Virtual Writers Inc.
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INTERACTIVE SOCIAL EVENTS
Monday – Friday
Writers’ Dash (6am & 6pm PST) – hosted in Second Life® by Ginger Jorgental, Harriet Gausman, Almo Schumann and Roberrt Magne.
What is The Writers’ Dash? (#writersdash or #dailydash on Twitter) is a 15-minute free writing exercise held on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Second Life® every weekday. At 5:30am PST we share the word prompt on our social media channels; the live event begins in Second Life® at 6am PST. Write whatever comes to you. Don’t fixate too heavily on what you are writing and disengage your inner editor – the key is for you to get the words on the page first; you can worry about editing later. If you are attending the live event in Second Life® there will be an opportunity for you to show your work to the other participants after the 15 minutes are up. If you want to submit your edited dashes to our monthly Competitive Dash please read our Submissions page for guidelines.
Saturday
The Stone Circle Review (2pm PST) – hosted by Ginger Jorgental & Harriet Gausman
Writing prompts are shared every weekday on Second Life®, Google+, Facebook and Twitter
If you are interested in holding an event at our writers’ sim please submit your query through our online contact form.
If you’d like information on connecting to Second Life® then check out the following article.
Special Events
March Poetry Festival
An exhibition of work and readings from Second Life®’s most prominent poets. Held the last weekend of March.
Short Story Workshop
This intensive, month-long workshop, devised to toss participants head first into the process of writing a short story (1k – 10/20k words) is held twice a year.
Each week we will tackle a different ingredient so participants learn how to construct a short story, much like baking a cake.
Areas Covered
- the differences between a short story and novel (and the similarities)
- the ingredients of a good story
- beginning hooks
- characterization
- plot
- character/story motivation
- endings
Participants are encouraged to bring their short fiction ideas but they can also develop them during the first week.
The workshop is free of charge to members of Virtual Writers, Inc.
Milk Wood Writing Community is owned and run by members of Milk Wood Writers’ Consortium.
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