WiS Meeting Minutes – June 20, 2020

Meeting Time 10:00 – 13:30

Meeting Place – Online with Zoom

Chair and Zoom Moderator:  Andrea

Minute Taker:  Jim

10:00 – Opening and conversation

Attendees:  Andrea, Jim, Jadi, Barbara, Erica, Hannah, Katharine and Ayo

10:45 – Meeting started

11:00 – The prompt: A short story that only uses dialog

Prompt Quotes – for thought while writing the prompt

  1. Ocean Vuong – I am angry of course but I can’t write with rage. Anger is a force that extinguishes the wielder as well as the world.
  2. Nina Simone – I can’t help it. An artist’s duty as far as I’m concerned is to reflect the times.

10:20 – 10:45 Prompt writing

10:45 – 12:00 Prompt – readings and conversation

Sharing of prompt stories and following discussion

  1. Andrea – All life matters
  2. Ayo – There him and theirs her
  3. Erica – The session on the phone
  4. Jadi – Untitled
  5. Katharine – Kitchen Talk
  6. Hanah – Early arrival
  7. Jim – Conversation with God
  8. Barbara – Exhaustion 

12:00 – Readings: 

  1. Jim – The Cabi – First work of fiction from 2008
  2. Jadi – The trail back out – Rain and Fire
  3. Erica – Mom, you can’t make this stuff up
  4. Hanna –  (poems) White sheets – The one with dragon eyes
  5. Ayo – First reading next meeting

Business:

  • The public reading celebrating the 25th DAZ anniversary on October 23 will be on line. Please see the letter sent to the DAZ posted in Meeting Minutes.
  • Delete the unpaid members from the mailing list
  • Place to put stories for critiques on the website
  • Continue with online meetings as long as masks are needed to meet in person.

13:30 – Finished:

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