Saturday, July 21, 2012

a creative writing group

i'm not sure if i've mentioned in earlier posts, but for most of my life, i've known that i'd write fiction one day.  interestingly enough, i started working on fiction writing again this past spring and ended up coming up with a couple of interesting novel ideas, two on my own and one with a friend/coworker.  this summer, my coworker and i (along with a third coworker) have begun a writing group.  we had our first meeting last week and plan to meet once a week to write together.

the coworker with whom i'm collaborating on a book and i have been using mindomo (mindomo.com) to map out our novel.  we've gotten a lot of initial prewriting and planning done, but we're still working on fleshing out character backstories and a general plot structure.  overall, we're both feeling pretty good about it.  we're hoping to have a first draft written by the end of the summer.  i'm excited about it.

i'll write more later as we continue to work on our book.  for now, it's a good project for many reasons.  first, i think we're both excited about the content, but it's also a great way to practice collaborative writing.  well, more later.

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