[stylist] Writing and community service

Fri Feb 11 21:49:42 UTC 2011

Hi Donna and all,

I'd like the word count for stories to be between 500 and 700 words. The one 
I am going to post tomorrow, which is written by our first guest speaker, is 
exactly 700 words. I'm thinking the stories from our guest speakers are 
going to be closer to the higher end of that word count because they're 
basically going to be recaps of their presentations and overviews of all of 
their community service experience. I'm thinking that stories about one 
particular experience or aspect of community service will be more toward the 
lower end of that count.

I'm wondering if all of this sounds reasonable. I've taken a college course 
in Web writing, but this is the first time I've worked on a blog outside of 
class. I'd welcome advice about any of this from anyone on the list.

Donna, our group would definitely be interested in participating in an 
article. Like you, we believe that blind people getting involved in 
community service is an important message. Let me know the details as the 
time gets closer.

Chris

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From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing and community service

> Hi Chris,
> What a great project! Two questions ... What is your word count for 
> stories?  Would you and your group members be interested in participating 
> in an article for the online magazine Suite 101 about blind people in 
> community service? I'm dealing with a serious backlog at the moment 
> because of a combination of health issues and doing a writing marathon on 
> the Blind Driver Challenge, but the message of blind people participating 
> in community service is one that I believe needs to get out to the general 
> public. I'm looking at spring, if you're interested.
> Cheers,
> Donna Hill
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> On 2/10/2011 9:31 PM, christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> All of us on this list are interested in writing in some way. Are some of 
>> you also interested in community service? How about writing about 
>> community service?
>>
>>
>>
>> My name is Chris Parsons. I'm a member of the St. Louis chapter of the 
>> NFB. I'm also the secretary of a group of NFB members who are interested 
>> in community service. We hold monthly conference calls (usually on the 
>> first Sunday of the month), and in December we began inviting guest 
>> speakers to talk about their community service experience during the 
>> first half of each meeting. We're a fairly small group right now, but 
>> we're hoping eventually to gain division status.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm also leading our group's other main project, which is a blog where 
>> people can share their community service stories and comment on the 
>> stories of others. Right now we only have an introduction posted, but by 
>> early next week we will have an interview-style story from each of our 
>> first two guest speakers. I was hoping that some of you in the Writers' 
>> Division would be interested in writing some stories for us about your 
>> community service experience or about a particular aspect of doing 
>> community service work as a blind person. If you're interested, please 
>> let me know.
>>
>>
>>
>> The blog is at http://nfbcommunityservice.wordpress.com/.
>>
>>
>>
>> We're always looking for new members. If you'd like to know more about 
>> what we do, we will be having our monthly conference call on Sunday, 
>> February 13 at 7:00 PM ET. The call in info is as follows: (218) 
>> 339-3600, passcode 808277. Our guest speaker this month is Conchita 
>> Hernandez, one of last year's scholarship winners.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you have any questions about the group or about writing for the blog, 
>> feel free to contact me.
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris Parsons
>>
>>
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