I wanted to post a couple of links to some of the projects we talked about at the meeting:
- The National Writing Gallery – http://www.galleryofwriting.org/
- National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) – http://www.nanowrimo.org/
- The Cleveland Library Reader’s and Writers Series (or “Yay! Neil Gaiman is coming to Cleveland!”) - http://writersandreaders.cpl.org/schedule.html
And here again is what you will want to bring to the next meeting:
For the next meeting please bring a couple pages of writing. These can be excerpts from longer pieces or stand alone flash fiction. Try to bring something you have worked on recently (over the summer or last semester); also try to keep in mind what you are trying to do with the piece. The purpose will be to get to know everyone’s style and genre. Keep it around 1000 words max.
If you have not been writing recently (or don’t have anything at hand that you think is appropriate) then write 500-1000 words about a city. It can be any city, real or imagined, in any time, somewhere you’ve lived or only seen in pictures. Give it characters or just describe it.
If you decide to use the writing prompt try using the comments section below to bounce ideas around.
Finally here are the next two meeting times, both at 204 Satterfield:
Wednesday September 9th at 6:30pm
Tuesday September 15th at 6:00pm
Have a good week! Write!
For those whose main focus or main body of writing is poetry, I suggest bringing in one of your tightest and most evolved poems of whatever length--basically something you feel best represents your writing. Or you can choose to write on the prompt. Don't feel pressured into a high word count, but do give us enough material to talk about.
ReplyDeleteGreat meeting today! Can't wait until the next one, everyone keep that pencil sharp and that mind sharper :)
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