Meeting #2 - 07/30/09

Tonight, we did a little writing exercise dealing with character creation, and spent some time reading each other's pieces and discussing them.

In the future, I think it might be better if everyone posted copies of whatever they want to be discussed/critiqued here, in the blog, and then we can talk about the submissions at the meeting. That would save a lot of time, especially if the group starts getting bigger. Any of you can post something, whenever you want to, and we'll discuss it fully at the next meeting as well as in the comments here at the blog. If you don't have regular access to the internet, I'd be okay with making exceptions. If you'd like more feedback on the pieces you brought tonight, you can post them here and we can leave comments on it.

(If anyone is having trouble accepting authorship of the blog, let me know and I'll try to work it out somehow. There should be an email from Blogger inviting you to contribute to the blog.)

Next week, I think we'll do a few more writing exercises, only I'll try to come up with better ones and be more organized about it. If you have any ideas for writing exercises, whether it be fiction or poetry or any other form of writing, feel free to share them with us. Word or creativity games are always fun, too. Maybe we'll do something where one person starts a story and the next person adds the next line, and so on?

The newspaper article about getting published that Nick brought can be found here, and some sidebar info is here. Thanks, Nick!

Meeting #1 - 07/22/09

At our first official meeting, we went over some basic info like when and where to have meetings (for now, it's at my house on Wednesdays at 7 pm), what we wanted to cover in our meetings, and contact info. I sent out an email to those who listed their info on the page--if you didn't get one, let me know.

This week, we'll be meeting again on Wednesday at 7 pm. Bring two or three copies of a short piece you'd like feedback on, or just one copy if you feel like reading out loud. We might also do an impromptu writing exercise to get warmed up. It is a writing group, after all. So bring a notebook and a writing utensil as well.

Thanks to everyone who came last week for making it a success! I was glad to see the good turnout and I hope we can keep it going strong! See you guys!

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Welcome! This will be the blog for our unnamed writing group.