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September 29, 2017 Writing No Comments

Anna organized the retreat and Diyaa arranged the Batu Ferringhi accommodation.

Rest of the group: Eashwer, Leela, Liz, Shrivatsn, Soo, Wan Phing, Wilson.

Nine writers of various genres and levels of fiction came together. An intensive writing and discussion session, Friday 15th Sept to Monday 18th Sept. We settled in and started off with goal setting where each member talked about what project they were engaged in and what their plans were for the four days.

The Gang

 

Flourishing and Budding Writers

Every day we had a time to write and a time to discuss what each one of us was doing. We arrived bursting with ideas, some ready to blossom and others needing tending and a bit more work.

Hard at Work

Efficient Eashwer brought his computer table, his compact PC and a big monitor.

Have Machine

ON 18th, after noon, we broke up, feeling like zombies, especially the writers who stayed up till 4am the night before. With goodbyes all round, the writers from Penang were meeting again that evening for some critique work.

In the meantime, there was another break-up afoot — a new tribe on the scene.

Committee Meeting
(secretly photographed)

 

Let’s wreck the cars — tear off their number plates (paparazzi in the bushes)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anna

Diyaa

Eashwer

Leela

Liz

Shrivatsn

Soo

Wan Phing

Wilson

 

 

 

 

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