Minutes for April

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

1. Notices. Apologies from Stanley, John, David, Dilys, Chantal, Annie and Jane.

Rina reminded everyone about the message from Jan about the Japanese Tsunami Fund benefit at the Little Theatre, and Ian passed on a message from Jan about Crime Author Cath Staincliffe's evening with the Chester Literature Friends on May 10th.

2. Warm up session.

Think of a setting. Somewhere idyllic.
Make a list of the things that make that place idyllic (one side of page).
Next to the list think about how each of those things could change to become unsettling or frightening.

3. Readings.

4. Homework: Write a piece from your unsettling ideas to evoke a frightening scenario. Make it build, then bring it down to something 'normal' again by revealing the underlying idyll.

5. AOB. Next meeting May 19th. Following a vote we decided to stay at The Custom House. Social on Thursday May 5th 8.00pm at the Brewery Tap.

Agenda for April

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

1. Notices.

2. Warm up session.

3. Readings.

4. Homework?

5. AOB. Next meeting May 19th.

Agenda for March

Date : Thursday March 17th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices.

2. Readings.

3. Homework?

4. AOB. Next meeting April 21st.

Minutes for February

Date : Thursday February 17th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices: Apologies from Elizabeth, Ian, Anthea, Stanley, Mike and Jan.
Key arrangements for March.
Competitions notice.

2. Readings.

3. Homework. Write about a day in the life - where everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

4. AOB. Next meeting March 17th.

Agenda for February

Date : Thursday February 17th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices.

2. Readings.

3. Homework.

5. AOB.

Minutes for January

Date : Thursday January 20th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices. Apologies: Jan, Rina, Irene, Dilys, Ian, Michele, Anthea, Elizabeth

2. Warm up session: Plot. Bring along an interesting local story from the newspapers.

Go through story. Plot out the story in terms of a series of short sentences. Write out end sentence. Taking your neighbour's last sentence try and get from your story to your neighbour's. Try and produce a twist.

3. Readings.

4. Homework. Using your plot, or maybe just the start or end, write the story.

5. AOB.

6. Next meeting Thursday February 17th

Agenda for January 2011

Date : Thursday January 20th
Time 7.45pm
Place: Bishop Lloyd's Palace

1. Notices

2. Warm up session: Plot. Bring along an interesting local story from the newspapers.

3. Readings.

4. Homework.