Agenda for September

Date : Thursday 15th September
Time 7.45pm
Place: The Custom House, Watergate Street (first floor)

1. Notices.

2. Practice for Chester Literature Festival - for those who wish to go through their piece.

3. Readings.

4. Homework:

5. AOB.

Minutes for August

Date : Thursday 18th August
Time 7.45pm
Place: The Custom House, Watergate Street (first floor)

1. Notices: apologies Michele, Jim, Hilary and Andrew.

2. Warm-up session.

Describe an object of desire - something you could buy in a shop. What it looks like, why you want it, what you will do with it once you have it, how it will change your life once you have it.

3. Readings.

4. Homework: Imagine being a looter. In first person describe breaking into a shop. Describe what exactly you do (using all senses), why you're doing it, how you feel, whether or not you're alone, coming across the object (described above in 2) and what happens next.

Imagine you are the shopkeeper coming into the shop the next day and finding the object gone. Describe what you see, what you feel, who is with you. What happens next?

Now describe coming across that object years in the future. You have no idea what it is. Describe it from this point of view. How do you work out what it does? Is it redundant?

5. AOB. Next meeting, if you wish please bring your reading with you for a practice.

Date of next meeting: 15th September.

Update: Next Social is on WEDNESDAY 31st August at the Brewery Tap at 8pm.

Agenda for August

Date : Thursday 18th August
Time 7.45pm
Place: The Custom House, Watergate Street (first floor)

1. Notices.

2. Warm-up session.

3. Readings.

4. Homework:

5. AOB.

Minutes for July

Date : Thursday 21st July
Time 7.45pm
Place: The Custom House, Watergate Street (first floor)

1. Apologies: Michele, Chantal, Jane, Rina, Adrian, Hilary and Dilys (via Elizabeth)
Apologies if I've missed anyone.

2. Introductions.

3. Notices. Chester Literature Festival Event. Everything is booked for 20th October. Plea for book stand and microphone kindly promised by Ravi.

4. Readings.

5. Homework: Eating. Observe someone you know eating. Describe this in detail trying to evoke character. Now transpose this person to another time and describe again, exaggerating the character. What changes?

6. AOB. Next meeting August 18th, 7.45pm The Custom House.
Next Social 8.00pm 4th August (generally 1st Thursday) in the Brewery Tap. (TBC by Adrian).

Agenda for July

Date : Thursday 21st July
Time 7.45pm
Place: The Custom House, Watergate Street (first floor)

1. Notices.

Chester Literature Festival Event.

2. Readings.

3. Homework:

4. AOB. Next meeting August 18th, 7.45pm The Custom House.

Minutes for June

Date : Thursday 16th June
Time 7.45pm
Place: The Custom House, Watergate Street (first floor)

1. Notices.

A. Literature Festival programme: Bull and Stirrup Thursday 20th October.

We decided to charge an admission of £3.00 and £2.00 concessions and have an 'open mic' session at the end.

14 people have confirmed they would be willing to read, and 2 more might - so it should be a good programme.

B. Competitions and events.

(i) a drama writing workshop at the Forum Theatre.

(ii) Manchester Lit Fest Short Story Competition.

(iii) Crime Novel Competition.

2. Warm up session.

Think of an occupation.

Write down the skills essential to that occupation (on one side of paper). On the other side write the opposite.

Now make up a character that has three of the 'opposite' characteristics and write a paragraph describing your character doing his work but exhibiting one of those characteristics.

3. Readings.

4. Homework: extend the piece above.

5. AOB. Next meeting July 21st.

Agenda for June

Date : Thursday 16th June
Time 7.45pm
Place: The Custom House, Watergate Street (first floor)

1. Notices.

Literature Festival programme.

Competitions and events.

2. Warm up session.

3. Readings.

4. Homework:

5. AOB. Next meeting July 21st.