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Coming Up for P2P June 24th - 28th: "Writing With the Pros" creative writing workshop at Siena Heights University. July 7th: Meeting, 6 PM. July 21st: Meeting, 6 PM. August 4th: Meeting, 6 PM. August 18th: Meeting, 6 PM.
September 1st: Meeting, 6 PM. September 15th: Meeting, 6 PM.
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Good News Or Bad:
What Writers Say to Each Other
In early 2009, P2P made a committment to critique. The group developed and implemented a list of simple guidelines to steward the practice.
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Writers Read ... Right?
Natalie Goldberg on writing:
"Basically, if you want to become a good writer, you need to do three things. Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. And don't think too much. Just enter the heat of words and sounds and colored sensations and keep your pen moving across the page." From Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
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P2P READS P2P MEMBERS read a wide variety of books and publications. Education, entertainment, skill building, curiosity, and idea mining are just some of the motivators behind the reads we reach for. Each month, check out what one of the P2P'ers is reading ... and why.
Stay Tuned...
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WELCOME to Pen to Paper, a writers’ group based in southeastern Michigan. Founded in 2000 by Jackie Gamber, we remain a small group of adults interested in the craft of writing. Pen to Paper offers advice, resources, exercises, and friendly encouragement. Please review our guidelines to learn more about our meeting format and membership expectations (P2P is currently at full staff and is not accepting new members).
Purpose
Our meetings offer a variety of activities, from flash fiction and “found” poetry to writing from prompts and playing word games. We are not limited to any one genre nor do we focus solely on critique. Everyone actively participates, including on occasion offering presentations on subjects of interest to the group.
Inspiration
“So why does our writing matter? . . . Because of the spirit, I say. Because of the heart. Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship” (p. 237).
~ Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life ~ "If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter..." Anonymous |
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