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

[Jewel S.]

Hey Lori, thanks for this! I read the first part, and it definitely
has some good points to make! I will finish reading it this evening,
since I'm about to go out to get some errands done. But thank you for
sending this. It should give me a good start!

~Jewel

On 8/13/10, loristay <loristay at aol.com> wrote:
> 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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