Calendar

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CVS Calendar for January-March 2012

All meetings are Thursdays from 7pm-9pm in Arlington near the Ballston Metro.

Reminder:  Always bring to meetings the following:  your preferred writing tools (pen/paper, computer) and a copy of your writing sample for the Ongoing Workshop. 

Thu Jan 26, 2012

  • CRITIQUE: D/B sub;
  • Research Show-Off (Day and David): Topic: Civil War/Post Civil War. Everyone bring in some cool facts to share about things not necessarily directly involving battles;
  • Ongoing Description Workshop (Jen): Adding the Full Five Senses

Thu Feb 2, 2012

  • 15 Minute Fiction (Melissa);
  • Ongoing Description Workshop (Jen): Exercises from Word Painting by McClanahan
  • Sub: D/B (NaJ Worldbuilding prep)
  • Sub: Jen (LS chapter 10)

Thu Feb 9, 2012

  • CRITIQUE: Jen’s LS chapter 10;
  • Worldbuilding (Crit Slot): David and Blythe’s NaJ–working out the setting (on Big Paper!)
  • Ongoing Description Workshop (Jen): Avoiding passive descriptions
  • Sub: Linda

Thu Feb 16, 2012

  • CRITIQUE:  Linda;
  • Ongoing Description Workshop (Jen): Catching up with those workshops skipped due to time;
  • Announcement of next Ongoing Workshop topic (to start in March; sample due 2/23);
  • 15 Minute Fiction (Day);
  • Sub: David/Blythe

Thu Feb 23, 2012

  • DUE: 500-700 word sample for the Ongoing Workshop for March (Topic TBD);
  • CRITIQUE:  David/Blythe
  • Grammar/Punctuation Workshop (Melissa);
  • Ongoing Description Workshop (Jen): Discussion Follow-Up: Bring samples from other works of good description, plus any additional how-to advice you want to share.;
  • Sub: Beegs

Thu Mar 1, 2012

  • CRITIQUE:  Beegs
  • 15 Minute Fiction (Day);
  • Submission Party (Day);
  • Ongoing Workshop (Jen): Analysis of Submissions;
  • Sub: Open

Thu Mar 8, 2012

  • DUE: TBD
  • Description: Novelist’s Bootcamp Exercise (Melissa);
  • Ongoing Workshop (Jen):
  • Sub: Open

Thu Mar 15, 2012

  • Networking Workshop (Jen and Blythe);
  • Ongoing Workshop (Jen);
  • Dialogue Exercise (Day)
  • Sub: Open

Thu Mar 22, 2012

  • Ongoing Workshop Wrap-Up (Jen);
  • Research Show-Off (David): TopicTBD;

Thu Mar 29, 2012

  • Quarterly Assessment And Planning;
  • Ravencon planning;
  • Long-Term Goals Assessment (Day)
  • Grammar and Punctuation Workshop (Melissa);