Tuesday 10th February
After the last three hectic weeks when our attention was concentrated on the judging of the SAW Flash Fiction entries, it was good see normal service resuming. We had a handful of call-offs and apologies were received from Joan , John H, Irene and Sandra R.
We received the results of the current session’s final in-house competition - humorous writing - as adjudged by David Ross. It was interesting to note that he gave a general critique to the club as a whole, the crux of which was that often humour lies within a spirited and pacy dialogue rather than something written in the third person. There were fourteen entries in total and the winner was Rob with ‘Inconsequential Lifeblood’ - an excerpt from his longer piece ‘Double Decker Dialogue’. John H came second with ‘Laughing Through the Bruises’, a cautionary tale about a National Lottery entry with third place being awarded to John Mac’s slightly irreverent story ‘Holy Sweeties from Hegarty’s Bar’. David awarded TWO highly commended - John H’s ‘Revelations’ about the dangers of using a smart phone during a pub quiz and Morag’s tale ‘Communication Achieved’ about a conversation between a Glasgow lady and someone she mistook to be a medical student.
Other offerings were Jacky’s ‘Two Men and a Dug’, Hilary’s ‘A Human is Not Just For Christmas’, Lorna’s ‘Clean and Tidy’, Brian’s ‘Skyline Pigeon’, Morag’s ‘Hand in Hand’ and Rob’s ‘Christmas in Stepford’. We look forward to hearing other entries later in the session.
The rest of the afternoon was given over to hearing tales whereby a well-known fairy tale or legend was brought up to date. We heard Joan’s ‘Ashley’, Hilary’s ‘The Predator’, Lorna’s retake on ‘Humpty Dumpty’, Marilyn’s clever play on ‘Little Miss Muffet’ and her smart phone (!) Rob’s ‘Myddfai Re-visited’ and John Mac’s retelling of an old Slavic folktale which warned against giving a face to a homemade doll! It was a very pleasant afternoon.
Next week we have an in-house workshop based around Hilary’s ever-popular ‘Magic Mixtures’ and that is something to anticipate with joy.
Rob
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