Welcome to our Wednesday evening writing group! I think we had a fabulous first night yesterday and look forward to many more interesting discussions. I know I gave you lots of stuff to look at, but please feel free to do as much or as little as you feel like doing.
I do challenge you to engage in at least ten minutes of free writing each day. If it helps you to have a topic, choose one of the six that I gave you, but do allow your mind to drift. You never know where it will go.
Consider these words from Chesterton: "There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect." And try not to self edit as you go. Just get your thoughts on the page as quickly as they come to you.
Among the pages I printed for you yesterday was one labeled THE CUT-UP POEM. Click on this link for an explanation of this process: http://www.languageisavirus.com/articles/articles.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1099111044&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&#.Vk3Yxc1bwzY
Language Is A Virus is an interesting website most worthy of your exploration. To go to their home page, click here: http://www.languageisavirus.com/
Another website I love to visit is http://www.dreammoods.com/. This is a website dedicated to dream analysis. I use it, however, more as a dictionary of symbols. After all, isn't that what our dreams are? So when you are looking at literature and come across something you think might be functioning as a symbol (and it most certainly is), look it up here and see how the meaning might impact your reading, and of course, your writing!
So, don't forget you have a short piece by Virginia that we all need to look at before next week.
Don't hesitate to email each other or leave comments on this blog. See you Wednesday.
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