The first proper session. Oh how we wept when the numbering all went wrong after that first session not really being a discussion session. Egad!
Attendees: FB, MG, JO, HH, AS, NG, AH, RG, and maybe some more...?
Discussed: The Legacy (FB); Untitled (RG); Untitled (MG); three sketches (MG)
I know that this is a retrospective, so how much can be said that seems relevant or even memorable now? Little. But some points, of the top of my head:
The Legacy prompted some questions about the writer's idyll - was it really something one might seek? It also got FB thinking about audience, reception, the pairing down of style and the contrast between straight descriptive prose and dialogue.
RG's piece was much more racey, more tight, and perhaps more obscure. It prompted questions about God and was praised for its rhythms and pacing. Perhaps it needed a touch of polish.
MG's pieces all displayed wit and engagement. The sketches were very early drafts to be worked on, but the short story was, despite a couple of slips, thoroughly enjoyable and amusing. FB's comments were all towards tweaks rather than major structural changes. Stylistically the epistolary moments were a particular highlight.
October '09
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