[stylist] Writing exercise

Wed Dec 7 21:55:29 UTC 2011

dear Bridgit,
maybe my computer ate it, and maybe I accidentally deleted it, I don't see the original posting of the christmas writing exercise.

would you please post it here, with of course identifying subject.  
my back is finally healing and I can gradually spend more time before my keyboard.  today was the first day I left the house using my beloved long white cane instead of a walker, yaaaay!
jc

At 05:12 PM 12/6/2011, you wrote:
>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>
>To: <newmanrl at cox.net>, "Writer's Division Mailing List"
>        <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [stylist] writing exercise
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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
>
>
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