Self Published? Here’s a contest for you!

Posted on April 23, 2018 by waconiawriters

4/1-6/30. MN Author Project. Looking for the best self published books in MN. This year’s contest kicks off on April 1, 2018. Submissions will be accepted through June 30, 2018. Sponsored by MN Writes Reads.  More Information.

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WWG Meeting: Sunday, March 18th

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Jen Lynn Anderson

Where:

Mocha Monkey (2nd floor), 115 S. Olive Street, Waconia, MN 55387.

When:

Sunday, March 18th, at 4:30 pm

(Feeling creative and inspired in social settings? You can join Jen at Mocha Monkey pre-meeting, for a write-in at 3:00 pm. Bring your projects! Enjoy an hour and a half of writing time in the company of your author peers!)

Writing Prompt(s):

  1. Cinderella exercise (extended from 2/18 and 3/3).
  2. Find a photo that sparks something, write a descriptive piece inspired by the photo and using sensory information. Bring the photo to share at the next meeting.
  3. Write a haiku! See below for the basic Wikipedia definition of an English-language haiku:

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2/18 Meeting Recap, and notes for next meeting

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Jen Lynn Anderson

Our Saturday meeting is less than 48 hours away, but it’s never too late for a Meeting Recap!

Last time, at Mocha Monkey, a handful of our intrepid writers started off the meeting by sharing our thoughts about our writing time, and how some of us guard that time with a vengeance. It’s important to view your writing time as a precious commodity. You are a word magician. The words are your magic. They deserve your full attention, and you deserve the time to strengthen, explore, imagine, and revel in that magic. Making the time is important, especially when you have a goal for a project (whether it’s publishing a book, finding the right words for a poem, or finishing a thought). It won’t write itself!

Our next meeting:

When: Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.

Where: Waconia Library, fireplace area

Prompt(s): Cinderella exercise (if you haven’t done it, we strongly recommend!). ALSO: Find a photo that sparks something, write a descriptive piece inspired by the photo and using sensory information. Bring the photo to share at the next meeting.

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February 18th Meeting Reminder

Posted on February 15, 2018 by waconiawriters

When:

Sunday, February 18th
4:30 p.m.

 

Where:

Mocha Monkey
115 Olive St., Waconia
2nd floor

Prompt: 

Try Kate Heartfield’s “Polishing Your Prose” Cinderella exercise (link here), and then write paragraph 2, 3 + … what happens next? Make this version of a classic fairy tale your own.

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February 3rd Meeting Reminder

Posted on February 2, 2018 by waconiawriters

When: The Next WWG Meeting is this Saturday, February 3, at 10:30 a.m.

Where: Waconia Library, fireplace area.

Writing Prompt(s):

  1. If you choose the free-write and/or are entering a short story for the ACCC’s Flash Fiction Contest (submissions are due February 1st), feel free to share your piece!
  2. A continuation of the previous Saturday meeting writing prompt: “Don’t worry, I’m from Minnesota.”
  3. Free-write, author’s choice.

 

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January 21 Meeting Recap

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Jen Lynn Anderson

It was a quiet and brief Sunday meeting at the Monkey. We decided to adjourn early, and decided the next writing prompt would be either a) a free-write, authors’ choice! or b) a continuation of the previous Saturday meeting writing prompt: “Don’t worry, I’m from Minnesota.”

If you choose the free-write and/or are entering a short story for the ACCC’s Flash Fiction Contest (submissions are due February 1st), feel free to share your piece at the next meeting! We meet at the Waconia Library on February 3rd at 10:30am.

For those interested in learning more about writing flash fiction, here is a good article on the subject, from The Review Review, with pointers from multiple pro editors. Here’s another article on flash fiction from Writer’s Digest.

Happy writing, writerly writers!

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Is an official name change in order?

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Jen Lynn Anderson

 

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January 21 WWG Meeting

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Jen Lynn Anderson

Where: We’ll be meeting in our usual cozy upstairs corner of Mocha Monkey (115 S. Olive Street, Waconia).

When: Sunday, January 21st, at 4:30pm.

What’s the prompt? “Don’t worry, I’m from Minnesota…”

See the Events page for an updated list of writer goings-on, January-March 2018!

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Saturday, Jan. 6th Meeting Reminder

Posted on January 3, 2018 by waconiawriters

We’ll be meeting this coming Saturday, Jan. 6th, at 10:30 a.m. at the Waconia Library Fireplace Area.

The prompt, should you choose to write it is: “A Gift.” Write about gifts you’ve given, received, etc.

Hope to see you there.

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12/2/17 Meeting Recap, & December Write-Ins Scheduled!

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Jen Lynn Anderson

Is it winter yet? Today certainly didn’t feel wintery, as we met by the cozy fireplace at Waconia Library this morning! Although, you couldn’t miss the carolers on horseback who congregated outside the Waconia City Hall, adorned with holiday cheer.

The WWG members in attendance discussed upcoming meeting dates and times for the month of December. Here’s what we decided:

  1. To give everyone some breathing room in their busy holiday schedules this season, this month’s third Sunday meeting at Mocha Monkey (December 17) has been CANCELLED. We will next meet as a group on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Waconia Library (regular time of 10:30am). You can find the prompt for next meeting here.
  2. To make up for the lack of together time this month, for those who are interested, some of us WILL be meeting at Mocha Monkey (115 S. Olive St., Waconia) a few times in December, during the week, for some writing time! Our participants in National Novel Writing Month this past November met at Mocha Monkey several times for some official Write-Ins, to work on our projects independently, but together in the same space. We decided to continue the practice! Here’s when we’re meeting at the Monkey:

Wednesday, 12/6, 7-9pm
Wednesday, 12/13, 7-9pm

The idea is to show up when you can, and stay as long as you like. We may add dates, so we’ll keep you posted!

Happy writing!

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