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Event Notices
Throughout the year we may hold other events. Examples are:
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Visiting speakers
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Social events
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‘Homework’ - writing exercises during holiday breaks
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Competitions
Notices of these events will be posted on the News page. The
full rules will be posted below.
Reports and results will be posted on the News page.
Competition entries will be available to read in the Library.
The homework for our
summer break is a short
story on the theme of
ambition.
Maximum word count is
1500.
Readings will be when we return after the break (Sept 5th at the
hall and Sept 12th on zoom).
21 Jul 2023: Summer Homework
Challenge
Ambition
The hall meeting on 3 Oct and possibly
the Zoom meeting on 10 Oct will be an
opportunity for you to work on your
writing style. Here is how you can
prepare for this/these session/s.
1.
Identify a book/poem or writer
that inspires you and helps
model your writing style. Highlight an example sentence
or paragraph to read to the
group that illustrates your
inspiration.
2.
Optionally, find something in
your own work that was
inspired by this piece. Try to
improve it based on the
writing style of the author.
Read the original and the
amended version.
3 Oct 2023: Writing Exercises - Writing
Style
12 Dec 2023: Christmas
Homework
Just in case you find yourself under-
occupied during the Christmas break,
here is a challenge to keep your
creative juices flowing.
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A short story with the theme "Coming
of Age".
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The word limit is 1500.
Stories will be read at our first meeting after
the break on 9 Jan 2024 at the hall. Unread
stories will be heard at our Zoom meeting on
the 16 Jan.