Minutes
of Scribblers meeting held on 6 August 2019
Present:
Dave,
Tony, Liliane, Beryl, David, Carole, Georgina, Steve, Kay, Derek, Jim, Gerry,
Justin, Hazel, Cathy
Apologies:
Anne,
Liz.
Business:
Dave
reported that Caz bought two anthologies and made a donation. Also that Morag
plans to return to meetings when she finally retires from work.
Could
our anthology be an ebook on Amazon? Agreed it would be worth trying it. Debbie
will work with Dave on this.
Debbie’s
book ‘You don’t have to say you love me’ – our feedback. Cathy suggested (and
it was agreed) that each of us who reads the book makes our own notes; once
we’ve all read it, then we can share and give joint feedback to Debbie.
Writeathon
– going ahead with this. Dave’s explanatory attachment will follows below.
Anybody who’s been absent when the discussions have taken place can let Dave
know if they’d like to be involved, and he will add them to the list of those
already taking part.
Reading
of homework:
Topic
was ‘Over the hill’. As usual, the range of work was amazing.
Steve
– Over the hill
Liliane
– We made it over all the hills
Jim
– Lollipop man
Hazel
– Over the hill
Derek
– Me and Me
Kay
– Who’s over the hill?
Dave
– Embezzlement
Georgina
– Over the hill
Carole
– Moira Lewis figures it out
Tony
– Gently, tenderly and softly softly
David
– The band of brothers
Beryl
– Friendship
Justin
– God’s waiting room
Cathy
– Tiger’s eye
Next
meeting:
20 August, when it
is the Jack Wilkinson competition. A story for children aged 7 – 11, 1000
words, no identifiers on the entries. Anyone who doesn’t want to write for the
competition is welcome to write a story which involves children in some way –
these stories will be read out after the competition is completed.
Felixstowe
Scribblers 2019 Writeathon.
Should we throw open the
Writeathon to ex-members, especially those who submitted work to our anthology?
Altogether there are potentially thirty participants if everyone agreed to take
part.
Wouldn’t that be excellent!
However there is a downside when you think about it. With each person providing
250 words, the further down the list you go, the more you must read before
adding your slant to the story!
If everyone joins in and
provides the maximum 250 words we will have some seven and a half thousand
words in total!
In reality not everyone will
wish to take part but those who do will, I’m sure, enjoy the experience.
The basic rules will be that the
first on the list, Hazel, will start the ball rolling with 250 words. She will
email it to me (Dave) at scribblers.1@btinternet.com I will then forward that to the next on the
list, Georgina, who will add her words to the story. This will be sent to me
and then I will forward it to the next on the list and so on. Although no time
limit has been set, it would be nice if all additions to the Writeathon could
be completed in about seven days.
It is difficult to put this in
writing but essentially it carries on until everyone involved has added to the
story.
What is the ultimate aim of
the writeathon? Well it could be included in our next anthology in 2021 – it
might take that long to finish it anyway!
Those
having agreed so far are, in order,
1.
Hazel
2.
Georgina
3.
Justin
4.
Liliane
5.
Jim
6.
Carole
7.
Beryl
8.
Cathy
9.
Tony
10. Dave
11. Steve
12. Derek
13. Kay
I hope it all makes sense but
if you have any questions, then please email me.
Dave
