December 12, 2010 1:00 PM - 8 attended

Story Making: Favorite Fiction & Story Making



Have a favorite novel, short story, play, tele-play or other work of fiction you'd like to recommend? What sort of fiction do you enjoy? Historic novels? Mysteries? Worlds of fantasy and magic? Thrillers?. What aspect of the plot, a character, a scene, etc impressed you?

Come share what you loved about it. What did it teach you?
What emotions in you did it resonate with? Tell us how it changed you?

What authors do you recommend?





Or do you have a story to tell?


This Meetup will be divided into two parts. First we'll discuss favorite stories, novels, authors, etc. If you have a short scene from a work you'd like to read to the group bring it along.

For the second part, we'll have some fun with some story making exercises. We'll start off with Bev's telephone idea. What is crucial to the creative process?


New Meetup location: The Watertown Public Library has been kind enough to allow us to use one of their meeting rooms. This will allow for a discussion without a lot of outside noise. The meeting room is on the second floor, it is the Lucia Mastrangelo Meeting Room.

Time: 1PM - 4PM

Parking: Behind the library is some parking which should be free on Sunday.
Also, behind the CVS is a large parking lot.

  • Beverly
    Beverly

    Great meetup event...wonderful sharing about books, literature & writers. I look forward to the next one!

    Posted December 12, 2010 at 5:23 PM
  • Jim B
    Jim B

    Here are some of the books discussed, courtesy of Mary:

    Snow by Orhan Pamuk
    The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
    The Housekeeper and the Professer - Yoko Ogawa
    Cheap Cabernet - Cathie Beck
    The Fairy Tales of Herman Hesse
    The Zookeeper's Wife - Diane Ackerman
    Water for Elephants- Sara Gruen
    Parisians - Graham Robb
    Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
    The Last Lecture- Randy Pausch

    Posted December 16, 2010 at 10:16 PM
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  • Doug S.
    I had a great time, sharing all the wonderful stories we've read. I also like oral storytelling exercise, starring Goldtooth. And I'm already working on my reconstituted fairy tale for our next meetup!
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