writers’ group
May 11, 2004 on 10:16 pm | In Life in General | Comments OffI attended a meeting of a writers’ group at my local bookstore. I’m not sure if it’s for me. I think I should attend the next meeting just to be sure. And meet more of the members.
The group is just getting started. From what everyone says, there’s maybe two or three people in it so far. But tonight the only attendees were the founder and myself. A little awkward, since I didn’t bring any writing of my own. Also, I’ve never been part of a writing group before so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I think I might have made a faux pas to suggest we have writing exercises to do. But it was the first thing that came to mind as a way to structure the meeting. I think the founder wasn’t interested in that, having taken plenty of creative writing courses before. He’s more interested in critique.
For the next meeting I’m supposed to bring some ideas for writing exercises. I don’t want just creative prompts. I really want some exercises that help practice the craft and technique of writing — stuff like consciously avoiding passive voice or how to write dialog.
I should probably finish the first chapter of my novel and bring it along just in case. It’ll give me an extra push. So far I’ve got about 3 pages, so the goal isn’t out of the question.
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