Welcome to the
Online Writing Group of the Lewisburg Ward Relief Society...
"Do What Is Write!"Obviously not every rule above applies to us. In fact, you can ignore rules 1, 2, and 6! But I liked rules 3, 4, and 5, so I included this in our first post. I hope that everyone in this group will participate fully, take risks, be respectful...and most of all, have fun and "Do what is right"...(WRITE!)
We want to tailor to group to your interests and writing goals, so please review the following guidelines for our group and respond with your ideas and preferences by leaving a comment.
Here are a few guidelines:-Currently, the group is being moderated by Jocelyn Christensen and Lisa Robertson.
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Moderators will post writing prompts once monthly or once every two weeks. Please let us know what you prefer.
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Group members will write based on the topic/writing prompt. Everyone will be given a soft deadline for posting their writing on this blog.-
Posts will be read by members of the group who will also leave comments/feedback for all to see.-
Members will be respectful of the work of others when giving feedback.-
Currently, our blog is open to the public, which means it can be read by anyone online.
Please tell us if you would prefer the blog to be private, which means only group members will be able to view what we post.
-Prompts: In general,
writing prompts will not be time consuming and will cover a range of writing styles/topics. Keep an open mind about writing styles. Even if you do not care for a particular prompt, your participation will enrich the experience of the whole group, so please try to always contribute, even if you write in a different style than indicated in the prompt.
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Your writing interests: Please let us know what writing styles you are interested in exploring and any personal goals you might have for your writing. This will guide our prompts.
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Have fun! Try not to take things too seriously! It might be challenging from time to time to put yourself out there (by writing!) but that is half of the excitement. This is our opportunity to express ourselves in a new and interesting way, to develop our writing skills, to share our ideas, and get to know others who share our interest in writing. This is not a competition. We will all have typos...It's nothing to sweat about!
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Guidelines on posting: When posting your work, post it in a "new post". When critiquing
someone's writing, please leave your feedback as a "comment" on that person's post.
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You may post your own writing (stuff that you are working on that is not part of a group writing prompt). You may do this at anytime asking for feedback from the group.
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Members should not post "email forwards" to the blog. Posts should be writing prompts and writing samples only. This is not to say that we cannot personalize what we write or make general comments to members in our posts, let's just stay away from content that does not pertain to or enrich the group's main purpose.
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We will keep a list on the blog of good writing resources (books, blogs, websites) as a reference for all members. We will list member's blogs too.
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Try to use good online etiquette. (i.e. Don't write in all-caps. Be respectful of others.) Here are a few links to help you if you have questions about online etiquette:
Distance Learning OnlineEssential Online EtiquetteNetiquette-
It might be helpful to read up about how to use this site before you begin to post. This will make it much easier for you to participate. Remember that we are all at different levels of comfort with computers and going online. It's just a matter of educating ourselves and getting some practice in. Don't be afraid to make a mistake. Here is a link to help you learn how to post, etc. on this blog:
HELP PAGEAgain - Please post your feedback in the form of a "comment", so we can make sure that this enrichment writing group is tailored to YOU!
Our first writing prompt will be posted on September 1st!
