[bksvol-discuss] Writer's Practice Group Announcement
- From: Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:10:48 -0800
Hello Everyone,
I'd like to thank everyone who joined us last night for the meeting
of The Writer's
Practice Group for contributing to the discussion. Last night's
meeting of The Writer's
Practice Group was a discussion of showing versus telling. You can
find a recorded archive
of the meeting on the Friends of Bookshare web site at:
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org
The next meeting of The Writer's Practice Group will be next
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at
6:00P.M. Pacific time, 7:00 P.M. Mountain Time, 8:00 P.M. Central
Time, and 9:00 P.M.
Eastern Time in the Friends of Bookshare Classroom. You can access
the classroom at the
following link.
Friends of Bookshare Class Room:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs0f1c528bd81b
If you enjoy writing, please join us and bring your writing on one of
the topics listed
below to read aloud to the group. If you are unable to read your
piece of writing aloud,
but would like to share, you can e-mail me a copy of your piece and I
can display it as text
for the group to read together. Please send me your topic no later
than 4:30 P.M. Pacific
time the day of the meeting. My e-mail address is:
mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx
I look forward to seeing you there!
Peace,
Mayrie
WRITING TOPICS FOR THE NEXT WEEK
Here are some writing topics to spur you on in your daily writing
practice during the next
week. These topics are designed to help you to, "Show, not
tell." Choose one topic to
bring to the next meeting and read aloud to the group. Remember to
keep the piece, or part
of a piece of writing that you choose to share to a length that can
be read aloud in five
minutes or less, no more than one-thousand words. Happy writing!
1. You're walking along the beach one cool and crisp morning when
you notice something
sticking out of the sand. As you get closer, you realize
it's a bottle with a message in it. You crack the bottle open and
read it. What does it say?
2. You've been going through a dry spell in the dating department,
so you've been set up on
a blind date. You're asked to meet this stranger at
the food court in your local mall. When the date arrives you're
shocked to find out that
it's a famous fictional character. Describe the scene (who's the
mystery date, how did you react and what happened the rest of the date).
3. The temperature outside is finally above freezing and winter's
snow is beginning to
melt, revealing a season's worth of lost things. Disregarding
hats and mittens, a man walking his dog becomes intrigued with a
black velvet box. He opens
it and is shocked to discover its contents. What's inside the
box and how did it get there?
4. It's the holiday season, and you still have a lot of shopping to
do, so you're skipping
work. Your boss, who won't accept, "I'm not feeling well,"
as an excuse, requires a more outlandish reason. Write an excuse that
begins, "You're not
going to believe this, but ..." and ends with the phrase, " ...
and that's why I can't come to work today.
5. Describe your workspace in vivid detail. What items are on your
desk? What pictures do
you have on the walls? What does your trash can look like?
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