Sunday, September 7, 2014
Though our numbers were down, CCWW writers brought excellent
pieces to the Callahan Branch Library Tuesday night, September 2.
Warm-ups
The warm-up prompts are listed here, in case you’d like to write
to them at home:
1. Yearbook
2. You can’t beat
that with a stick
3. Cancer
4. A free-write
on anything
After Matt Y. read his warm-up using “yearbook,”
“You can’t beat that with a stick” and “cancer,” Connie W. read two poems. The first was “1969, But First a Poem,”
and the second was “The Crash,” written by her son. We then introduced
ourselves and shared good news.
Critiques
Matt Y. started the session singing “Wurnos,”
a humorous piece he wrote to kill time at work. His clever lyrics were sung to
the tune of “Come on, Eileen.” Oliver M. then
read a crime report. Members said his piece read like a first-person police
report. Lori L. then read a
continuing piece featuring Sienna and Grace. Members complimented her word
choice (“spilled out her treasure”) and the skillful way she let the reader
figure out what was going on.
Robert O. continued the session by reading
“Wedding Bells,” part of a warm-up from last week. Members complimented his
imagination and description of Gabriel the wolftaur. Connie W. then read a continuation of her hemp rope story in which Leary
teaches Aiden about the retting process. Members said her research of rope-making and
Irish history showed throughout the well-written piece. Thomas E. asked Oliver M. to
read a continuation of his Calvin story. Members complimented Thomas’s balance
of narration and dialogue.
Danielle T. then read “Fool’s Gold,” a
piece featuring a married couple who must deal with infidelity. Members
complimented Danielle’s imagery (“first ring turned my finger green) and the
message of forgiveness her piece skillfully showed. Lisa C. then read “Deal or No Deal,” a poem about what we value in
life. Members complimented her rhymes and her cadence as well as the moral of
her piece. I, Nancy B., then shared “Camp
Connect” a short story I wrote for a contest. Members said the piece reminded
them of a “Goosebumps” book.
Ashley T. then read an intriguing piece
featuring Penelope and Felix (from a long ago prompt). Members loved her
characterization of Penelope and her imagery (“silver dagger under each of her
boots”). James B. visited the group
and finished the session reading a free verse poem about a girl with auburn
hair and green eyes. His piece featured powerful imagery, members said, and
strong emotion.
Excellent
work, everyone!
Links of Interest
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
For those of you interested in writing a novel during the month of
November, please check out this site. You can sign up, choose the amount of
words you write each day and receive support from an online writing community.
Read more here:
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Iowa Short Fiction Award
Here’s a contest for a collection of short stories. There’s no entry
fee. Deadline is Sept. 30.
Read more here:
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Dialogue Only Fiction Contest
Here’s a challenge. It’s a dialogue only fiction contest with a Sept.
14 deadline.
Interested? Read more here: http://www.writermag.com/contests/sixth-annual-dialogue-contest/
Prompts for September 9
Prompts for September 9 are fine
print and in the cave. Feel free
to bring in a WIP (work-in-progress) if you’d rather not write to one of the
prompts. Also, please keep pieces 1,500 words or less.
Quote of the week:
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
~Benjamin Frankllin
Until Tuesday, happy writing!
~Nancy B.
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