Ok, lots of things in this post.
First of all, how many of you are still on the forums right now? Or the rest of the year? (I'd rather not send a state-wide email, but I'm not sure what the numbers are)
Second, who plans on writing things the rest of the year?
Third, who wants to have year round writing events? Like write-ins, or readings, or whatever? (And don't forget, those of you who have been coming over, Torchwood Season Two starts at the end of January!!)
I think if we did have year round events we'd all get more done, and if we did readings or critiques or whatever we'd all become better writers, only I don't know who's interested in what or where or when. We could even do writing contests and stuff.
So, Friday night write-ins worked great for the month of November, but Friday is that big party night and we've all got plans sometimes, so I'd hate to tell everyone it's every Friday or nothing. Besides, every Friday for the rest of the year might get a little nuts, and I mean next year counts to the next Nano, not January. We could do something every other week, or every third, but do you guys want to do write-ins or just meet and talk about things? Post your ideas and we'll cobble something together.
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Dez 18, 2007 - 09 29
I tell myself every year I'm going to write more, but I almost never do. So regular meetings would be a good kick in the butt to get me going again. I think once every other week or something like that might be a good pace.
When I've done before in writers' groups is to have everyone print out a couple chapters of their story and then make enough copies for everyone attending. Then we all take the excerpts home, critique them, and them bring them back the next meeting to go over each excerpt.
The location could probably be any coffee shop, or maybe the Borders in Kennesaw. We could even alternate between residences if there's enough people involved. I don't know how people's work schedules are, but would the possibility of a couple hours in the middle of the week work for anyone? Say, 8-10 PM every other Wednesday or something. I know my weekends can get really hectic, and I wouldn't be able to attend as many as I'd like.