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Accessible World Presents Creative Writing April 21st Get
Ready<BR><BR><BR>News Wire<BR><BR>The first meeting of Creative Writing is next
Tuesday, April 21. To get <BR>you ready for our first meeting here are a
couple assignments!<BR><BR><BR>The core of any good storytelling is your
character development. You <BR>start with characters you know through and
through and then let them <BR>tell you the story once you drop them into a
situation. So you are <BR>going to concentrate on developing a set of
characters and then adding <BR>them to an existing storyline on a group called
Ghostletters. <BR><BR>First, create your main character, your protagonist.
It can be male or <BR>female, human, animal, mythic being, anything you
want. Write up a <BR>description of the character as if seeing him/her/it
for the first time. <BR> Think about the character's manner of speaking,
habits, qualities, and <BR>flaws. Don't worry. We will work on this
for a few sessions. You can <BR>alter your character any time you
want. Give the character a name.<BR>Then drop this character into the
following scenario:<BR><BR>A plane crashes on an uncharted island in the
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/><st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Ocean</st1:place>. An odd <BR>mixture of
people and other beings are standing around on the beach <BR>wondering where
they are. Sound familiar? That's where the similarity <BR>with the
TV show LOST ends. In our situation people come from history, <BR>fiction,
reality, and many have no idea how they got there. The story <BR>has gone
on for a couple weeks now, but you are not late. We are still <BR>getting
the story going. You can write narrative about the character <BR>and what
is happening to him/her, or you can write a sort of letter home <BR>from the
character.<BR><BR>What you want to do next is send a blank email to this
address:<BR><BR><BR><A
href="mailto:ghostletters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com">ghostletters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</A><BR><BR><BR>Once
you are approved for membership, you will get several emails from a <BR>fellow
calling himself Master Timothy. That's me. You don't have to do <BR>only "The
Island" story line. You can jump in with any fictional, <BR>original
or historical character and tell any story you like. But for <BR>now
definitely jump into The Island.<BR><BR>If you would like to see some of the
ongoing story, just go to <BR><A
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ghostletters">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ghostletters</A>
and look at the messages on <BR>that page. If you have any trouble, let me
know at <BR><A
href="mailto:hawthorne@nanhawthorne.com">hawthorne@nanhawthorne.com</A>
<BR><BR>We will talk about our characters, on character development in general,
<BR>and other creative writing issues at our Tuesday meeting. See time and
<BR>location below.<BR><BR><BR>Nan Hawthorne, Group Facilitator<BR><BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:hawthorne@nanhawthorne.com">hawthorne@nanhawthorne.com</A><BR><BR>Date:
Tuesday, April 21st, <BR><BR>Time: 6:00 p.m. PDT, 7:00 p.m. MDT, 8:00 p.m. CDT,
9:00 p.m. EDT<BR> and elsewhere
in the world Wednesday 1:00 GMT.<BR><BR>Approximately 15 minutes prior to the
event start time; go to the <BR>Accessible World Auditorium at:<BR><BR><A
href="http://conference32/">http://conference32</A> 1.com/masteradmi n/room.asp?
id=3Drs5affc3cfa19 1<BR><BR>Or, alternatively,<BR><BR>Select the Accessible
World Auditorium at: <BR><A href="http://www.accessibleworld.org/"><FONT
color=#800080>http://www.accessibleworld.org</FONT></A>. enter your first and
last name.<BR><BR>All online interactive programs require no password, are free
of charge, <BR>and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a
computer, <BR>speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact
audibly <BR>with the presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat
with <BR>the attendees.<BR><BR>If you are a first-time user of the Talking
Communities online <BR>conferencing software, there is a small, safe software
program that you <BR>need to download and then run. A link to the software is
available on <BR>every entry screen to the Accessible World online
room<BR><BR>Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and
discussion <BR>lists are also available at our website<BR><BR><BR>Accessible
World Contacts:<BR><BR>Robert Acosta, Chair<BR>Accessible
World<BR><BR>818-998-0044<BR><BR>Email: boacosta@pacbell.net<BR><BR>Web: <A
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Joann Becker, Events
Coordinator<BR>Accessible World<BR><BR>617-969-1213<BR><BR>Email: <A
href="mailto:joannbecker@comcast.net">joannbecker@comcast.net</A><BR><BR>George
Buys, CEO<BR><BR>Talking Communities<BR><BR>Email:
buys@talkingcommunities.com<BR><BR><BR>The Accessible World, a division of
Helping Hands For The Blind, a<BR>501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks
to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who
serve them by <BR>providing highly relevant information about new products,
services, and <BR>training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate
geographic and <BR>access barriers that adversely affect
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