{"id":655,"date":"2013-01-23T15:58:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=655"},"modified":"2013-01-23T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T15:58:18","slug":"weekly-writing-post-january-23-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=655","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Writing Post — January 23, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings writers!<\/p>\n

I hope you all made great plans for your “writing year” last night.<\/div>\n
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My apologies that I could not be with you all. Trust me, I’d rather been with you all. I’m sure that Sheri & Takako took great care of you. My energy and passion for literary arts is matched, if not exceeded by those two.<\/div>\n
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Our weekly writing prompts & the remainder of our work sessions through March will include finishing up The Artist’s Way journey. Then we’re going to be amp’ing things up, as I’ve taken inspiration from our fellow member\u00a0Jackie Fedyk and am designing a do-it-yourself\u00a0<\/a>master in fine arts of creative writing<\/strong>\u00a0plan. So if you’re like me and can’t pursue a course of study (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) because of family responsibilities and financial restraints, I think you’ll find this course of study to be very enlightening. Be advised, if you put your energies into this, it will push you out of your comfort zone and you will learn and expand your craft and your level of “artist.” I promise. Like everything we do together as a group — you get out of it what you put into it. But, SnoValley Writes! will happily direct, encourage, mentor and cheer you on as we do this path together. So clear your calendars for the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month. And join us at the North Bend Library between 6 and 8 p.m. Next work session is February 12th.<\/div>\n
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In the meantime the writing cafes continue. Come when you can; leave when you must. Come be inspired, network, get help, write with your head down or socialize.<\/div>\n
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Wednesdays – Sawdust Cafe – 6 to 9 p.m.<\/div>\n
Fridays – The Black Dog – 9:30 a.m. to about Noon<\/div>\n
Mondays – Pioneer Cafe — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Today’s writing tasks continues in Chapter 9 of The Artist’s Way.<\/div>\n
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Visualizing: \u00a0You have already done work with naming your goal and identifying true north. The following exercise asks you to\u00a0fully\u00a0imagine having your goal\u00a0accomplished. Please spend enough time to fill in the juicy details that would really make the experience wonderful for you.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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Name your goal: \u00a0I am______________________________________________.<\/em><\/div>\n
In the present tense, describe yourself doing it at the height of your powers! This is your ideal scene.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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Read this aloud to yourself.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Post this above your work area.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Read this aloud, daily!<\/em><\/div>\n

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For the next week collect actual pictures of yourself and combine them with magazine images to collage your ideal scene described above. Remember, seeing is believing, and the added visual cue of your real self in your ideal scene can make it far more real.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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Priorities: \u00a0List for yourself your creative goals for the year. List for yourself your creative goals for the month. List for yourself your creative goals for the week.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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Creative U-Turns: \u00a0All of us\u00a0have\u00a0taken creative U-turns. Name one of yours. Name three more. Name the one that just kills you.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Forgive yourself. Forgive\u00a0yourself\u00a0for all failures of nerve, timing, and initiative. Devise a personalized list of affirmations to help you do better in the future.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n

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Very gently, very\u00a0gently\u00a0 consider whether any\u00a0aborted\u00a0 abandoned, savaged, or sabotaged brain-children can be rescued. Remember, you are not alone. All of us have taken creative U-turns.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Choose one creative U-turn. Retrieve it. Mend it.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Do not take a creative U-turn now. Instead, notice your resistance. Morning pages seeming difficult? Stupid? Pointless? Too Obvious? Do them anyway.<\/em><\/div>\n

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What creative dreams are lurching toward possibility? Admit that they frighten you.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Choose and artist totem. It might be a doll, a stuffed animal, a carved figuring, or a wind-up toy.\u00a0<\/em>(Wrimos for Rhinos anyone?)\u00a0The point is to choose something you\u00a0immediately\u00a0feel a protective fondness toward. Give your totem a place of honor and then honor it by not beating up on your artist child.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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And now your moment of Writing Zen:<\/div>\n
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“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” ~Albert Einstein<\/div>\n
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\nWhat did you Write today?
\n~Casz<\/p>\n

Casondra Brewster
\nModerator\/Founder
\nSno Valley Writes!
\nHelping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008
\nhttp:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org<\/a>
\nCheck us out on Facebook:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnoValleyWrites<\/a><\/p>\n

“But words are things, and a small drop of ink,
\nFalling, like dew upon a thought, produces
\nThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.” ~ Lord Byron<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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