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Eden Lit - January 17, 2011 at 7pm: Writer's Club

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Contributor: Alys Alys
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
A number of you have mentioned reading... that is something I have never made much time for in my life (I have always spend my free time working on music related things), and kind of puts me in an odd place when I try to write.
How so?
01/17/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by removedacnt
I'm not sure. This is all new to me. So I'm curious to see how it works.
What I envision is a place where how you write isn't as important as what you write (grammar and stuff aside). I know we have so many different styles of writer here at EF that I'd love to get to a point where we are free to sort of showcase ourselves and also try out new things.

Writing is such a tender skill, it opens the writer to terrible criticism as well as the much easier to take praise. Frankly it's terifying to put a piece of yourself up for public scrutiny.

To help people feel less frightened I would like to get with you all and decide on two topics...they can be WHATEVER, and then sort of throw it to the club to write whatever they feel.

Then we'll get together and discuss the pieces in a light, gentle manner once a month.
01/17/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
A number of you have mentioned reading... that is something I have never made much time for in my life (I have always spend my free time working on music related things), and kind of puts me in an odd place when I try to write.
How so? I'm curious because I've always been an avid reader. So it is interesting to hear from a writer who wasn't a big reader.
01/17/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
A number of you have mentioned reading... that is something I have never made much time for in my life (I have always spend my free time working on music related things), and kind of puts me in an odd place when I try to write.
I've generally preferred reading to writing in the past. But that's because I'm rather ADD and I find it much easier to lose myself in someone else's works than start to create my own.
01/17/2011
Contributor: Morganna Morganna
I strongly believe that reading is in close correlation with reading. However, everyone reads different things so it makes sense everyone would be able to write better about certain topics. I'm sure you'd blow me out of the water if it was something about music, Gary, just like I could probably write a mean story about a unicorn or kittens or something, haha.
01/17/2011
Contributor: BexvanKoot BexvanKoot
I'm Bex, 28 and I'm a freelance writer working from home in my regular life. I primarily stick to the niche market of dating, sex and relationships, as well as the concept of sacred sexuality and spiritual sex.

I write non-fiction pretty much exclusively right now and I am eager to explore my fiction erotica writing and start submiting to anthologies.
01/17/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
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Originally posted by Jul!a
I think it's a pretty neat idea. I think it'll help to focus what we're all writing on rather than having everybody write about all sorts of different things. Not that there's anything wrong with that by any means, but I think ... more
Exactly our thoughts on the matter! If we set topics then we get to see new facets of our community and no one ever has to sit in front of a blank screen and wonder what the hell to write about! LOL
01/17/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
Quote:
Originally posted by Alys
How so?
By odd space I mean... imagine being a film maker if you have only ever seen a few movies. The perspective is very lacking as far as influence or frame of reference.
01/17/2011
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
Glad I logged in earlier than expected. I thought this was at the same time at the workshop yesterday. Sorry Airen!

I'm Lauren and I've had a passion for writing since about the 6th grade when I started writing poetry. I have been published in a number of literary magazine's for poetry. Growing up it offered a lot of opportunities for me and became quite a passion. As others have stated, I lost time for leisure writing and would love to do it more again.
01/17/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by BexvanKoot
I'm Bex, 28 and I'm a freelance writer working from home in my regular life. I primarily stick to the niche market of dating, sex and relationships, as well as the concept of sacred sexuality and spiritual sex.

I write non-fiction ... more
It's great that we have at least one professional writer here in the club! Such a mix of people, this should be amazing!
01/17/2011
Contributor: Alys Alys
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
By odd space I mean... imagine being a film maker if you have only ever seen a few movies. The perspective is very lacking as far as influence or frame of reference.
I see, but that could also make it easier to write something that is true to you, sometimes I wonder how much my writing is derived on what I have read elsewhere.
01/17/2011
Contributor: BexvanKoot BexvanKoot
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Originally posted by ~LaUr3n~
Glad I logged in earlier than expected. I thought this was at the same time at the workshop yesterday. Sorry Airen!

I'm Lauren and I've had a passion for writing since about the 6th grade when I started writing poetry. I have been ... more
Hmm, I forgot to mention poetry, didn't I? That's definitely where my writing started. I don't do much of it anymore, except for invocations and other things in my spiritual practice. I have for several years been working on a personal anthology of these writings....
01/17/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
By odd space I mean... imagine being a film maker if you have only ever seen a few movies. The perspective is very lacking as far as influence or frame of reference.
To elaborate my 'center of gravity' for writing is probably more based on comic books and horror movies than anything else. I have always wished for more time to read. (48 hour days would help this!)
01/17/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by ~LaUr3n~
Glad I logged in earlier than expected. I thought this was at the same time at the workshop yesterday. Sorry Airen!

I'm Lauren and I've had a passion for writing since about the 6th grade when I started writing poetry. I have been ... more
Pffft you made it no worries!
01/17/2011
Contributor: Alys Alys
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
To elaborate my 'center of gravity' for writing is probably more based on comic books and horror movies than anything else. I have always wished for more time to read. (48 hour days would help this!)
Lol, 48 hour days would solve a lot of problems!
01/17/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Alys
Lol, 48 hour days would solve a lot of problems!
They would indeed, lol
01/17/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
Quote:
Originally posted by Alys
I see, but that could also make it easier to write something that is true to you, sometimes I wonder how much my writing is derived on what I have read elsewhere.
That's actually a good point! You find that you start to recognize bits and pieces of 'your work' reflecting something you read or heard...it can get challenging
01/17/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
Quote:
Originally posted by Alys
Lol, 48 hour days would solve a lot of problems!
Oh God how many hours would the kids be awake then no! lol
01/17/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
Quote:
Originally posted by Alys
I see, but that could also make it easier to write something that is true to you, sometimes I wonder how much my writing is derived on what I have read elsewhere.
Good point. I am sure sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't.
01/17/2011
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
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Originally posted by BexvanKoot
Hmm, I forgot to mention poetry, didn't I? That's definitely where my writing started. I don't do much of it anymore, except for invocations and other things in my spiritual practice. I have for several years been working on a personal ... more
Now my writing consists of journals...not blog type journals, but journal articles for the Americian Sociological Association type of journals lol. I LOOOOVE my research, but there is a certain dryness to it that you can't escape. Poetry is my escape from that.
01/17/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
Quote:
Originally posted by Jul!a
I've generally preferred reading to writing in the past. But that's because I'm rather ADD and I find it much easier to lose myself in someone else's works than start to create my own.
I'm pretty ADD too. And yet I can be extremely focused when I need to be. What I have found is that I write best in the middle of the night. And for some reason, come up with sentences and paragraphs when I'm doing benign things like taking a shower, driving, trying to sleep. I'm sure you can imagine how interesting it is to try to remember these thoughts until I can get to pen and paper. I often have to get up in the middle of the night to write or type things down.
01/17/2011
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Pffft you made it no worries!
To be honest, I still have a horrible headache that has not gone away since yesterday's workshop so I may duck out of having to look at my computer screen. I'll try to hold out!
01/17/2011
Contributor: Morganna Morganna
I don't write nearly as much as I used to but I'm hoping this club with set a fire under my butt and get me back into it.
01/17/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
Quote:
Originally posted by BexvanKoot
I'm Bex, 28 and I'm a freelance writer working from home in my regular life. I primarily stick to the niche market of dating, sex and relationships, as well as the concept of sacred sexuality and spiritual sex.

I write non-fiction ... more
Welcome! I too am a freelance writer working from home, who writes mostly nonfiction, and would also like to learn to write erotica.
01/17/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by removedacnt
I'm pretty ADD too. And yet I can be extremely focused when I need to be. What I have found is that I write best in the middle of the night. And for some reason, come up with sentences and paragraphs when I'm doing benign things like taking ... more
I am the exact same way. It was a bit easier when I had a phone that I could type one handed on because I could take stuff down while I was doing other things and then go back and proofread it all later. I find that if I can manage to focus on something, anything, I'll end up hyperfocusing. Which can be really awesome, or really crappy. I'll often be late for things because I got caught up doing something else, or stay up half the night doing it, lol.
01/17/2011
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
Quote:
Originally posted by removedacnt
I'm pretty ADD too. And yet I can be extremely focused when I need to be. What I have found is that I write best in the middle of the night. And for some reason, come up with sentences and paragraphs when I'm doing benign things like taking ... more
I'm totally the same. I do my best -everything- at night actually lol. I always keep a pad of paper with me and there is always one next to my bed so I can write down the stuff I come up with.
01/17/2011
Contributor: Emma (Girl With Fire) Emma (Girl With Fire)
I'm Emma, I enjoy writing, I have been struggling to write anything for the last few years, I have been pretty distracted by my kids. I used to write short stories but have not done so in a long time. I really really miss it.
01/17/2011
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
To elaborate my 'center of gravity' for writing is probably more based on comic books and horror movies than anything else. I have always wished for more time to read. (48 hour days would help this!)
I'm all for 48 hour days!
01/17/2011
Contributor: Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
(EF Review Program Mentor)
So next month our meeting will fall on Valentine's Day. We need two topics to write about for this month....What are some ideas about what we could write about or just incorporate into our writing?

I'll start out the topic topic with a few suggestions:

*Cherubs
*Hearts and flowers
*Chocolate
*Commercialism of holidays
*Love found (think romance)
*Love lost
*Murder, death and alien appocalypse

Just a few ideas from me.
01/17/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
Quote:
Originally posted by Airen Wolf
So next month our meeting will fall on Valentine's Day. We need two topics to write about for this month....What are some ideas about what we could write about or just incorporate into our writing?

I'll start out the topic topic with a ... more
Can I add zombies to your apocalypse?
01/17/2011