The Writers’ Adventure Group

Posted by Mo on Apr 8, 2009 in Writing |

Yes, I realize I’m a bit slow on the uptake… I’m currently about 7 weeks behind. I plan on making that up. However, I may not be the only one.

If you are interested in a fun weekly writing exercise, as well as blog-networking with other writers, please check out the Writers’ Adventure Group post by Nixy Valentine. I’m posting the “rules” here and will be posting the weekly exercises here from her blog as well. If you are a writer and have a blog yourself, give it a shot.

This is an open, online writers’ group. Anyone may participate. It’s helpful if you have a blog, but if you don’t have one, you can always get a free blog from wordpress.com.

Our purpose is to build a community of writers who help and support each other, and to hone our observational and writing skills by interacting with each other and the world around us.

Here’s how it works:

Adventures should take you 5-10 minutes to complete! We’re going for short and easy. This should not be like having a part time job. You may post your results as a few lines, or a few paragraphs. This does not have to be polished, but is an exercise only! See previous WAG posts here.

You will typically have one week to do the assignment and post the results on your blog. Deadline given at the bottom of the instruction post.

After you post your results, email THE LINK TO YOUR POST (not just your blog) to NixyValentine AT gmail DOT com. This way I can link back to you in the next post! Please include the word WAG in your subject heading. Please include the title of the post (if any) and your name as you want it to appear on the listing. If you do not do this, I will use the name as it appears on your email.

To get more people involved, please use Twitter, FB status, myspace, your blog, etc to tell your writer friends about the group and talk about your own writing adventure!

Rules

Well, there really aren’t any. This is an experience, not a classroom. There is no wrong way to do this!

To get the most out of this, I would suggest visiting the other participants’ blogs and linking to them from yours to build the writing community.

If you have an idea for an adventure or have questions or comments about the group, write to nixyvalentine AT gmail DOT com.