Hightown Writers’ Workshop 26 June 2022
Venue: Peepos in the Spirit Room
The meeting was a little depleted because only Liz and I
were there! Marie, Martin, Kath and Sue
gave apologies, and Adam, who is always reliable in attending, did not appear
so we decided he must be on holiday. Paul and Stuart didn’t make it nor did
Andy – but when he begins a new job closer to home we hope he will be able to
join us again. It is hard to come along after a long day’s work and travelling –
something we need to think some more about.
It wasn’t an ordinary meeting because we didn’t do a
writing exercise because two people did not seem a viable number. That may have
been an excuse but instead, we discussed the future of the group, topics for
homework and the pleasurable anticipation of having two new members next month.
Subject for homework was to randomly choose a book, find
the 3rd chapter, 3rd page and 3rd line on that
page and use it to begin a piece of writing.
Liz had chosen her novel: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
and the sentence was
‘We sat late. We could not tear ourselves away
from each other, nor persuade each other to say the word ‘Farewell’……………..’
Liz hopes to create a piece of writing using this as a beginning.
We look forward to it!
Jennie used a sentence from Anna of the Five Towns by
Arnold Bennett
When he had arranged the correspondence in a
flattened pile, he put on his steel rimmed spectacles and began to read…………
Jennie tells the story of a young man, Jo, purchasing a
painting by his favourite artist Fred Ellwell a deceased and talented East Yorkshire
artist. Jo’s grandad has left him a small inheritance and he wants to buy
something to remember him by. When he meets the vendor, Oswald Hamilton, a
friendly elderly retired farmer, a discussion begins on the ancestry of the
artist, the richness of East Yorkshire in archaeological remains, and an
encounter with someone from Jo’s past. There may be another instalment!
The subject for homework next month is to expand on this
statement from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and create a piece of
writing:
‘All happy families are alike; each unhappy
family is unhappy in its own way’
Take an imaginary family or a real one
The next meeting is 26 July 2022
Time: 7.30
Venue: Peepos in the High Street, Bridgnorth
Hope to see you next time,
Jennie
No comments:
Post a Comment