[stylist] Writing exercise

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Okay, I really need to double check a calendar, grin! Way better time
frame! And I will still put it out there that I will consider these
exercises for Slate & Style. There may be some really great exercises
that can stand alone, or they maay have potential to be developed into
something more. Either way, I'll be looking forward to this!

And I agree with Chris's comments on how we should structure our
comments.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
 
"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

Message: 35
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:29:03 -0500
From: "Chris Kuell" <ckuell at comcast.net>
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Okay, since there seems to be a spark of interest, let's give this a
try. 
Your assignment is to write a poem, essay, story, song, grocery 
list--whatever form you choose, that has the open-ended theme of 
Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/ Winter Solstice--whichever holiday works for
you. 
It can be happy, sad, personal, disenchanted--just let the topic stew in

your brain for a few days and see what surfaces. If that is too generic
for 
you, choice B is to write something about the best/worst Christmas ever.

Don't sweat it, this isn't a competition, it's an attempt to get those 
creative juices flowing and to get people writing.
Post what you have written on or before December 30th. Please read and 
comment on others posts, asking yourself what you liked about the post,
what 
in the post didn't work for you, and why? What suggestions do you have
to 
make the piece better? Please don't make your comments personal, and 
remember that writing is different from content. For example, if I write
a 
story about a guy poisoning his entire family on Christmas morning,
telling 
me that it was a horrible story doesn't help my writing. Perhaps my
writing 
was excellent, and that was why you were so horrified by my story--see
what 
I mean? Put on your editor's hat and analyze the writing itself.

Okay, start your engines...
Go!

chris