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Hilary replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoRight! Write! Read! I have 2.5 hours this morning, so I’m diving in. Splash!
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Seagreen started the topic Class 1: Writing Exercise, Sea in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoStill working on the ‘Thing I no nothing about’ and, since there’s little hope of any gorgeousness, I’m posting my I remembers…
I remember my dad’s blue Ford Zephyr. I could pick the lock with my fingernail
I remember woollen blankets with coloured stripes and black and white striped pillows
I remember RAF Tengah and T15, the ‘robot’ bus that…[Read more] -
Seagreen replied to the topic Class 1: Writing Exercise, Raine. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoLove the authenticity of the dialogue. And I really, really want to know what Jonny has 68 of!
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Squidge replied to the topic Class 1: Writing Exercise, Bella. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoNoice. I like how the I remember sequence in this case tells the story – I’ve only ever used it as disjointed memories previously, all loosely connected to a theme. This puts a totally different spin on the exercise. I had a similar experience, but in my case it was tapioca… 😉
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Yin and Yang
A gurgle of whiskey titillated the silence, ending with a full stop tap of glass on glass. Darrol picked up the tumbler and drifted over to the window, mind still emersed in his Yin and Yang infatuation. Her long blond hair against his dark skin; her crystal cry above his leather groan, their lovemaking uniting them – like the i…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Class 1: Writing Exercise, Raine. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoBlimey – you did well to get all that dialogue down, Raine! Loving the accent in it. And I remember is so poignant – some of what you’ve written seems so matter-of-fact, yet it is still so full of emotion. Like it.
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
3 fabulous entries in the October Comp so far. Why not have a go?
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Seagreen replied to the topic Craft Seminar Class 1: Getting Started: Memory, Obs in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoGorgeousness is clearly in the eye of the beholder 🙂 I’m not fussy for the Kipling or Gloss examples but rate the other two.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
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We’d been to Tesco’s. A late night shopping trip. I bought a ready meal and a soft, fluffy scarf in shades of blue and grey. In the car home we talked about a chip shop tea and the possibility of potato fritters.
‘Your grandad used to make potato fritters,’ I said. ‘As a special treat. Mixed up the batter and did them in t…[Read more] -
Squidge posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
OK – sorry to ask again, but…
You know the captcha thing at login, where we say we’re not robots? I’ve logged in on 3 separate occasions today and when that page comes up, it’s counting down the number of attempts I can have, even though I’ve logged on successfully. Does this mean that we either have to stay logged in permanently to avoid the…[Read more]-
I don’t know the answer, Squidge, but I had the same thing yesterday.
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Glad it’s not just me – thought I must be doing something wrong!
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I’ve had this, Squidge, including being locked out for 20 minutes. Chrome and other Google-based browsers will try to keep you logged in and synced across sessions and devices, but it doesn’t always work well – or in some cases at all.
The Captcha plugin isn’t playing nicely with our setup and Jules is looking at it. Unfortunately, the alternative…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Craft Seminar Class 1: Getting Started: Memory, Obs in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoGood idea to beautify something already written…it might be easier than trying to do it from scratch if it’s not the way you naturally write.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Lost and Found and Lost
Arthur was rooting through a drawer in the garage, the one reserved for plumbing parts, searching for a tap washer. His gnarled hands scrabbled through off-cuts of plastic water pipe, white nylon fittings, a flushing mechanism still in its packaging, old tobacco tins holding copper olives, bolts, nuts and split pins. No…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Craft Seminar Class 1: Getting Started: Memory, Obs in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoStarted on an impromptu dialogue capture while Billy-no-mates in the pub prior to NIBS on Weds. Worst bit is trying to capture the dialogue (background noise, speed of dialogue) and not getting annoyed at people who like the sound of their own voice. 😉 But I now know a lot about CBD oil… and eating peas.
Oh, and does anyone understand what…[Read more]
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Seagreen replied to the topic Writing Practice: Year 1 in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoOh, the Hadron Collider! Now there’s something else I know nothing about!
For me, the fun is in the not knowing and the annoyance is trying to list the things that wouldn’t automatically come to mind because I know nothing about them anyway. If that makes sense? -
Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
This only 269 words but says what I intended
Time to play
Clearing a 25 year-old to-be-replaced kitchen, and the resultant sense of temporary displacement, gave time and focus to a wider realisation of things no longer needed. Delays gave more time than anticipated to jettison stuff, then the lovely announcement of a visit from good friends from…[Read more]
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Seagreen replied to the topic Writing Practice: Year 1 in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoFavourite thing on the list of ‘Things I know nothing about’ (and there are six so far) – the Mariana Trench.
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Squidge replied to the topic Writing Practice: Year 1 in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoFeel like I’m going to fall at the first hurdle, as my diary over the next few weeks is chokka, and I’ve never been a very disciplined writer.
But – am going to try to get one definite session of at least a couple of hours under my belt every week, day to be flexible.
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Jules replied to the topic Craft Seminar Class 1: Getting Started: Memory, Obs in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months ago@janeshuff try going on Youtube and looking for News items. Pick somewhere English speakinh and aim for a local news report. I’ve found there’s lots of excerpts of dialogue in local interest stories that way.
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Seagreen replied to the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Good job, Ath 🙂
And thanks, Squidge. I’ll never look at a paint colour quite the same way again! -
Hilary replied to the topic Syllabus and course materials. in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoMy books will be arriving shortly. Excited!
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