[bookshare-discuss] Accessible World reminder, Creative Writing, April 21

From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:41:34 -0700
    Subject: Accessible World Presents Creative Writing April 21st  Get Ready!

 

News Wire

 

The first meeting of Creative Writing is next Tuesday, April 21.  To get you 
ready for our first meeting here are a couple assignments!

 

The core of any good storytelling is your character development.  You start 
with characters you know through and through and then let them tell you the 
story once you drop them into a situation.  So you are going to concentrate on 
developing a set of characters and then adding them to an existing storyline on 
a group called Ghostletters.  

 

First, create your main character, your protagonist.  It can be male or female, 
human, animal, mythic being, anything you want.  Write up a description of the 
character as if seeing him/her/it for the first time.  Think about the 
character's manner of speaking, habits, qualities, and flaws.  Don't worry.  We 
will work on this for a few sessions.   You can alter your character any time 
you want.  Give the character a name.

 

Then drop this character into the following scenario:

 

A plane crashes on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean.  An odd mixture of 
people and other beings are standing around on the beach wondering where they 
are.  Sound familiar?  That's where the similarity with the TV show LOST ends.  
In our situation people come from history, fiction, reality, and many have no 
idea how they got there.  The story has gone on for a couple weeks now, but you 
are not late.  We are still getting the story going.  You can write narrative 
about the character and what is happening to him/her, or you can write a sort 
of letter home from the character.

 

What you want to do next is send a blank email to this address:

 

ghostletters-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

Once you are approved for membership, you will get several emails from a fellow 
calling himself Master Timothy. That's me. You don't have to do only "The 
Island"  story line.  You can jump in with any fictional, original or 
historical character and tell any story you like.  But for now definitely jump 
into The Island.

 

If you would like to see some of the ongoing story, just go to 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ghostletters and look at the messages on that 
page.  If you have any trouble, let me know at hawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .

 

We will talk about our characters, on character development in general, and 
other creative writing issues at our Tuesday meeting.  See time and location 
below.

 

Nan Hawthorne, Group Facilitator

Email: hawthorne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

Date: Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

 

Time: 6:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. MDT, 8:00 p.m. CDT, 9:00 p.m. EDT

         and elsewhere in the world Wednesday 1:00 GMT.

 

Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to the Accessible 
World Auditorium at:

 

http://conference32 1.com/masteradmi n/room.asp? id=rs5affc3cfa19 1

 

Or, alternatively,

 

Select the Accessible World Auditorium at: http://www.accessibleworld.org. 
enter your first and last name.

 

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, and 
open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, 
and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the 
presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees.

 

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing 
software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and 
then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the 
Accessible World online rooms.

 

Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and discussion lists 
are also available at our website:

 

Accessible World Contacts:

 

Robert Acosta, Chair

 

Accessible World

818-998-0044

Email: boacosta@pacbell. net

 

Web: http://www.helpinghands4theblind.org

 

Joann Becker, Events Coordinator

Accessible World

617-969-1213

Email: joannbecker@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

George Buys, CEO

Talking Communities

Email: buys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) 
not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled 
community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant 
information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed 
specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect 
them.
[bookshare-discuss] Accessible World reminder, Creative Writing, April 21

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