Writing every day is a way of keeping the engine running, and then something good may come out of it." T. S. Eliot. A friend gave me a beautiful little notebook last year with one of my favourite quotations on the cover and this was the spark which lit a long dormant fire as I remembered the commonplace book I had kept between the ages of 15 and 21. Perhaps you like copying down quotes from things you read. Perhaps you write musings on life.. Or stories. Or novels.. Or limericks.. or may be even sonnets.. Or recipes of things you are enjoying baking. Perhaps you just ask yourself questions. Maybe you decorate the margins or maybe you don't. If you write regularly (not necessarily every day) and would like to share some of what you write with others who like writing, this may be a group for you. Each participant has initially just two minutes to read something he or she has written over the past month, followed by three minutes of questions, then we move straight on to the next contributer. This protects the group from those of us (ahem:) who would happily go on for half an hour if we were not timed and provides even the most reticent of contributers an achievable target and ensures everyone gets a turn. Once we have been around everyone, conversations take off as participants ask all those additional questions they were dying to ask. Please note: the December meeting will be held on 4 December.