OUR WRITING GROUP #3...

What a fantastic morning I had yesterday!  Eight "former" MWP colleagues gathered at Micki's home to renew friendships and share writing.  We began the day by sharing our MWP connections with each other, which date back to the early 1990s!  Then we proceeded to form a writing group, much as we had when we were "fellows."

First we did a writing prompt.  Micki suggested a couple of favorites from Barry Lane and Linda Reif, and then I mentioned a book I had received from my family at Christmas -- Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice by Michelle Obama.  The book contains prompts and quotations that guide the reader to discover his/her own story.  It is definitely worth checking out.

After our responses to the writing prompts, which brought out many quick stories/ideas for future writing, Micki reminded us about our guidelines for sharing our on-going writing endeavors.  Some of us are writing family memories; some of us are writing poetry; some of us are working in editing positions; some of us are trying to make "sense" of our life's journey!!  Whatever we are writing, we received an audience.  I strongly believe that is the power of the writing project -- support for our writing process and our "voices."