February 2002 - Finish the story...
'The man in the Mac crosses the road and
stumbles as he reaches the far kerb.'
March 2002 - Two people arranging a date written from the other sexes point of
view.
April 2002 - Write a character sketch of the man in the picture.
May 2002 - Develop a story using another person's character sketch based around
the scenario that they lose their mobile phone at the airport.
June 2002 - Develop one of the scenarios a step further and introduce another
character.
July 2002 - Write a story based around the sea which could include a sex scene,
joke and/or a surprise.
August 2002 - Bring a recent project to the next meeting for discussion and
constructive criticism.
September 2002 - Describe a scene in a pub using all your senses.
October 2002 - Edit and revise scene in pub and add something that makes
everyone turn and stare.
November 2002 - Critique sample of novels in progress.
December 2002 - Collate all previous assignments for our '2002 Yearbook'. Copies
available by request.
January 2003 - Conversation between three characters using a doctor/patient
scenario.
February 2003 - Poem about a fairground.
March 2003 - A publisher's blurb to promote someone in the group.
April 2003 - Create a character who gets on a bus travelling from London
Victoria to Brighton on the 30th April.
May 2003 - Develop the character further and make them have a conversation with
someone else's character on the bus. The bus is stuck in a traffic jam on the M25
and it is raining.
June 2003 - Continue scenario until bus arrives at Brighton.
July 2003 - Develop own individual characters stories going their separate
ways
in Brighton for the next 24 hours.
August 2003 - Continue story with the characters interacting in small groups up to Sunday midnight.
September 2003 - Continue with the Brighton scenario.
October 2003 - Work on chronology of Brighton novel.
November 2003 - Conclude the Brighton novel. (Our first joint
project completed)
December 2003 - Collate all previous assignments for our '2003 Yearbook'. Copies
available by request.
January 2004 - Write a haiku and/or a tanka and a writing priority plan
February 2004 - Write 500 words on a policeman in an alley with a litter picking
stick in third person, first person and dialogue.
March 2004 - Write a monologue about a scam.
April 2004 - 500 words about quiz night at the pub.
May
2004 - May 2005 - Hospital Saga. (Another
complete joint novel)
June 2005 - Create a new character for new
project.
July 2005 - Using the character from last
month's assignment write about a day in their life. The day is Wednesday.
August 2005 - The day is now Thursday. Continue
with your character for another 24 hours.
September
2005 - Friday.
October
2005 - Saturday.
November
2005 - Sunday.
December
2005 - Monday. Start getting your characters to
the Northern Line tube station.
January
2006 - Tuesday. Explosion on tube train
February
2006 - Critique of own novels in progress and
plan a writing competition for the Thatcham Festival.
March
2006 - Critique each others samples from novels
and finalise details for writing competition.
April
2006 - Open joint short story, writing
approximately 300 words each in a round, following the story on from what has
been written before.
May 2006 - Joint
short story, writing approximately 300 words each in a round, following the
story on from what has been written before. Each person has been given a
specified genre to write in:
