Summer Writing
YWP participants,
The Summer of Writing has begun.... Thanks for all your participation. Hope the summer is going well for you. -- gg (and thanks for your best wishes; I AM all healthy now!)
PROSE WEEK 2 ... A week in which all you write are stories and essays and vignettes and anecdotes and podcasts ONLY IN PROSE. No poetry. No free verse. Full sentences. And paragraphs. Create a blog entry and use KEYWORD: prose week WONDERFUL WRITING CAME IN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE SUBMITTING PROSE -- Narrative fiction and non-fiction, essays, etc...
AUGUST 4 to....AUGUST 10
PODCAST DAY 3 .... We wanted a rush and got a trickle... Thursday was our first Podcast Day, but we want to keep trying. Let's shoot for THURSDAY August 7 for Podcast Day 3. Record sound. Record conversations in your town. Interview folks. Tell us a story. Record a piece of writing. Launch into an essay on any subject -- convince us you are right! Have fun. And you CAN do it if you don't have equipment! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. NEW: You can create a podcast TWO WAYS: as a blog entry, just upload the podcast file or, under create content, create a podcast. Either way, use KEYWORD: podcasts
DATE: August 7 (Begin earlier if you want.)
MY STORY ... Pick a memorable moment from your life. Something that happened, something you did, something you witnessed. Tell a story about it that will tell us about you. 400 WORDS. NO REAL NAMES PLEASE. Try to focus on something very specific, give us detail. Create a blog entry and use KEYWORD: my story
DUE: Aug. 10
ONE SENTENCE ... Tell a story in one sentence. Only one. (For some ideas, take a look at the keyword link. Or go to onesentence.org) Create a blog entry and use KEYWORD: one sentence
ONGOING
MY TOWN ... Write about your town or city. Tell us one story or one anecdote that reveals something about your community -- why you like it (or don't), what it stands for, what it's known for. You can tell a historical story. You can base it on an interview. YOU CAN DO A PODCAST in which you capture the sounds and voices of your community to complement your writing. Create a blog entry and use KEYWORD: my town
DUE: AUGUST 10
NOTES: YWP is a nonprofit, meaning we are always looking for money. Click "Support" above if you want to find out more about how you, your family or friends can help support this project.
cheers
gg
Wow gg... Get better soon.
Wow gg... Get better soon. I'm sorry to hear all of that happened...
As for things, the poetry podslam sounds amazing...
How about campfire podsongs day??? We write campfire songs and make them podcasts... Its just a summer idea.. ^_^ Or... I dont know... Jump rope rhymes? Just Something summery...
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Why are people quoting me so much??? I don't mind. I'm honored in fact. I guess I'm just curious..
Cool...
I think we'll also do a one sentence story challenge...
gg
As one of the few dedicated
As one of the few dedicated prose writers on the site as well as a podcaster, I love the idea of getting new people into it.
Count me in.
-Geist
As another of the few prose
As another of the few prose writers, I very much agree.
How about this prompt as well: A 400-word biography? Fiction or nonfiction, it has only to be complete in 400 words...
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"I think you can let go of my arm now." -M
"And your waist?" -C
"If you don't mind." -M
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Sorry, that was taken WAAY out of context. It's from a short story I like.
That sounds good. I try to
That sounds good. I try to write prose, but I make it way too long...
400 words would be a perfect lenghth for a piece.
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Why are people quoting me so much??? I don't mind. I'm honored in fact. I guess I'm just curious..
Oh no, gg! Feel better
Oh no, gg! Feel better soon!
Also, about the money, how much does it cost to keep this site anyway? We could distribute fliers with poetry on them and then at the bottom ask for donations...or maybe not.
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~miss lit~
Feel Better!!
Feel Better gg!! I think podcasts are a really cool idea I just have no idea how to post them. Another thing, do you think we should have another big sort of convention like during the winter? Also, the prose writing should be an interesting challenge because that is the type of writing I think I struggle the most with.
~KM
Get Better Soon!
Dear GG,
I am sorry to hear about your aches and pains. I hope you get better speedily!
I wonder if there is some way to do a poetry slam but at the same time get money. For example, if we had a space where we could have writers read their work, without being formal, but having an audience who pays to get in? Kill two birds with one stone? Somehow... if it worked, I think the outcome would be twice as good; getting money from fund raising and being able to listen and share work with each other and an audience.
Just an idea...
That
That could not have been fun -the surgery and all.
Feel better!
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"I think you can let go of my arm now." -M
"And your waist?" -C
"If you don't mind." -M
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Sorry, that was taken WAAY out of context. It's from a short story I like.
An All Narrative Prose Day
An All Narrative Prose Day sounds incredible!!
For once I will feel like the expert...
lol
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"I think you can let go of my arm now." -M
"And your waist?" -C
"If you don't mind." -M
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Sorry, that was taken WAAY out of context. It's from a short story I like.
A question for GG: How does
A question for GG:
How does one become a senior writer?
:)
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"It's either broken or it's French."
gg: DO you think you could
gg:
DO you think you could link this with my one sentence stories? you know, the 100+ that I wrote?
also:
Onesentence.org is a great site...
perhaps it could be mentioned here?
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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
-Voltaire
Real Eyes: realize: real lies
N.S. and P.T. ...
... some answers...
N.S. No real method to the madness. Just a judgment call...I read a lot of stuff and if a writer is interesting and putting in a lot of effort, I try to acknowledge it. I will be doing more rotating of writers into and out of that spot in the coming months...we have a LOT of folks, like yourself, who are contributing much to the site...
P.T. Done. For all that I could find (I think you lost count from 26 to 29). I put in the keyword one sentence on your first and then linked the rest to that file like a book ... And, yes, thanks for reminding me about the site. I've put in a reference.
cheers
gg
Question:
For prose week, what about something like a play? Is that okay?
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http://xkcd.com/280/
Ack!
Hey! New stuff on the right
Hey! New stuff on the right sidebar and Senior Writers have been converted to "writers to read". I like the summer writing ideas as well.
Just noticed those... I realize this is a rather pointless comment.
In response to your
In response to your comment:
Why aren't YOU up there?
And there are definitely some writers I see there who I wouldn't have expected.
It almost looks like some are there simply for quantity.
Ah well. It gives other
Ah well. It gives other people a chance to get noticed, right? Besides, I've hardly posted anything in close to a month, so I'm not exactly worthy at the moment anyway.
You're looking spiffy at numero uno ;)
Remind me never to use "spiffy" and "numero uno" again in the dame sentence...
*laughs* K. I'll try to
*laughs*
K. I'll try to remember that.
(MM would like to assert
(MM would like to assert that the misspelling of "same" was not noticed until imagine had replied and thus ruined editing opportunities.)
So here it is:
*same.
GG-
Okay, so now once you're logged in under your name it has "my unread." I followed that along for a bit and it came to "groups" and I just wanted to know what that's all about.
Wow...
OK,
So you have gotten onto an area that I am building... I am actually finishing up a configuration on the site that will allow us to build a few places where people can go based on interests or age.
The impetus behind this is that some of the folks who've been with the site for a while are looking for a place where they can get deeper feedback. Others are looking for ways they can write about topics more appropriate for older kids...
We'll be announcing it soon. Good sleuthing...
cheers
geoff
Okay.
Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. I think I might actually remember people talking about that. Cool!
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"Perfection doesn't exist, in my mind. Only greatness does." ~Geist
Very nifty. I was just going
Very nifty. I was just going to post a question about those as well.
Thanks GG!
GG. Can I ask an odd
GG.
Can I ask an odd question after being away for so long?
is it possible to group people's one sentence stories into a blog post, that they can continually add on to? it's rather... space filling to have all the one sentence stories single.
thanks,
Paris
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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
-Voltaire
Real Eyes: realize: real lies