Welcome back! Have a cuppa and pull up a pew.
Well, there hasn't been an Inklets meeting for a while, because the majority of our physical members are students, so we've all journeyed away to various parts of the country for a month over Easter. This doesn't mean we can escape the trials of writing though, oh no. We have two major challenges to tackle.
Firstly, we have to write a photograph. That's right. We have to find or take a photograph, and then write a poem in the shape of a photo describing the scene depicted by said photo. My problem is that I am an extremely indecisive person, and so far it's taken me three weeks to decide what to photograph, or even whether to find a photo or take one myself. The problem will hopefully be resolved tomorrow, when I take a day trip to Castle Howard. Those sorts of places always inspire me.
The second challenge is to write a piece on Spring. Have you seen the weather lately? I think perhaps now that wasn't such a good idea. Perhaps another chocolate egg will give my imagination a kick...
Anyway, apart from tonnes of studying I've had plenty of time lately to think about writing, and come up with some story ideas. I really fancy writing a piece set in the '80s, the decade I was born into. Perhaps I've been watching too much Ashes to Ashes and Back to the Future lately, I dunno. Anyone got any good story ideas for me?
Our first meeting back after Easter will land on St. George's Day. I love dragons. Never met one, of course, but I recently read 'The Reluctant Dragon' by Kenneth Grahame and thought how nice it would be to have a dragon friend who writes poetry... Plus he'd make a novelty replacement for my kettle. It's also Shakespeare's birthday on 23rd April. And his deathday, poor chap. Fancy dying on your birthday! What a present! I'm sure we'll find time in the meeting to raise a glass to him, and to the dragon too. He didn't deserve to die.
Happy scribbling, story fans.
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See you next time!
