Our resident master of muse David McKelvie served up a veritable smorgasbord of poetic forms to the assembled company last night. To one not versed in the finer art, and who at times can find modern poetry without rhyme or reason, it was a bit of an eye opener to realise just how many other […]
Last night saw ‘The Return of El Presidente Grahame’ and like a Star Wars sequel he was full of useful insights and tips on screenplay writing. Yeah I know that analogy didn’t really work there. Still Grahame did liberally dispense lots of free screenplays for club members (including StarWars!). He personally handed me ‘The Terminator’. […]
El Presidente Grahame is still feeling a little poorly as indeed is the indomitable Edith so our thoughts go out to them for a speedy recovery. While our president of Vice (Ian) deputised, Isobel took control of proceedings beginning with a quick writing exercise on ‘Traffic’ to get us warmed up. It certainly got me […]
Last night we were treated to a master-class in the art of screenplay writing by Danny McCahon, whose writing credits range from Casualty and Emmerdale to London’s Burning and more. As it turns out writing good screenplays is not that different from short stories; it’s mainly about Character and involves the skills of writing good […]
Well it was adjudication time in the clubhouse once more. This time for a short story for the under 7s on a Christmas theme. No mean task this as anyone who has tried to keep an under 7 amused will know. Arruff! I confess I did have a stab at this one but I struggled […]
Due to the inconvenience of a pesky election or, if you prefer, the inalienable execution of our democratic rights, GWC managed to slum it last night in the far from frugal surrounds of Gourock Golf Club. And like the pragmatic souls that we are, a pleasant meal was enjoyed by all. Except for me who […]
Last night was a chance for members to hone their editing skills on Colette’s piece ‘ Little Liar’. An interesting little character study on that very human of personality foibles, mendacity. I’m afraid I arrived a little late so was not privy to the full, frank and honest discussion that took place but hopefully it […]
Last night featured our resident Doctor/Criminologist Anne Pettigrew putting on her journalistic hat this week on the subject of Headlines/Titles. There was a lively discussion with plenty of examples of attention grabbing headlines. For example after a famous Celtic defeat the headline read ‘Super Cali Go Ballistic Celtic Are Atrocious.’ The trick is to hook […]
Guest Adjudicator Simon Salento could not make it along from Edinburgh but that just meant we had the special treat of Colette’s dulcet tones reading out his comments on the thirteen entries. The subject matter ranged from such recognised icons as ‘Clyde River Steamers’ and ‘The Scottish Ceilidh’ to less well known subjects like ‘Scottis […]
Last night the ying and yang of GWC took over proceedings; otherwise known as the Isobel and Tony show’ Arruff! Isobel began with some inspiration writing on a hope and a prayer. Members were encouraged to write about dreams and hopes for a) ourselves b) someone close to us c) someone we were at odds […]