General Chat

I have written the beginnings of three short stories, Ann, and torn them all up! Teresa said I shouldn't force it:)) lol......XX

So have you acted on your inspiration yet Daff? We are a bit thin on the ground with contributions this week!!

I have just had inspiration!! A bit late, I know, and I shall have to play with it when I have prised littlie from my lap.... she seems to have taken root, lol

I shall also catch up with all the critiques I owe out....... but please be aware that I shall have to gag, pin down and straight jacket a lively almost 4 year old! Oh... and I have changed my name.... I am no longer Granny...... wmsl!! I am maidservant to Her Most Imperious, Gigglacious Highness with the Chewable Knees, lolol She can't say that, lolol.... so I get 10 minutes respite every now and then... even though daddy is around, lolol!

Love

Daff xxxx

Lol ..BC

Thanks Ann, I enjoyed writing it !

Maggie x

Loved your St Georges day offering Maggie.

I am totally without a creative thought in my head...lol...I wrote a story about this man who wore clogs but he danced away from me....oh woe is me.... BC XX

On the other hand, I have been filling my patio with gorgeous plants so I suppose that is creative except I can't put them on the computer!!

Thanks Maggie and Rose for your set pieces, wish I could write poetry like that, both very clever.

Just sent out my set piece, plus another poem for your perusal and comments.

My poem came about through researching dead rellies I think. Must have sown a seed in my mind..lol

Look forward to everyones piece this week :)

Maggie x

Hello everyone, I have a couple of weeks' worth of critiques to send, probably tomorrow. I have enjoyed reading all the work but haven't had time to write much recently: it looks as if a few of us are a bit short of time just recently! Never mind.!

Helen x

That's true Ann,anyway I've sort of written a rough copy and it 'sounds' okay at the moment. Sometimes ideas just flow nicely but other times you have to take any idea by the scruff of it's neck lol

Know what you mean by good weather being a distraction BC and of course the dreaded pigeons!!

Mau as it is non fiction I am sure it doesn't matter if it sounds like a news report as long as it is a good one. Somebody has to write them.

*slumps....am losing my macabre and twisted touch, Ann, I fear.....lolol.....

No sumo wrestlers stuck at an airport BC, or bodies found behind abandoned airport check in desks Tsk.

Hi Mau:)) I am having difficulty writing, full stop. I think the sunshine is diverting me from the important things in life! lol BC XX

Hello everyone ~~~~~

I'm having difficulty writing of 'factual events' at an airport without it sounding like a News report..it's all your fault Ann lol ... however I have an idea for a piece of fiction,but staying with airport scenario...xx

Thanks Ann and Teresa for this weeks set piece !

Thanks also Ann for you asking about my daughter. She had a simple eye op to remove a cyst from her eyelid, but as ever it was quite a drama !

She is fine now thanks, not much swelling or bruising as anticipated.

Maggie x

I owe people critiques.... I will get around to it in the next day or so, I promise....

I like that one..... I have a couple of ideas, lolol Thank you, Ann xxx

Love

Daff xxx

Thanks TW don't know whether I am glad or sorry I said that Lol!!!!!

Hello All, hopefully I've caught up with all the emails now.


Ann, that is a very good idea actually. How about thinking about the effects on someone, of this ash cloud, or some other unforseen event leaving someone stranded.

We have people stranded at airports waiting to go home, we have families waiting for loved ones to return, we have the formula one team stuck in China waiting to get to Spain for the start of the European season, with Eddie Irvine stuck in England having to watch the Grand Prix on TV instead of being there commentating. We've had flight brought forward to bring our fallen boys home from Afghanistan, before the cloud actually got here, what of the others, or their families?

There are a million different scenarios which you could use. Play around with characters, remember, no two people react the same way, so think about the person in the situation, what sort of person they are, and how would that govern the way they deal with it?

But most of all, have fun with it.

There, that's this week's exercise. PHEW!

BC.......... I owe you an e-mail!

So sorry, got a phone call half way and forgot to go back to it!!

Christening gowns? mmmmm

I'll play with that one!!

*pops more nessy pah onto thread, complete with corkscrew and best Waterford Crystal, lolol*

Love

Daff xxxx