Writing Alone – Together

Rules and Overview

Week 1

Attendance: As per attendance sheet

Outline:

Discussion:

What do you want the meetups to look like:

• Writing time
  • time to write
  • time to read each other’s work
• Sharing time
  • Reading out loud
  • Quiet time to read the work of others
  • Sharing Resources
• Feedback time
  • Group feedback
  • Personal (private) feedback
  • Written feedback (anonymous)
• Flexing our Writing Muscles
  • Prompts and timed writing at meetings (Table-Topics)
  • Members take turns at providing the prompt – e.g. photo; item (fruit/key/flower/watch/???)
• Guest Writers
  • Should we invite guest authors

Write

• Bring your writing to share
• Bring an empty notebook, and write

Review

• Read – silently – or share with the group
• Edit – seek feedback from the group

Repeat

Write and Review

Guest Speakers

• Questions about writing
• Grants for writing
• Writing Fair
  • Evolution of writing
• Writing competition (annual)
  • deadline
  • word limit
  • focus
  • topic
  • networking
• Sharing of resources

Resources:

• Fan Story (online)
• Writer’s Group – Gold Coast Writer’s Association

Specifics of writing

• Grammar
• publishing
• punctuation
• creative writing skills
• Social Media
• Sharing information with the reading/writing community
• networking

Fortnightly Meetings – with off-week meetings for small-group/1:1 sharing if members want to connect…