A Typical Meeting

Nov 17, 2024

We’re concerned these days about AI writing fiction and generating (or stealing) art. I thought you might be amused to see what ChatGPT thinks a typical meeting looks like…

One or two details not quite right. Why have all the men got beards?

A poem for Armistice Day.

Nov 11, 2024

Marching Men by Marjorie Pickthall 

Under the level winter sky
I saw a thousand Christs go by.
They sang an idle song and free 
As they went up to calvary.

Careless of eye and coarse of lip,
They marched in holiest fellowship.
That heaven might heal the world,they gave
Their earth - born dreams to deck the grave.

With souls unpurged and steadfast breath
They supped the sacrament of death.
And for each one, far off, apart,
Seven swords have rent a woman's heart.

Nanowrimo

Oct 31, 2024

If you need a little motivation to write your novel, then maybe National Novel Writing Month is the push you need. Sign up on the website and all the tools to get you going and support you throughout the month are ready to access. http://www.nanowrimo.org  Good luck !

Kishōtenketsu

Oct 30, 2024

Another item that might be of interest. We are used to stories that follow a ‘three-act’ structure, but East Asian cultures often use a four-part pattern, called ‘Kishotenketsu’ in Japanese. This is a brief introduction, and there’s another here.

11 November Meeting

Oct 25, 2024

Our November meeting will be led by Stella, and there will be two parts.

  • A poem. Please bring a short poem. We’d like to hear one you have written yourself, but if you don’t write poetry, bring one you particularly like or that means something to you.
  • Feedback. Please also bring a short piece of writing (about 200 words) for us to practice friendly peer review. It could be a short piece of fiction, an extract from something longer, non-fiction or anything else you’d like to get constructive feedback on.

If you don’t feel comfortable with either of these, you’re still welcome to come along and join in, but the more input we get the better it will be.

2411 November AgendaDownload