Workshops, Writing Gallery and More

Thanks to everyone who showed up last night! We have a wide range of topics and styles in writing, and we proved by running a little long that we can all talk about writing. For those of you who couldn’t be there we did some workshopping and talked about genre.

Yesterday I received more information on the Writing Center’s plans to contribute to the National Gallery and the National Day of Writing. Below is what I received:

The Kent State University Writing Commons is please to be the official host of the local gallery of the National Gallery of Writing (http://galleryofwriting.org/). The National Gallery of Writing’s purpose is to feature compositions from across the country and abroad starting on the National Day on Writing (October 20, 2009) through June 2010. Composition is defined as those documents people compose (writing, photography, videos, etc). The gallery will showcase what is meaningful to the individuals who submit their work.

To prepare our local gallery for the national launch, we are hosting a “1 Month to Win” contest where students and faculty can submit a composition to the “Kent State University Gallery of Literacy” gallery between now and October 1, 2009. Those who submit a composition will automatically be entered to win a “Mid-Semester Survival Kit.” The kit, a $75 value, feature items for energy, entertainment, studying, and even hygiene. The kit is on display near the elevators on the first floor of the library.

So start looking through your writing for something you would like to submit.

We also discussed hosting a Saturday Workshop and decided that sooner rather than later was good. So our first Workshop will be on Saturday September 19th at 10:00am in the Writing Commons in the Library on the 4th floor. Bring a longer piece of writing (not too long – remember that everyone else wants to read too) and perhaps something to munch on? Here are a list of suggestions, use the comments to claim what you would like to bring:

· Orange juice
· Coffee
· Paper cups
· Any other random breakfast food

I’ll bring donuts.

For everyone who is just scanning this I repeat:

SATURDAY WRITING WORKSHOP!!!
SEPT. 19th , 10:00am at the Writing Commons on the 4th Floor of the Library!

For the next meeting, Tuesday September 15th at 6:00pm in 204 Satterfield, try to write something new. Remember what I said about flash fiction – write a story that is 1000 words long or go with twitter fiction – 140 characters. Write the beginning of a story. Write something.

If you would like to work from a prompt, then here you go:

If you want to write fiction, take inspiration from a favorite line from a poem or song. If you want to write a poem, take inspiration from a piece of fiction.

If everyone is having trouble finding the time to write, then we may focus on brainstorming and taking some time during the meeting to write. I know everyone is busy, but part of the point of this is cultivating the habit of writing.

Right. I have rambled long enough. Good day Comrades. Write!