Hilary circulated two 2-page short stories, one to each
member present. The endings had been omitted.
The first told the story of a girl speculating to her friend
on the qualities she would be looking for in an ideal husband and why she would
be choosing those characteristics. In later life, when they meet again, the
choice of the actual partner is revealed.
The second story was from a 1913 African newspaper which
reported the escape from prison of a white gangster. At the end of his first
day on the run, it appeared that luck was going to be on his side at every
twist and turn.
We had half an hour to formulate an appropriate outcome and
either write down a detailed ending to the story or at least have thought
through the bullet points of an outcome.
In each case the conclusion had to be consistent with apparent
clues contained within the original text.
The envisioned endings, as usual, different widely. The plot
of the ending differed between members and the amount of ‘fleshing out’.
Hilary judged that our endings were more interesting than
the original ones. (She would say that wouldn’t she?).
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Two more stories were read from last week’s ‘Music to my
ears’ exercise. Wilma used the theme of “If I had a talking picture of you” and
Sandra’s was based on “Easter parade”.
Diana read an update of her 'Forked Tongue' poem.
Ian gave us two short poems.
Ian gave us two short poems.
Next week is the AGM. Members are asked to give Hilary
advanced notice of any agenda items.
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