A great night out
On Sunday, 13 May, seven women gathered at the lovely Bell pub in Kemsing for the founding meeting of the Mums Write! writers development group.
We kicked off the evening’s proceedings with a short writing exercise. Then, after a breather, participants read and discussed the pieces they had prepared in the previous month (that afternoon?!) in response to the workshop exercise — narrating a fairy tell from an alternative point of view.
A cowering wolf dove under the bed to elude a fierce grandma, and a puntilliously punctual clock commented disapprovingly on the unscheduled intrusion of a diminutive, porridge-gobbler. I was gobsmacked (gobblesmacked?) by the participants’ ingenuity, and delighted that some had gone on to assign the exercise to their own students, or enticed their children to give it a go.
I can’t wait to see what this group comes up with next! Big thanks to the Bell Pub for your warm welcome.
The writer’s development group will meet next at the Bell Pub, Kemsing, on Sunday, June 10, 7-9 pm.
Click here for more information, and contact Joanna Norland at info@mumswrite.com if you would like to join.
PS – Though we are currently a group of women, we need not be a women’s group. Gentlemen are very welcome.
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