Hello Friends,
Thank you all for posting your writing goals. I wanted to see them, and more importantly, wanted you to see them. Please begin to use this forum to post other projects as well as your assignments and ask for feedback when desired. Please read the post on safe feedback.
For people who want to get their work published, I suggest that you get a book on writing a book proposal and just do it! For my second book, I wrote a proposal in two weeks and got an agent from it within two months. It can actually be this simple. For those of you who want to submit stories or articles, your homework is to get a book on writing a query or if you already have a book, just write one and get it in the mail this week!The whole process will take less than two hours and may change your life.
O.k, off to the races...........
Tomorrow evening I am giving a speech entitled "The Healing Power of Autobiography" at a college here in Santa Fe. I am beginning the evening with a quote from bell hooks; "autobiography both releases us from our past and reunites us with it." To me, this eloquently states the profound invitation of autobiography.
As you move into your assignments this week, I want you to think about writing raw. Writing raw is writing real. It is about losing control. Writing raw is about moving toward the most charged emotions and experiences rather than away from them. Writing raw is about surrender. I challenge you to write raw this week and commit yourself to your writing goals. They are entirely within your reach. Support each other.
1. Write for 5-7 minutes on the following three topics:
* 1982................
* Fire.............
* The softest touch....
2. Continue adding to your "passions and obsessions list". Write fifteen minutes on one of your passions this week.
3. Begin an "events" list. Think about the most signifigent events of your life; i.e." my wedding day", "my fathers burial", "the day I lost my virginity", "my first day of school" etc. Write for thirty minutes on the one that feels the most "charged" for you this week.
*** Bonus
*Read Anne Lamott's "Operating Instuctions" this week. Laugh and cry outloud.
* Write a letter to your child beginning with "my best day"
May the writing gods be with you!
Love, Tanya
Thank you all for posting your writing goals. I wanted to see them, and more importantly, wanted you to see them. Please begin to use this forum to post other projects as well as your assignments and ask for feedback when desired. Please read the post on safe feedback.
For people who want to get their work published, I suggest that you get a book on writing a book proposal and just do it! For my second book, I wrote a proposal in two weeks and got an agent from it within two months. It can actually be this simple. For those of you who want to submit stories or articles, your homework is to get a book on writing a query or if you already have a book, just write one and get it in the mail this week!The whole process will take less than two hours and may change your life.
O.k, off to the races...........
Tomorrow evening I am giving a speech entitled "The Healing Power of Autobiography" at a college here in Santa Fe. I am beginning the evening with a quote from bell hooks; "autobiography both releases us from our past and reunites us with it." To me, this eloquently states the profound invitation of autobiography.
As you move into your assignments this week, I want you to think about writing raw. Writing raw is writing real. It is about losing control. Writing raw is about moving toward the most charged emotions and experiences rather than away from them. Writing raw is about surrender. I challenge you to write raw this week and commit yourself to your writing goals. They are entirely within your reach. Support each other.
1. Write for 5-7 minutes on the following three topics:
* 1982................
* Fire.............
* The softest touch....
2. Continue adding to your "passions and obsessions list". Write fifteen minutes on one of your passions this week.
3. Begin an "events" list. Think about the most signifigent events of your life; i.e." my wedding day", "my fathers burial", "the day I lost my virginity", "my first day of school" etc. Write for thirty minutes on the one that feels the most "charged" for you this week.
*** Bonus
*Read Anne Lamott's "Operating Instuctions" this week. Laugh and cry outloud.
* Write a letter to your child beginning with "my best day"
May the writing gods be with you!
Love, Tanya