[stylist] Philosophy discussion and question about September monthly telephone gathering

[loristay]

Third try.  sorry if these actually get through.  THis is from a class I teach on autobiographical writing.
Lori
EVERYONE HAS A STORY.doc
On Aug 13, 2010, at 11:40:48 AM, "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:

From:   "Jewel S." <herekittykat2 at gmail.com>
Subject:    Re: [stylist] Philosophy discussion and question about September monthly telephone gathering
Date:   August 13, 2010 11:40:48 AM EDT
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
I would love to learn about writing autobigraphical essays. I find
that writing about myself is the hardest thing to do, and would love
tips on how to do it.

~Jewel

On 8/13/10, Robert Leslie Newman <newmanrl at cox.net> wrote:
> Hi you all
>
> Having a good old philosophical discussion is always a healthy thing. I've
> enjoyed the thread that has discussed cars, access to technology, priorities
> and all that. Knowing of the philosophy of the group that you belong to, is
> knowing of that groups heart and soul. And knowing that it is okay to openly
> (with respect) discuss and even question the why of the groups collective
> agreed upon path is okay to do, is in my mind another super big plus to
> know. I always gain from seeing how a variety of our membership explain
> "why we do what we do." So I thank you all for sharing.
>
> Here is a question relating to the September monthly telephone meeting.
> Through one of our division members, we are looking to invite a guest
> speaker who is a writing instructor. "Writing instructor," I know is a
> rather loose definition, but here is what I'm wanting to know from you ---
> in terms of writing, what would you like to ask to be presented? Like what
> specifics in --- punctuation or word usage? ah --- gee I don't want to limit
> your thoughts. But I'd love to present a list of our desires, our questions
> that will allow this person to know more about who we are and where we are
> at in --- our desire to clear up that one little thing or our need to be
> reassured that where we are is okay, or that we need to hear that one thing
> that will shake us to our writers' soul and the new revelation forces us to
> remake ourselves.
>
>
> Robert Leslie Newman
> President NFB Writers' division
> Writers' Division Website-
> http://www.nfb-writers-division.org <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>
> Personal Website-
> http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>
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-- 
~Jewel
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Treasure Chest for the Blind: http://blindtreasurechest.blogspot.com

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