Minutes for October Meeting

Date : Thursday October 21st
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Apologies: Rina, Jan, Muriel, Annie, Ian, Michele, John, Jim and Stanley.

2. Chester Writers event at the Chester Literature Festival. This was discussed and the event at the Methodist Church on Saturday October 23rd at 4.30pm went well with a decent audience and excellent readings! Thanks to all those who came.

3. Readings.

4. Homework. Go to place you have never been before. Sit still in one spot and write about it in minute detail, using all senses. Get as small as you can. Write about soil, insects, the quietest sounds etc.



5. AOB.

Agenda for October Meeting.

Date : Thursday October 21st
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices

2. Short discussion on programme for the Chester Writers events at the Methodist Church on Saturday October 23rd at 4.30pm (this will replace the warm-up session).

3. Readings.

4. Homework.

5. AOB.

Minutes of September Meeting

Date : Thursday September 16th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices: Apologies Jan, Jim, Annie, Rina, Ian and Dilys.

Adrian has agree to get the key and maybe start next month's meeting as Clare is due in Denbigh Library that afternoon.

2. 'THE EVENT' discussion: we now have an excellent programme of 10 readings from Irene M, Die B, George H, Anthea P, Jane M, Jan B, Muriel B, Stanley S, Rina T, and Liz J. Thanks to you all. Clare is to assemble it into a programme.

3. Readings.

4. Homework: Think of a well-known myth and transpose it into modern day. Try and write it all in prose in less than 500 words.

5. AOB. Room 2 was double-booked. As a result one of the groups saw to fit to occupy room 1. As a result the meeting late and in room 2. Clare will investigate the reason.

Agenda for September meeting

Date : Thursday September 16th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices

2. 'THE EVENT' - brief discussion on our slot in the Chester Literature Festival.

3. Readings.

4. Homework.

5. AOB.

Minutes of August Meeting

Date : Thursday August 19th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices:

Apologies from Jan, Mike, Jim, Michele, Annie and Clive.

Change in bank from the Halifax to Barclays.

No takers for running the LitFest event - so Clare is doing it.

The October meeting (the Thursday immediately before the LitFest event) will be partly used to organise the event.

2. Warm-up session: 'small object with an unknown or ambiguous function' was redistributed, described, function described and then a description of someone using it.

Readaround of function and someone using it with person taking note of function of object immediately to their right.

3. Readings.

4. Homework: Continue description of someone using object, describing what happens when the function of the object suddenly changes to the one of the object to your right. Describe the person's reaction.

5. AOB. Next meeting September 16th 7.45pm.

Agenda for August

Date : Thursday August 19th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices

2. Warm-up session: bring a small object with an unknown or ambiguous function.

3. Readings.

4. Homework.

5. AOB.

Minutes of July Meeting

Date : Thursday July 15th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

Many thanks to Jan for information and taking meeting.

1. Notices: Apologies from Mike M, Stanley, Anthea and Clare.

LitFest: Chester Writers in Performance Saturdays at the Wesley Sat Oct 23rd at 4:30pm

LitFest includes: Alastair Campbell, Sarah Dunant, Simon Armitage, Alan Garner, Alexi Sayle Sue Bortwhistle, Lindsey Davies, Tim Butcher, Salley Vickers and Justine Picardie

2. Readings.

3. Homework (From Jan): Think of a neighbour you knew as a child. OR someone you disliked in your teens. OR someone you loved in your 20's. ( OR in fact, any character from your past who sticks in your mind...for whatever reason you fancy)

Choose one. Write a bit about them to warm up. Then start ( and finish if you like!) a piece in which you meet this character NOW ( at a party, club, wedding, funeral, reunion) They could be as they are NOW or as they were THEN.