(To Galen) re Presentations / Writing

[Atina Diffley]

I'm interested,

Atina


 > Galen, Sally and other writers,

> Galen, feel free to send me some of your writing.
> Is there enough interest to start a Camino writers support group?
> I would definately be interested.
>
> Sue
> http://www.suekenney.ca
>
> Maura Santangelo wrote:
>
>> Galen,
>>
>> find a writer's group near you or create one if one does not yet exist.
>>   You are right it helps to have other writers critique your work.  Or
>> take a writing workshop to start.  Just learning myself.
>>
>> Maura
>>
>> On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at 03:56 PM, Galen Wilkerson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sue and Sally,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the information.  Yeah, my yahoo account gets filled with
>>> spam
>>> every day, so it's useless.
>>>
>>> One thing that helps me a lot is to have one or two people to bounce my
>>> writing off of.  I write a ton and think about it when I'm sending
>>> emails
>>> or talking to people and actually telling them things.  When I just
>>> sit and
>>> stare at my belly-button, it is not nearly as interesting or
>>> enjoyable.  If
>>> I had a few people to send my writing to, it would really help,
>>> probably
>>> more than methodology, etc. (although this helps too)  Basically,
>>> actually
>>> sending people things and having them actually respond and say "that's
>>> interesting", or "that's not" is probably the best litmus test for me.
>>> Then again, I haven't been a successful/professional writer or
>>> presenter
>>> (yet :), but I still suspect that interaction is the most help.
>>>
>>> I've also seen some books that look good on amazon's webpage about
>>> travel
>>> writing. (By the way, just reading: "Best American Travel Writing" -
>>> one is
>>> put out every year, the year I am reading is edited by Bill Bryson,
>>> pretty
>>> interesting.)
>>>
>>> Galen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:05:13 -0500, Sue Kenney <sue.kenneyaSYMPATICO.CA>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> To Sally, Galen and the other storytellers in the group,
>>>>
>>>> Here is a link to a great web site for all levels of storytellers.
>>>> Doug
>>> Lipman
>>>> offers a monthly newletter, workshops and coaching.
>>>>
>>>> http://storydynamics.com
>>>>
>>>> Happy telling,
>>>> Sue
>>>>
>>>> Floral Park, Ontario
>>>> http://www.suekenney.ca
>>>>
>>>> Sally Haden wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Galen
>>>>> I am sure there must be other people on this list who can offer
>>>>> support
>>> for
>>>>> doing presentations.  I don't have any direct experience myself of
>>>>> Camino
>>>>> presentations but I do know that people like, as Sue said, to get
>>>>> close
>>> to
>>>>> the actual feel/reality of something like your pilgrimage.  It sounds
>>> good,
>>>>> like Sue said, to take your boots, stick, etc., and so to tell them
>>>>> your
>>>>> personal stories... name names...etc!  There's enough artificial
>>>>> stuff
>>> on TV
>>>>> to fill anyone's appetite for academic travel.
>>>>>
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