Minutes of Scribblers meeting held on 17 September
2019
Present:
Steve, Martin, Justin, Liliane, Georgina, Liz,
Tony, David, Carole, Anne, Beryl, Jim, Dave and two new members, Jane H and
Arlette
Apologies:
Derek, Kay, Cathy, Hazel.
Business:
This evening we welcomed Jane and
Arlette to our group from the Stowmarket area. Unable to find a writing group
closer to home, they decided on the Scribblers. Good choice! Jane we will refer
to as Jane H so not to be confused with our other Jane. It was lovely to see
the much awaited return of Anne to the fold after a short absence.
Despite having several regulars missing,
we still achieved an excellent attendance of fifteen members.
Thanks to Liliane for collecting the key
as usual and to David and Carole for assisting with the locking up procedures.
We heard from Hazel that she will be
missing for a while longer. She is moving caravan to a fresh site in the
Woodbridge area and before that is finalised Hazel will be spending time back home.
Steve, who teaches at the University of
Suffolk, has a fresh contract that requires his presence on Tuesday evenings
until Christmas. That is a shame and Steve feels that his writing momentum may
suffer. Work, though, is work. See you at Christmas Steve!
Anthologies:
Our friend Caz reports that she has seen
and chatted with Maureen Budner, Bill’s widow. Maureen expressed a wish for the
current anthology and so that means that half our remaining stock has been sold.
We have one good copy for sale at £5, one slightly damaged copy and one that
will be reclaimed from the window in Poor Richards.
Writeathon:
Believe it or not we are halfway through
the story, ten Scribblers already having added their 250 or so words to the plot.
With 10 more writers still awaiting their turn – and, should anyone wish to add
their names to the list, please let Dave know at scribblers.1@btinternet.com
HSBC:
As if we haven’t had enough troubles
with the Bank this year over their mistake in failing to record new signatories
five years ago. Well, since our Scribblers meeting Tuesday, Beryl has received
a letter stating that we have to go through the whole rigmarole of confirming
our account and, I believe details of signatories including all the palaver
involved is for “security reasons!” After the last fiasco we made the mistake
of retaining our account with them. Our treasurer is of the opinion that now is
the time to change banks.
The Flash Fiction event:
The mission this was to take part in another
popular (with most members!) flash fiction session and that is exactly what we
did! Five prompts were drawn and they were:
The Rock and Roll Dalmatian.
In a Hotel.
Why did I do that?
Who asked that?
and
Show me your palm.
The brief was to write for 30 minutes on
any one, or as many of the prompts as desired. There was a diverse response to
the task without so much as a grumble about the choices of subject.
It must be recorded that those present
each provided some fascinating work from their half and hour’s writing. That
meant we had fifteen eclectic stories to hear after a short break. Read out in
turn, each received some positive feedback and comment.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone for
making the evening so entertaining.
Our next meeting will be on 1st October,
when the homework theme is May Day. Although we normally ask for up to a
thousand words, but with so many attending, please feel free to produce
slightly shorter pieces of work than usual.
Until next time,
Keep Scribbling!!!
