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First Sentences, Endings, & Other Challenges.

Yesterday was our second meeting, held in the community room at the downtown branch of the SF Public Library, which proved to be a perfectly suitable space for the workshop. We shared current work, gave feedback, and discussed how workshops should operate. We agreed that poets, prose writers, and technical writers will split into small groups in future meetings. Patricia, a crime fiction writer,…

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Meeting Another Writer is Somehow Akin to Reuniting with an Old Friend.

“I privately say to you, old friend… please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of early-blooming parentheses: (((()))).” ― J.D. Salinger, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters Thanks to everyone who came to last night’s meetup. This workshop is full of inspiring, creative, fascinating people–I’m already madly in love with every single one of them. Conversation was easy (despite the fact…

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Tonight @ Counter Culture Cafe

For those who plan to attend tonight’s workshop here are some things we are going to discuss: –what members expect and/or want from this group –individual writing methods, routines, and work ethic –from where we gain inspiration (art, books, film, dreams, people watching, etc.) –writer’s block and ways to create a writing regimen that helps –weekdays, times, and locations that accommodate the…

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Feeling Exposed

Confession: I’m nervous about the upcoming workshop meeting. The group officially has thirty-three members, several of them being published authors. I imagine myself standing in front of this group of intellectuals and creative-types with my pink hair, ripped jeans, probably wearing a Powerpuff Girls too-small t-shirt, looking like an unqualified jackass. But then again, what does a writer look…

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