Posted by Josie on Jan 4, 2010 in Creative Writing, Writing, Writing Workshop | 33 comments
Here’s something you maybe didn’t know about me: I have some of my best ideas when I’m up against a wall. If I’m upset, or angry, or exhausted, I find my creativity flows in a way it never usually does when I’m just feeling ok.
I have spent all day today feeling sad and confused. So I worked, I threw myself into new ideas and new thinking to distract myself, and I got a huge amount done.
I’ve finished my Big Assignment – a 2,500 word short story which I think may be one of the best things I’ve ever written, and it’s a good job too as it constitutes 30% of my coursework mark for my OU Creative Writing course.
And I spent some time thinking through a rather excellent idea.
Next Monday will see the return of the Writing Workshop and its weekly prompts to inspire your blogging/writing for the week, drawn from some of the best of the blogs in my reader, or any I may not know about that you’d like to suggest. Before Christmas this had started to prove really popular with you all which has been wonderful, and I hope all of you that enjoyed joining in last year will return to share your posts with us as we get back up and running again after the Christmas break. If you haven’t seen what this is all about yet, then check out our last workshop to find out more.
But I’ve been rolling an idea around my head to build on the workshop and perhaps set up something for people who want to pursue creative writing a little more seriously. People, like me, who are just starting out and still learning, looking for a bit of support and opportunities, perhaps, to showcase our work, open it up to critique and pursue possible avenues for getting our writing noticed and published.
So. I’m thinking of setting up a writing community, a blog definitely, which pretty much anyone can contribute to, and possibly a forum too. I’m sure something like it already exists but sod it I’m going to make my own. And make it better.
It’s a New Year, I like new projects, and this is something that I think could be of benefit to lots of us.
If you’d be interested in being involved, would like to hear more about what I have planned (I will send a round-robin email soon), or have ideas you’d like to suggest then I’d love to hear from you. You can leave your email address in the comments if you don’t mind doing that kind of thing, email me directly using my contact button in the sidebar, or DM me on Twitter.
I look forward to hearing from you x
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Josie Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
@Linda, No burning out I promise. I thrive on projects and things to sink my teeth into and I’m hoping this can be something we call do together.
I’m already thinking regional groups might be a good way to go. We can start the first one!!
P.S. Thanks for the comp details – don’t think I’m allowed to submit coursework but will have a look all the same x
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