Bute Writer's Group

Bute Writer's Group Everyone has a story to tell, until you try, you won’t know what you might find

16/01/2026

Thursday 15th January
Blue was the prompt this week. Members were invited to write a list of items relating to the colour Blue. From their list they were to select three items and include them in their story.
One member wrote about a Blue period in Objective Art which was held in a Blues Club with a blue carpet. Next was the story of a blue Bower bird building it’s nest to attract a partner. We sympathised with a 14 year old girl in the 1960’s growing up in a small town in Scotland who longed for a pair of the new fashion trend of blue jeans and her attempt to make a pair of her own. We accompanied a couple who narrowly escaped certain death in the Thailand Tsunami 2004.
What Blue item would you have written about?

08/01/2026

Thursday 8th January
Today’s prompt was based around a selection of mini Lego characters.
Stories included an adventure by the mascot for Manchester United, the golden tresses of a little mermaid longing to walk on land, the adventures of Lego pieces in a family home, the roots of a collection of star wars memorabilia following a visit to the cinema and the storming of a local coffee shop by a squad of armed officers resembling Darth Vader and his storm troopers.

Next Meeting on Thursday 15th January, Lade Centre 1.15pm

04/01/2026

Weekly Agenda

Welcome
Introduce this week’s prompt
Write – approx 30 mins
Cuppa
Read your work to the group
Close

04/01/2026

Happy New Year
We are looking forward to welcoming back those
weel-kent faces and hopefully a few new ones

The Lade Centre 1.15 – 3.00pm
every Thursday beginning 8th January 2026

Come join us for a chat, a challenge and a cuppa
beginners or experienced writers, all are welcome

11/12/2025

Thursday 11th December

Members had a choice of prompt today, as we are approaching the winter solstice, Out of the Darkness into the Light or New Year.
First was a poem based in Jarrow on the river Tyne at New Year, a story about Mandy being kept in a cold dark cellar for years, the build up of waiting for the Strauss New Year concert live on TV and a widow feeling low at Christmas in the dark Scottish winter until she receives a call from a family member living in Australia complaining about the heat.

The Group is having a Christmas break and will be back on 8th January 2026. Hope to see you then.

04/12/2025

Thursday 4th December
Today’s prompt was “The third time it happened I started keeping a list”
Stories included, coincidence or alien message when words on the radio match text being read, twitchers who sneak into a garden to photograph fledglings in a bird of prey’s nest, a big box containing twenty-five small packages one to be opened each day before Christmas, advent calendar style. A small bakery is losing stock, investigation reveal children removing items and selling them to buy their mother a Christmas present. A postmistress having her dreams shattered by cash shortfalls.

27/11/2025

Thursday 27th November
The prompt today was A Winter's Tale
Stories from members today included A field mouse struggling to survive in frozen conditions, a roof being blown off a home during a young girls sleepover, a poem involving a perfume bottle shaped like a star, a child growing up in poverty dreaming of a skiing holiday, a trip to Vienna to visit Christmas markets, a walker venturing out into the frozen countryside intervening in a fight between a cat and birds and a family who relocated to the country discovering wild deer in their garden.

What frozen delights lurk in your imagination? Why not join us and share them with the group.

27/11/2025

December Meetings 1.15 - 3.00 pm
beginners or experienced writers
all are welcome

4th
11th
Christmas Break

First Meeting of 2026
8th January

13/11/2025

Thursday 13th November 2025
Today’s members were given twelve quotes from famous people
they could select one quote to give them inspiration
Stories included noisy skeletons making themselves known from within a cupboard, an angel up for the employee of the month is caught cheating and things that go bump in the night.

Which well known quote would inspire your story?

Next meeting Thursday 20th November 2025 @ 1.15pm

06/11/2025

Thursday 6th November

Today’s prompt was transformation or change
stories to include the words Shell - Echo - Thread

Members stories included two brothers under fire on the battlefield, a nod to remembrance day later this week, a night sleeping under the stars close to Dylan Thomas’ grave, the thread running through a family keeping two brothers connected and a Kelpie snatching a young boy from the beach.

What unexpected change took you by surprise?

01/11/2025

November Meetings
beginners or experienced writers
all are welcome

6th
13th
20th
27th

1.15-3.00pm @ The Lade Centre

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The Lade Centre, 58 Ladeside Street
Rothesay
PA200DJ

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