ESSENTIAL, DESPAIR, HELPLESS and CONTEST.
A teary tale of a young girl involved in an accident.

DAVE; BOSSY, CONCERTO, RELUCTANT and SNOWDRIFT.
OUT OF SEASON . . . A chilling rendition of a May time heavy snowfall in Felixstowe.

BARRY; TERRIFYING, BESOTTED, CRIMINAL and EXPRESSION.
MEASURED RESPONSE . . . A sobering PC’s view on a night at the Riots.

LES; BEWITCHED, BEWILDERED, VINTAGE and BROADCAST.
NOT TO BE TRUSTED . . . True to les’s humorous style we met Maisie, the cross eyed lady in the green coat.

MARTIN; RAGE, MANUSCRIPT, SCUPLT and FOREMOST.
WHAT I DID ON SATURDAY . . . An entertaining day shopping, with the wife.

SANDY; STILETTO, UNDERGROUND, SMOKESCREEN and CRAYON.
ART ATTACK! Took us on a tour of and underground art show.

CATHY; LAUGHTER,SHOULDER,CANDY and INVESTIGATION.
LADY BOSS . . . Candy was enticed to spy on her boss with unexpected results.

CAROLYN; INCAPACITY, UNSCRUPULOUS, BEFUDDLED and SCARECROW.
TOLD YOU SO . . . a tale of Joanna’s father suffering with a loss of memory and a burglary.

RAY; SHOE, LENGTH, FOOT and SHADOW.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST . . . The blacksmith making a lucky horseshoe for the bride to be.

LILIANE; MURDER, REDEMPTION, BUTTOCK and PERNICKITY.
SCHOOL DRAMA . . . We laughed at the bare faced cheek of the schoolboy glueing his teacher to a chair.

There is not space and my memory cannot recall every aspect of each story, but suffice to say if I noted every word throughout the meeting I would not have the pleasure of enjoying each one. Also my shorthand skills disappeared years ago.

A pleasant and amusing meeting, proving that talent is available on tap at these meetings.
Four little words is becoming a favourite with all members, I think.

Caz reminded us of the Jack Wilkinson Sponsored walk on Sunday the 25th September. All details should be available on this site, courtesy of our own Scribe, Dave.

The next meeting will be in three weeks time on the 6th September with a homework subject of MOTORBIKING.

Once more, a very good meeting.

Cheers everybody.

Barry.