Write Club RVA » Meetings http://writeclubrva.com Making the Written Word Hip Again. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:14:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Next meeting: Monday June 21 http://writeclubrva.com/2010/06/07/next-meeting-monday-june-21/ http://writeclubrva.com/2010/06/07/next-meeting-monday-june-21/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:42:41 +0000 MightyCasey http://writeclubrva.com/?p=115 We’re carrying over the assignment from this week, since almost NO ONE showed up. I’ll take it personally if that happens on June 21!

Got a complaint about the schedule? Show up and tell us. Otherwise, hold your water.

Assignment:

We’ll meet at Café Caturra on Pump Road @ 7:30pm – wine, food, coffee, none of the above, all of the above. Your pick.

The exercise: a springboard off of the writer’s-block discussion. To wit, let’s experiment with genre-bending.

If you write non-fiction most of the time, bring us a short story, or the outline for one.

If you write more fiction than non-, bring us a 300-500 essay or profile piece.

And let us know if the genre-bender gave you blockage, or freed up flow.

As lagniappe (for you, for us, your choice ;>), take a run at an exercise from one of my favorite mystery writers, Randy Wayne White: write either

  • the dust-jacket copy for your about-to-be-published book
  • the 10-years-from-today About the Author copy for your upcoming book (assume you’ve published at least one book before this one)

See you on Monday the 21st!

]]> http://writeclubrva.com/2010/06/07/next-meeting-monday-june-21/feed/ 0 Agenda for June 7! http://writeclubrva.com/2010/06/01/agenda-for-june-7/ http://writeclubrva.com/2010/06/01/agenda-for-june-7/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:40:40 +0000 MightyCasey http://writeclubrva.com/?p=102 We’ll meet at Café Caturra on Pump Road @ 7:30pm – wine, food, coffee, none of the above, all of the above. Your pick.

The exercise: a springboard off of the writer’s-block discussion. To wit, let’s experiment with genre-bending.

If you write non-fiction most of the time, bring us a short story, or the outline for one.

If you write more fiction than non-, bring us a 300-500 essay or profile piece.

And let us know if the genre-bender gave you blockage, or freed up flow.

As lagniappe (for you, for us, your choice ;>), take a run at an exercise from one of my favorite mystery writers, Randy Wayne White: write either

  • the dust-jacket copy for your about-to-be-published book
  • the 10-years-from-today About the Author copy for your upcoming book (assume you’ve published at least one book before this one)

See you next Monday!

]]> http://writeclubrva.com/2010/06/01/agenda-for-june-7/feed/ 0 WriteClubMeeting – first of 2010! http://writeclubrva.com/2010/01/05/writeclubmeeting-first-of-2010/ http://writeclubrva.com/2010/01/05/writeclubmeeting-first-of-2010/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:53:02 +0000 homeslice http://writeclubrva.com/?p=49 After a long winter’s break (and far too much time spent with kids and wrapping presents), I for one am anxious to get back into the paper saddle, so to speak.

Our next meeting will be Monday, 1/14 at  By Invitation Only (@byinviteonlyrva if you twitter).  Monica has generously donated her warm and cozy space to us from 7.30 til 9 pm.  Her store is located near the intersection of Lauderdale and W. Broad Street, across from Short Pump Town Center.  If you need more specific directions, let me know by emailing cristina (at) delbueno.net.

Based on some feedback at the WriteClub December party, there will be less writing at future meetings and more brainstorming, discussing, and critiqueing.  It was unanimously felt that participants would rather spend the time discussing writing as opposed to actually doing it.  If anyone has a different opinion, please bring it to the meeting.

I look forward to seeing you there!

]]> http://writeclubrva.com/2010/01/05/writeclubmeeting-first-of-2010/feed/ 0 Final Write Club Meeting of 2009! http://writeclubrva.com/2009/12/10/final-write-club-meeting-of-2009/ http://writeclubrva.com/2009/12/10/final-write-club-meeting-of-2009/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:58:17 +0000 homeslice http://writeclubrva.com/?p=47 It’s that time of year where you should be cramming in some great writing before being driven by family, parties, obligations and credit card debt.  Our meeting will be held this coming Monday, December 14 at 7.30 PM.  The meeting will be held at my house and because I’m crazy, I’ll provide some munchies, a couple of bottles of wine, and plenty of non-alcoholic stuffs.

Please send me an email:  cristina(at) delbueno(dot)net for address and directions and to RSVP.  It will be fun – I promise!

]]> http://writeclubrva.com/2009/12/10/final-write-club-meeting-of-2009/feed/ 0 Agenda for October 19 Meeting http://writeclubrva.com/2009/10/19/agenda-for-october-19-meeting/ http://writeclubrva.com/2009/10/19/agenda-for-october-19-meeting/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:16:48 +0000 homeslice http://writeclubrva.com/?p=16 - Roll Call / Goals check (approx 30 minutes)

-Group discussion about breakout groups – goal is to get people into groups of 5 or less that focus on the area they are working towards.

-Discuss various types of groups

-Discuss group rules/roles

-Break out into groups (Approx 30 minutes)

-Group introductions

-Group discussion

-Freewriting/socializing/networking (approx 60 minutes)

-oneword.com exercise

-establish ground rules (talking, etc.,)

-assign peers/mentors?

 Future Meetings – Follow the same agenda? (Roll Call/Goals, Group discussion, Breakout Groups, Freewriting?)

Website Work

-Design goals

-Content ideas

-Public and private areas

-Division of labor (assign responsibilities based on time/skill)

 

Long Term Club Goals

-Broader social reaches?

-Facebook Fan Page?

-Twitter Account? – done by CDB

-Interact with other writing groups?

-Publish some sort of writing group publication?

-Does the entire club have a goal or mission?

    -How big is too big?

   -Given the large number of people drawn to social media and creative events in the RVA area, it is concievable that WriteClub could swell to fifty or so regular attendees. Do we have any plans in place for how to deal with that?

-Do we want to continue to move the locations or pick one place?

Future dicussion ideas?

-Guest speakers? Pulling speakers from within the group? Hand out writing prompts and have people volunteer to read them?  

]]> http://writeclubrva.com/2009/10/19/agenda-for-october-19-meeting/feed/ 0 Write Club RVA October 19th Information http://writeclubrva.com/2009/10/08/write-club-rva-october-19th-information/ http://writeclubrva.com/2009/10/08/write-club-rva-october-19th-information/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:58:48 +0000 homeslice http://writeclubrva.com/?p=13 Based on feedback received at the meeting, we will probably rotate meeting places so they are not always in one spot in town.  My house has enough room for everyone (and high speed wireless), but it’s in the Far West End.  To mix things up, Tommy at Richmond Comix has kindly offered up his quiet workspace and wireless for our next meeting.  We will be meeting at 7.30 on 10/19/09.  Details below:

Richmond Comix
14249 Midlothian Turnpike
Midlothian VA 23113 

Take 288 south and get off on the Midlothian exit. We are in the Ivy Mont Square shopping center. It is the first shopping center on the right after getting off 288.

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