[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Writers Club Practice Question
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:36:20 -0700
James:
As 1 of the group participants, I'd say welcome, welcome, welcome!
Come on in, the water's great. We'd absolutely love havin u. It's not
anything where you'd be behind the rest of us.
On 5/14/08, Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> If you'd like to join us at the next
> meeting of the Writer's Practice Group, that
> would be great! Don't worry if you haven't
> attended before. Everyone in the group has a
> different amount and kind of experience. There
> might be terms that you haven't heard before, but
> familiarizing you with them isn't a
> problem. We'd love to have you join us, and try
> your hand at whatever sparks your interest. I'll
> paste the announcement of the next meeting here,
> so that you can know where to join us, and can
> bring some writing to share with the group.
>
> It really is a lot of fun to talk about
> writing with other people who enjoy writing, to
> share writing with other people struggling with
> the same issues that plague us all, and revel
> together in the thrill when a piece is going as
> we hoped it would with others who enjoy
> writing. Do, join us! And don't worry about
> being behind anybody in experience or
> knowledge. We are all learning by writing
> sharing that writing with each other, and talking
> about learning the craft in one way or another each week.
>
> Try your hand at one of the topics
> below, and join us next Tuesday! I do think that
> it is a fun and exciting group to be a part
> of. Okay, below is the meeting announcement.
>
> The next meeting of The Writer's Practice Group
> will be held Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 8:00 A.M.
> Pacific Time, 9:00 A.M. Mountain time, 10:00 A.M.
> Central time, and 11:00 A.M. Eastern time in the
> Friends of Bookshare classroom. The link to the classroom is:
>
> Friends of Bookshare Class Room:
> http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs0f1c528bd81b
>
> Anyone interested in becoming a better
> writer, and in joining a community of other writers is welcome.
>
> An audio archive of this week's meeting, a
> discussion of worrying about the rules, slowing
> down, and the top ten reasons not to practice and
> what to do about them will be posted on the
> Friends of Bookshare web site. The link for that site is:
>
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org
>
> Below my signature are the writing topics
> for each day of the next week for you to use in
> your daily writing practice. Please bring one to
> read aloud to the group during the next
> meeting. Remember to keep the piece, or part of
> a piece of writing that you choose to share with
> the group to something that can be read aloud in
> five minutes or less (no more than one-thousand words).
> If you are unable to read your piece of writing
> aloud, please send it to me in txt, rtf, doc, or
> docx format, no later than an hour and a half
> before the next meeting, and I will prepare it so
> that the group in the classroom can all read it as text. My e-mail address
> is:
>
> <mailto:mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
> Happy writing!
>
> Peace,
> Mayrie
>
> WRITING TOPICS FOR THE NEXT WEEK
> May 13. "Even after my death" (after Maria Luisa Spaziani)
> May 14. Write about abandoned houses.
> May 15. Write about a reflection.
> May 16. Ten years ago
> May 17. You're in a hotel lobby.
> May 18. Write about a place you know, but not well.
> May 19. One day…
>
> At 11:07 AM 5/14/2008, you wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I feel like I would be totally behind the people in the club, but I still
>>have the desire to start somewhere. Would it be appropriate to attend the
>>next meeting or would I need to go and learn or do something to get to
>>where I need to be. I write technical articles when I write here at work,
>>but have thought of doing more creative stuff from time to time, or even
>>just getting my thoughts about whatever on paper or whatever passes for it.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Jim
>>
>>James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
>>james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
>>
>>"it is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis." --
>>Margaret Bonnano
>>
>>Highmark internal only: Consider Usability Engineering On Your Next Project
>>or release. http://highwire.highmark.com/sites/iwov/hwt093/
>>
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