Sunday, September 11, 2005

See the small stick figure of myself? I passed that same spot twice before I decided to look across Mayoral Drive. The thought that the street opposite could be part of Airedale St struck me. So I crossed the road, and guess what? I was right! I was so relieved.

Anyway, only four of us turned up: Beate, Tui, Hazel and me. I'm not surprised. I already knew Hannah's sick, and Cate's gone back to Abu Dhabi. According to Beate, Liz can't make it as she works in Henderson, and Ange is busy with her correspondence school. But Irene, Ann (the nurse), Ann (the tall one) and Mamie did not reply their emails. Hopefully, we don't lose contact with them.

During the meeting, everyone, excluding me, read a story of their own. We then gave comments/criticism. Hazel redid one of her stories, Tui read out one that she submitted to a competition, and Beate read a story she wrote for her mum. I felt quite embarassed that I was the only one who had nothing to contribute. I should have written something. I had ideas, but it's so difficult to put them to paper(or in my case, Microsoft Word). We decided that we would set a topic for a story in each meeting, so that we can write our stories to be read in the next meeting. Great idea, I think. That way, I would have a set topic in mind, and would have no excuse for not having written a story.

The first topic: Write a taxi story set in Auckland. Show conversation between taxi driver and passenger. Write a brief background for the characters. Approx. 1 page long.

Hopefully, I'll produce something by the next meeting. Wish me luck!