Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on Tuesday 1 November 2016
Present: Dave,
Mairead, Liliane, Jim, Barry, Beryl, Steve, Dick, Anne, Jane, Gerry, Di, Daniel,
Cathy
Apologies: Carolyn
Business:
Correction to minutes of last meeting – Jim’s apologies had been
omitted – sorry, Jim.
It was pleasing to have such a good number of attendees. We gave a
warm welcome to a new member, Daniel, and all shared our writing history and
aspirations with him. In turn, he told us that his main interests have been
script writing, and that he has an interest in short stories too.
It was also good to see Anne back again after her absence, and to
see Dick well enough to join us once more.
Our best wishes to Beryl for her op next week – hope all will go
well, and that she’ll be more mobile soon!
Mairead had brought along special edible treats for us, plus one
or two ghostly artefacts to get us in the mood for the readings of our spooky
tales – thank you Mairead.
The homework last time was to produce an appropriately themed tale
for Halloween – and there were certainly some stories which met the remit –
great to listen to them all.
Jim: The outing
Dave: Curiosity
Daniel: Mummy’s boys
Jane: A dark night
Di: The project
Anne: Ghost on the Caledonian Sleeper
Mairead: Life of the Halloween party
Dick: Little Miss Sherwood
Liliane: Blind date
Gerry: The bake off
Barry: The camp
Cathy: No escape
Steve: Ghost
Next meeting: this will
be the AGM on 15 November. After the official business, (which of course we all
hope will be short!), there’ll be a creative writing exercise to enjoy. Just a
reminder, too, that subs are due at that meeting – still £30 for the entire
year – pretty good value, we think.
