Meeting Report

Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on 18 September 2018

Present: Dave, Tony, Liliane, Beryl, Bridget, Steve, Ann, Liz, Thalia, Cathy

Apologies: Kay, Hazel, Jim, Derek

Business:

Dave has provided Jim with the winner’s certificate that he was unable to bring along on the Jack Wilkinson trophy night.

Ali, an ex-Scribbler, has told Dave that she hopes to return at some stage, but with her growing family, her time is limited.

We were all pleased (no, delighted!) to hear that Beryl has been in contact with the publishers who produced Tony’s book, with a view to getting her novel published. Fantastic news.

Dave gave us the happy news that his grandson, Noah, is making very good progress.

Discovered that the kettle in the kitchen wasn’t working, so we were unable to make drinks – Dave to report to Library Manager.

Readings of homework

As this was a flash fiction meeting, there was no homework to read out. Instead we asked Thalia, as our guest, to draw a topic from the selection available, and she drew ‘The end of the affair’. We set to and spent 40 minutes writing, then enjoyed listening to the results of our labours.

The tales were many and varied – including stories of online dating, funeral parlours, end of romances. It’s always amazing that the stories we produce in these sessions are complete, viable tales – no loose ends or unexplained elements – just good stories, well told.

As we were unable to have a coffee break and a our usual prolonged chat, the meeting ended early at 9.15.

Next meeting: 2 October, when the homework topic is ‘I thought he would never change’. Up to 1000 words.