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Prompt: Easy
Monday 5 June 2023 11am-1pm This should be a piece of cake. So many great stories recently – how do they make it look so effortless? We continue our readings in prioritised order: 500 word (ish) stories are read before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets a go and we aren’t rushed. 500 is a…
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Prompt: Horrible
Monday 29 May 2023 11am-1pm Oh no! Such an awful prompt word! Perhaps the stories written will be about things that aren’t horrible? You never know until the day. As started at the last meeting, readings will prioritise the 500 word (ish) stories first before anything longer, to ensure everyone gets a go and we…
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Prompt: Serendipity
Monday 15 May 2023 11am-1pm Fancy meeting you here – what a pleasant surprise. The first Monday of May is a holiday (to celebrate Star Wars day I presume – why not put it on the fourth where it belongs?), so this will be our first meeting for the month. I’ve just been told it’s…
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We’ve Run the Alphabet!
With the crazy ‘anadrome / ananym’ from last session, we’ve now completed a complete trip around the alphabet from A to Z. The complete list is here, but where to next? (see an interactive version here)
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Prompt: Xenium
Monday 20 February 2023 11am-1pm In our quest (see what I did there?) to have every letter of the alphabet feature at the beginning of a prompt word, this get-together’s prompt is “xenium”. An interesting word, it was a gift given to guest (usually a foreign dignitary) in Greek / Roman times. Usually compulsory, it…
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Jolly
by Joan Fletcher: pen-name Stella Perrott For he’s a jolly good fellow, and so say all of us. Those were the first words that came to mind when we were given the word Jolly. ‘Who do I consider to be a jolly good fellow?’ I asked myself. Does it have to be someone who has…
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Prompt: Quest
Monday 6 February 2023 11am-1pm One week after our first 5th Monday, we have our first back-to-back gathering! Like the Knights of Olde, we seek the finest of literary delights – this get-together’s prompt: “quest”. Remember while we don’t have a word limit, 500 is perfectly acceptable, and if you feel like really going for…
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Wheel of Exercises!
Can’t decide what 10 minute exercise to do? Then Spin! That! Wheel! Of! Writing! Exercises! Reaction (something that’s caught your interest – a song, a news story, an object) Description (a person, place, flora or fauna) Word of the Day (use it in 3 different sentences) Rename (come up with alternate titles for a book…
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6 word story
It’s as simple (and difficult) as it sounds. In six words or fewer, write a short story about this photo… Choose one of these, or your own.
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2023: A New Lick of Paint
New year, new look. Why not? A frenetic new logo to represent the many facets of writing styles at Carindale’s most friendly creative writers group. For We Are JOLLY Good Folks The first get-together of the year starts at our NEW TIME of 11am on Monday 16 January 2023. The prompt is “Jolly”. And we…
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