Writing Group Meeting #2 - 1/31/08

Today we again met in the room with the comfy chairs by room C. We did the assignment more or less as described, although we chose to read our pieces aloud before we did the pointing and helped find the Centers of Gravity. We then discussed a bit of our ideas behind our writing and why we chose to write what we did and what we were focusing on when we wrote the piece. As a group we felt it was difficult not to give any constructive criticism to help the writer improve their piece. - especially since last meeting we had each mentioned what we would like to work on. We also helped Christina choose a possible topic for her writing. After discussing what she enjoyed to read she concluded that she might want to focus on more reflective pieces or a piece similar in style to "The Power of Sprinkles" we read in class.
Next meeting we hope to be able to go more in depth about each piece we bring in and also receive some time to give constructive criticism and overall impressions of the piece.

1st group meeting, 1/23/08

Our first meeting included two activities. We met in the chair with the comffy chairs upstairs, and began reading each others object stories to one another. We each had our own take on the assignment, and our objects varied. Next we we started on the worksheets which laid out our various goals for the upcoming semester. It seemed we all were interested in some for of creative writing, but different types. We came to the conclusion that the main way we could help one another would be to be honest and objective with eachothers writing, giving solid critiques and advice.