Sandra opened proceedings with a poem entitled 'Aunt Nellie'. Jeannie read her piece from her visit to Kelvingrove entitled 'Towers of Neglected Diseases without a Cure'. We then heard readings from today's syllabus topic where we had to draft the framework/synopsis, of our imagined prequel, or sequel, to a famous novel.
Rob's piece was 'In Memory of Mrs Lloyd' Billy Bunter meets the famous five. John M was a prequel 'The Seeds of Justice' from the book 'Death in La Venice' by Donna Leon. Irene also had a prequel to Aldous Huxley's 'A Brave New World' entitled 'The road to Creation'. Sandra had a sequel to Roald Dahl's 'Matilda'. Morag had a sequel to 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martell which was aimed at children. Joyce had a sequel to 'Gone with the Wind'. John H another sequel entitled 'The Pursuit of Red' from the book 'Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption' by Stephen King. Jeannie completed the submissions with 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' by Harper Lee where the story is seen through the eyes of Calpurnia the kitchen cook who plays an integral role in the lives and upbringing of Scout and Jim.
The afternoon continued with the results from from the submissions critiqued by Greenock Writers. There were 12 submissions and they awarded a first, second, third places and two commended.
Commended My Golden Treasure by Hilary
Scout’s Honour by Brian
3rd place Nobody’s Trophy by Jackie
2nd place Killing Time by John S.
1st place Betrayal by John H.
We heard three readings from John H, Sandra R and Rob.
Jeannie completed the session with a very in-depth piece based on the operation on her finger called 'Aliens'
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