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The Eurobodalla Writers (EWG) are a Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers.

Meetings for 2019

The ‘Writers’ live in the beautiful Eurobodalla Shire of New South Wales and meet at the Doctor Mackay Centre, Page Street, Moruya on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month except January. Meetings start at 10.30am and go to 2.30pm. Members bring their own lunches but coffee, tea and biscuits are provided.

Moruya River looking west along River Road towards the mountains of Deua National Park

Members write something for each meeting. Either fiction, biography or poetry up to 1000 words. We read our musings to each other and on-the-spot critique is provided – you can ask for feedback on specific areas of your writing.

We also have a night group which meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 6.30 – 8.30 pm. In Broulee/Moruya. If you are writing a novel or wish to develop your writing skills and learn how to critique then this group may be the answer.

Go to https://eurobodallawriters.org/contact-us/ for further information.

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Eurobodalla FAW day group Program 2019

Posted on 18/02/2019 by Eurobodalla Writers

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EuroFAW Program 2019

Note: Drabble topics are the same as the up-to-1000 word topics. The emotion to be incorporated in the Drabble is different for each meeting.

Writers Voice contributions/reports to Eileen by Feb 12, May 12, Aug 12, Nov 12

6 Feb: Free choice topic

20 Feb: Insomnia or There was no going back (Don’t use ‘it seemed’ or ‘it felt like’) Drabble emotion – Admiration

6 Mar: On-the-spot writing: music as stimulus

20 Mar: Fever or Forgotten Drabble emotion – Anger

3 April: A story set in either of these time periods: the Middle Ages or the 1950’s

17 April: The devil may care or Subterranean Blues (The protagonist doesn’t achieve what they want) Drabble emotion – Boredom

1 May: Poetry Workshop – Details I month prior

15 May: Marshmallow Longings or Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

Drabble emotion – Confusion

5 June: Using the picture attached to the program, write a story that gradually becomes grotesque/surreal

19 June: Fire and Ice or The Journey (No adverbs to be used)

Drabble emotion – Disgust

3 July: Write a poem about a mundane kitchen item (eg garlic crusher, chopping board), using language to make the ordinary seem extraordinary

17 July: A mountain or Why did you do it?

Drabble emotion –Envy

7 Aug: Lunch at Café Vulcan: Sensory writing about the food being consumed. Tap into memories invoked by the experience

21 Aug: ` Garden Talk or Back Track (Give a character a particular mannerism or attribute (eg twitch, scar, tattoo) Drabble emotion – Horror

4 Sept: An author/artist/carpenter (or other occupation) overhears a discussion about his/her work

18 Sept: The gift of birds or White-water rafting

Drabble emotion – Nostalgia

2 Oct: Workshop: walking the local neighbourhood: observation, interaction and reflection (idea based on ‘The Fitzroy Diaries’ by Lauren Clarke)

16 Oct: A handful of gravel or Tough Call

Drabble emotion – Sympathy

6 Nov: A story that gradually builds up a complex word picture of one of the characters

14 Nov: Bucket List or Feather in the Web

Drabble emotion – Triumph

4 Dec: Xmas Party: Communal lunch plus up to 1000 word short story (Turn a sad event into a humorous story eg the cat died this morning)