We are now up to five members.
Myself, Giles, Steve, Erik and Karina.
There are dreams and ideas here now.
There are possibilities and they are endless.
As you may have noticed this blog has been very inactive. Let's change that (a resolution for 2006 maybe?). I think that getting us all involved in it will be a great way to build some camaraderie and fulfill the mission of Q&T; to share, support and stimulate. I have this idea to have weekly projects. Each week one of us submits the project idea for the week and then as we complete the project we post and then comment on each others. I think Sunday for the start and Saturday for the 'deadline' is a good place to start. Let me know if I'm deluded in that.
Also, this Sunday is January 1st so I guess it works out perfect to start then. This being the first week, and not having everyone online yet I want to get an early start and kick off the projects with a bang.
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Project 1: The 69er. -
Steve and I were at B&N tonight and I picked up the January issue of 'the Writer' magazine, in it there is an article about fixed form writing, you're probably most familiar with this idea in poetry where it is represented by things like haiku and sonnets. For this weeks project we'll do a version of fixed form for prose. It's called 'The 69er' and I'll quote the magazine on what it is...
This form was invented by the editors of the Canadian magazine NFG. Each of it's issues has a section devoted to stories that are exactly 69 words long. The story's title doesn't count toward the total, but using an extraordinarily long title to give yourself a few extra words would be cheating.NFG actually does a contest with this and you can see some examples here.
That's the challenge for this week.
I look forward to everyone's contributions.
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A quote for thought: "A piece of creative work is like a child, you have to care enough to raise it correctly but you have to know enough to let it go when the time comes." (can't remember who said that)
- Gabe
