[Tektalkdiscussion] Accessible World presents Creative Writing, April 21, get ready!

[Bob Acosta]

    Subject: Accessible World Presents Creative Writing April 21st  Get Ready


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The first meeting of Creative Writing is next Tuesday, April 21.  To get 
you ready for our first meeting here are a couple assignments!


The core of any good storytelling is your character development.  You 
start with characters you know through and through and then let them 
tell you the story once you drop them into a situation.  So you are 
going to concentrate on developing a set of characters and then adding 
them to an existing storyline on a group called Ghostletters. 

First, create your main character, your protagonist.  It can be male or 
female, human, animal, mythic being, anything you want.  Write up a 
description of the character as if seeing him/her/it for the first time. 
 Think about the character's manner of speaking, habits, qualities, and 
flaws.  Don't worry.  We will work on this for a few sessions.   You can 
alter your character any time you want.  Give the character a name.
Then drop this character into the following scenario:

A plane crashes on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean.  An odd 
mixture of people and other beings are standing around on the beach 
wondering where they are.  Sound familiar?  That's where the similarity 
with the TV show LOST ends.  In our situation people come from history, 
fiction, reality, and many have no idea how they got there.  The story 
has gone on for a couple weeks now, but you are not late.  We are still 
getting the story going.  You can write narrative about the character 
and what is happening to him/her, or you can write a sort of letter home 
from the character.

What you want to do next is send a blank email to this address:


ghostletters-subscribe at yahoogroups.com


Once you are approved for membership, you will get several emails from a 
fellow calling himself Master Timothy. That's me. You don't have to do 
only "The Island"  story line.  You can jump in with any fictional, 
original or historical character and tell any story you like.  But for 
now definitely jump into The Island.

If you would like to see some of the ongoing story, just go to 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ghostletters and look at the messages on 
that page.  If you have any trouble, let me know at 
hawthorne at nanhawthorne.com 

We will talk about our characters, on character development in general, 
and other creative writing issues at our Tuesday meeting.  See time and 
location below.


Nan Hawthorne, Group Facilitator

Email: hawthorne at nanhawthorne.com

Date: Tuesday, April 21st, 

Time: 6:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. MDT, 8:00 p.m. CDT, 9:00 p.m. EDT
         and elsewhere in the world Wednesday 1:00 GMT.

Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to the 
Accessible World Auditorium at:

http://conference32 1.com/masteradmi n/room.asp? id=3Drs5affc3cfa19 1

Or, alternatively,

Select the Accessible World Auditorium at: 
http://www.accessibleworld.org. enter your first and last name.

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, 
and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, 
speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly 
with the presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat with 
the attendees.

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online 
conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you 
need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on 
every entry screen to the Accessible World online room

Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and discussion 
lists are also available at our website


Accessible World Contacts:

Robert Acosta, Chair
Accessible World

818-998-0044

Email: boacosta at pacbell.net

Web: http://www.helpinghands4theblind.org




Joann Becker, Events Coordinator
Accessible World

617-969-1213

Email: joannbecker at comcast.net

George Buys, CEO

Talking Communities

Email: buys at talkingcommunities.com


The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a
501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by 
providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and 
training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and 
access barriers that adversely affect them.
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