Attendees: FB, JW, RM, AS, CW, SC (new member! woo! welcome!)
Apols: IE, HH, JR
Read: The Most Tender Place (FB short story); Mailbait (CW comedy sketch); A Model Employee + 1 (AS comedy sketches)
TMTP was one of two short stories (and two poems) that took over most of my writing mind during November, as opposed to NaNoWriMo (even though I did bumble to a win!). So I thought it best, even after I felt it done and dusted, to give the Faslets a chance to chew it over. It documents details of a relationship from a female perspective, wherein the intense situation has led to the characters creating their own language to bring them closer together.
As ever, I was left with plenty to think about: small detail work still remains, in particular with overly descriptive turns of phrase or overly obvious exposition. We discussed at length the difference between a romantic 'past' and a romantic 'history' (and indeed 'background') - any further thoughts on which is more/less loaded? Also it became clear that my intended / faintly emphasised mood in the second section was far from obvious or indeed effective. Tonal shift needed? Perhaps.
Mailbait and Adam's sketches were all juicy, delicious, re-heated-in-the-oven-at-180-for-20-minutes offerings that came from the comedy session two meets ago. Mailbait is a Daily Mail mocking quiz show, born out of Colin's obvious mastermind-standard knowledge of Daily Mail journos. It followed many of the typical comedy-quiz show conventions, but was sharp and shocking enough to be enjoyable and engaging. As with other sketches we've considered, all that remains is finding a proper outlet for the material - is a sketch show slowly brewing on the horizon?
Certainly Adam's sketches would make worthy contributions to such a show - both were funny, well-written, and after only a few tweaks would stand up very nicely. They were pretty typical Salt humour: the absurd in the mundane, taking simple misunderstandings as starting points and pushing idiocy to its (il)logical limits. Once more: where do we go with this material? What's next?
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