First Meeting

Welcome those who came to the first meeting on Monday 17th December, spoken in both Portuguese and English, as each desired, and hello to those yet to arrive.


After an initial introduction on how the group could work, we set off down the road to finding out why we are all interested in joining a creative writing group. Reasons and desires ranged to include the aspiration of becoming a writer, of being able to express self through creative writing and poetry, exploring a topic from differing perspectives, learning techniques of creative writing, and learning through and from others in the group.

We decided to set up an initial small blog (soon to be announced) to link to this main Writer's Den blog, in which our creative writing can be posted.


We looked at Stephen King's approach to editing his work after a 1st draft from his book; On Writing, a memoir of the craft (2000).

Given Christmas is approaching, we read Moira Andrew's poem which takes the form of a letter the nativity: Mary's Christmas. We also have a short story to read over the holidays; No Room in the Inn, by Katherine Paterson.

Both these Christmas texts may help to inspire us for our first writing task:
and this is it!

Write anything that associates in any way with the theme of Christmas. There you go! Open, with lots of room to move - prose or poetry.

Those at the meeting will post their writing in the new blog (soon to be announced). Feedback the first time will be face-to-face at the next meeting. Each person in the group is to bring with them comments on 3 of these pieces of work.


Next meeting: Monday January 28th @ 12.00, room to be confimed.

Happy writing and a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS.