The Writers’ Nook is a place where we, as a group, can provide a safe and positive environment in which to encourage one another and hone our own writing skills.
First Pages
Ever opened a book “just to skim” the first page and, an hour later, realized you’re fifty pages in and hopelessly late for life? That’s the power of a stellar first chapter. It’s a story’s promise that you’re about to embark on something worth your time, your emotions, maybe even your sanity. ? That’s what we’re going to discuss at this meeting.
Please bring a notebook and pen or pencil with you, bring a printed copy of the Handout to read and discuss at the meeting, and if you can, bring a printed copy of these pages that we‘ve collected (below), to read and discuss at the meeting. Contact me if you need a password.
The Challenge
Between after this meeting is finished, and before our next meeting on April 14th your challenge will be to take a look at a story that you have written at some point in the past; or write a new story. Don’t tell us the whole story, just give us a one-paragraph synopsis of your story. The Challenge is to decide what is, or would be, an appropriate ending for this story, and share that with us; and then can you share your reasoning for using this type of an ending?
Responses to this Challenge, if you choose to share them, will be posted here, below, to share it with the rest of our members. Also, you will be invited to read your response to this Challenge at the next meeting’s discussion on April 14th.
Feedback: Please provide your feedback to these stories in the space below.
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