Very good session on 24th September. We touched on something we have not covered before (yes - there are still a few things yet to explore) and that was Autobiography, Biography and Memoirs. I explained the difference between the three - autobiography being about the life of the person writing, biography being about the life of someone else and memoirs being odd little memories that just come back to us once in a while. I also explained that not only famous people are covered by these, but many ordinary people as well, who want to share with future generations something they have experienced, but don't necessarily want to tell the story of their whole life.
We all love writing and talking about ourselves and each and every one of us has unique experiences to our name so I got the members writing something about themselves, initially. The assignment set was to write a biography of someone they know - a family member, friend or even a pet or toy - and I was only looking at a maximum of one page so it shouldn't be too taxing for them. Any brought in for marking will count towards their next certificate.
We had ten children turn up which is brilliant and looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday, 8th October.
Still working on the new Word Magic book, doing some whenever I get the opportunity and it is starting to take shape nicely. I will let you see the dummy copy when it is ready.
And please let me know of any school fetes, fayres or bazaars coming up so I can sell copies of my books - or if you want extra copies of my book "My Writer" for Christmas presents, please let me know.
See you Saturday, then.
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