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Grist for the Muse #22 - July 2005
The monthly creative writing resource that gets you writing and keeps you
writing.

C-3P0: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is
approximately 3,720 to 1.

Han Solo: Never tell me the odds.

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Musings

Some writers write because they want to become rich and famous. They see
writing as their winning lotto ticket, their professional football career,
their one-hit-wonder, their American Idol superstardom. They reason that if
they can write the next Da Vinci Code, the next Lovely Bones, or the next
Chicken Soup for the Soul knockoff, that they can retire, live a life of
leisure, and write.

I, like everyone else, would love to become wealthy through the labors of my
creative words, but I also know that this dream is unrealistic. If I ever
sat down and calculated my hourly wage on an article or short story sent out
for publication, I'd have to gulp down a cocktail of anti-depressants to
stop myself from leaping off of the nearest building. If you write only for
wealth and fame, you'll be surely disappointed.

You have to write because you love it. You have to write because you simply
cannot do anything but. You have to write as if you know that you'll never
earn a nickel from publication, but choose to write anyway.

I have this eternal tug-of-war that goes on inside my head, where on a bad
day, the inner critic convinces me that the best choice that I can make in
my life is give up this little hobby, stop sending out this monthly
e-newsletter, stop the writing practice and just read trashy novels, watch
boatloads of TV, and seriously take up manly pursuits such as electrical
wiring, plumbing, and auto repair. So that one day I am not so clueless in
these areas that guys traditionally understand and excel at.

It would be practical. It would make all of the improvements that I see on
Trading Spaces and This Old House seem easy. I would be comfortable with
radial arm saws and nail guns, and not have to hire experts to help solve
problems such as hot water heaters that don't heat water, leaky pipes, and
replacing shattered panes of glass (via a stray rock while using the trimmer
mower to trim around the landscaping.) but I'd be miserable. And bored. So I
block out that negative chatter and live by the words of Han Solo. "Never
tell me the odds." and refuse to think about them.

I don't think about the thousands of books on display at Barnes and Noble, I
think about the fact that surely, there is room for one more book on the
shelf. I don't think about the fact that John Grisham's first novel, A Time
to Kill, was rejected by 15 publishers and 30 agents, I think about how it
was accepted by the 16th and now has millions of copies in print.

There is no room for pessimism in writing (unless you write about
pessimistic stuff). You don't have any choice. If you write everyday,
consistently and well, you become a better writer, and the money may come.
but don't count on it.

You can write the best book on the planet and you still may not be
successful right away. Ask J.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter and the
Philosopher's Stone (yes, folks, it was named something else over in jolly
ol' England and still has that name there) was rejected by every major
publisher, all of them citing that "fantasy is a dead genre," until a small
publisher named Scholastic decided that this book might have an audience
within the masses of school kids that they sell books to and provide
educational materials for each year, and the rest is history. Practice,
write the best work that you can, market it smart, and who knows, maybe
you'll beat those odds.

--Michael

Jumpstart Jars Update

The logos have been designed and finalized. The next step is to complete the
label for the first three kits and complete the "instructions" that go along
with the jars themselves. There should be an official rollout of the jars
by the end of July. I have sold several of the prototype jars at various
speaking engagements last month and the initial feedback has been positive.

So if you are interested in pre-ordering a Jumpstart Jar, they cost $15.00
each (plus $5.00 shipping and handling) or buy two of them for $25.00. The
August special combines a copy of Flash Writing with any one of the three
Jumpstart Jars for $25.00. Email me at mich-@flashwriting.com for ordering
details.

Sign up for the Write(Now) Newsletter

Nita Sweeney's wonderful monthly newsletter lists events of interest to
writers in the Central Ohio area, including book signings, writing classes,
writer's groups, writer's conferences, poetry readings, and more. To
subscribe click on this link: http://www.nitasweeney.com/id4.html

Writing Exercises

1. Write about the next person you see. If the person is a total
stranger, create a story as if you know the person and write down the
details of that individual's life. Description, dreams, conflicts and
motivation. If you know the person, write about the things you know about
that person and embellish the details if necessary.

Quick Topics

* Took out

* Criminal

* Cupcake

* Proud parents

* Slate

* Poop

* Shirt-and-tie

* French Onion Soup

* Ice

* Tumble

* Barter

* Can opener

Story Starters

* Was I nuts?

* But I knew I'd never let.

* A few months ago, I.

* Keep you pants on.

* Aim at that big head.

* What's wrong?

Shameless Self Promotion

Barnes & Noble at Easton Town Center- Fiction Writer's Group

July 14, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. - Mezzanine: Fiction Writers Group:
POINT OF VIEW

What are the current do's and don't of these two often misunderstood
elements of fiction writing? Learn the pros and cons of selecting a POV for
your story and the common mistakes that fiction writers make when telling
the story through a POV.

August 11, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. - Mezzanine: Fiction Writers Group:

WRITING PRACTICE REFRESHER - With Special Guest Host: Sammi Soutar

Michael is on vacation this month, so please join guest facilitator Sammi
Soutar in a Writing Practice Refresher -- Where we review the rules of
writing practice and discuss the writers and writing advice that the
attendees have found most helpful to them. So be ready to share your best
writing advice.

September 8, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. - Mezzanine: Fiction Writers
Group: RANDOM WRITING

Are you stuck? Having trouble coming up with writing ideas? Learn how to
create your own writing topic pool and use it to keep you writing during the
moments where you find yourself stuck or blocked.

The Fiction Writers Group is a facilitated writing group that meets at
Barnes & Noble at Easton Town Center on the SECOND Thursday of each month at
7:00pm and is hosted by writer and teacher Michael Wilson. A book will be
given away to one lucky attendee. This event is free of charge!

Creative Journaling Techniques (NEW CLASS!)

Location: The Decorative Arts Center (in Lancaster)
Date: 4 weekly sessions beginning Tues, Sept 6th to Tues, Sept 27th
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

This 4-week class will review the traditional uses of the journal, guide you
through the journaling process, teach you to discover writing topics,
capture vivid details with your writing, and use your journal as a tool to
help work through problems and decisions, expand your creativity, and
explore your dreams. This class will include a workbook with plenty of
suggested journaling prompts. For more details and a proposed syllabus for
the class, e-mail me at mich-@flashwriting.com.

MUSE REVIEWS

Wonder Boys -Michael Chabon; Picador USA; 1995; Trade Paper; 368 pp

Instead a non-fiction book about technique or writing skills, this month I'm
reviewing a 10-year-old novel about a writer in trouble. This book has it
all: Sex, adultery, drugs, theft, betrayal, juvenile behavior,
cross-dressers, and a dead dog in the trunk of a car.

Grady Tripp is a tenured writing professor in a bit of trouble. His latest
book is long overdue and is now 2,611 pages long, and his agent is in town
to collect on his promises that the novel is just about finished. His wife
has left him. His mistress is pregnant and she happens to be the wife of his
boss. He also has a bit of a drug problem. Too much marijuana and booze,
and at wild event known as the "WordFest," these troubles collide in wild
clash of cocktail parties, road trips, and faculty get-togethers.

Chabon brings a wonderful dimension to this loser. this fat, stoned man who
turns everything he touches into crap. But yet, we root for him, and hope
that he somehow gets out of this bout of writer's flood and finish his
colossal book, Wonder Boys, and repair his damaged life.

In the meantime, one of his students, James Leer, a wonder boy himself with
tremendous writing talent and an uncanny memory for Hollywood suicides, gets
tangled up in this odyssey of drugs, excess and steals a mink coat that once
belonged to Marilyn Monroe. Tripp actually feels guilty about sucking the
boy into this world and tries to bring him back out in one piece, and in a
way, this boy helps wake Tripp up and moves him into the next phase of his
life relieved from the burden of the book and a newfound sense of
responsibility.

If you haven't caught the 2000 movie starring Michael Douglas and Tobey
McGuire, check it out. It is a lot of fun. It has a tremendous cast and is
well-written and well directed.

**********************************************************************

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featured guest speaker at the Thurber House, the Maumee Valley Writer's
Conference and the Columbus Writer's Conference. He is also the publisher
and editor of Grist for the Muse a free monthly creative writing
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Publish Stories Less Than 1000 Words Long, was published in October 2004.
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<h1>Grist for the Muse #22 – July 2005 
The monthly creative writing resource
that gets you writing and keeps you writing.<o:p></o:p></h1>

<o:p> </o:p>

<tt>C-3P0: Sir, the possibility of
successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1. 
 
<o:p></o:p></tt>

<tt>Han Solo: Never tell me the odds.<o:p></o:p></tt>

<tt><o:p> </o:p></tt>

<tt>The Empire Strikes Back </tt><tt>(1980)<o:p></o:p></tt>

<h1>Musings<o:p></o:p></h1>

Some writers write because they want to become rich and
famous. They see writing as their winning lotto ticket, their professional
football career, their one-hit-wonder, their American
Idol superstardom. They reason that if they can write the next Da Vinci Code, the next Lovely Bones, or the next Chicken Soup for the Soul knockoff, that
they can retire, live a life of leisure, and write. <o:p></o:p>

I, like everyone else, would love to become wealthy
through the labors of my creative words, but I also know that this dream is
unrealistic. If I ever sat down and calculated my hourly wage on an article or
short story sent out for publication, I’d have to gulp down a cocktail of
anti-depressants to stop myself from leaping off of the nearest building.
If you write only for wealth and fame, you’ll be surely disappointed.<o:p></o:p>

You have to write because you love it. You have to
write because you simply cannot do anything but. You have to write as if you
know that you’ll never earn a nickel from publication, but choose to
write anyway. <o:p></o:p>

I have this eternal tug-of-war that goes on inside my
head, where on a bad day, the inner critic convinces me that the best choice
that I can make in my life is give up this little hobby, stop sending out this
monthly e-newsletter, stop the writing practice and just read trashy novels,
watch boatloads of TV, and seriously take up manly pursuits such as electrical
wiring, plumbing, and auto repair. So that one day I am not so clueless
in these areas that guys traditionally understand and excel at. <o:p></o:p>

It would be practical. It would make all of the
improvements that I see on Trading Spaces
and This Old House seem easy. I
would be comfortable with radial arm saws and nail guns, and not have to hire
experts to help solve problems such as hot water heaters that don’t heat
water, leaky pipes, and replacing shattered panes of glass (via a stray rock
while using the trimmer mower to trim around the landscaping…) but
I’d be miserable. And bored. So I block out that negative chatter and live
by the words of Han Solo… “Never tell me the odds…” and
refuse to think about them. <o:p></o:p>

I don’t think about the thousands of books on
display at Barnes and Noble, I think about the fact that surely, there is room
for one more book on the shelf. I don’t think about the fact that
John Grisham’s first novel, A Time to
Kill, was rejected by 15 publishers and 30 agents, I think about how
it was accepted by the 16th and now has millions of copies in print.<o:p></o:p>

There is no room for pessimism in writing (unless you
write about pessimistic stuff). You don’t have any choice. If you write
everyday, consistently and well, you become a better writer, and the money may
come… but don’t count on it. <o:p></o:p>

You can write the best book on the planet and you still may
not be successful right away. Ask J.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
(yes, folks, it was named something else over in jolly ol’ England and
still has that name there) was rejected by every major publisher, all of them
citing that “fantasy is a dead genre,” until a small publisher
named Scholastic decided that this book might have an audience within the
masses of school kids that they sell books to and provide educational materials
for each year, and the rest is history. Practice, write the best work
that you can, market it smart, and who knows, maybe you’ll beat those
odds.<o:p></o:p>

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--Michael <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

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<h1>Jumpstart
Jars Update<o:p></o:p></h1>

The logos have been designed and finalized. The next step
is to complete the label for the first three kits and complete the
“instructions” that go along with the jars themselves. There
should be an official rollout of the jars by the end of July. I have sold
several of the prototype jars at various speaking engagements last month and
the initial feedback has been positive. <o:p></o:p>

So if you are interested in pre-ordering a Jumpstart Jar,
they cost $15.00 each (plus $5.00 shipping and handling) or buy two of them for
$25.00. The August special combines a copy of Flash Writing with any one
of the three Jumpstart Jars for $25.00. Email me at <a href="mailto:mich-@flashwriting.com">mich-@flashwriting.com</a> for ordering details.<o:p></o:p>

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<h3>Sign up for the Write(Now) Newsletter<o:p></o:p></h3>

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padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'>

Nita Sweeney’s wonderful
monthly newsletter lists events of interest to writers in the <st1:place w:st="on">Central
Ohio</st1:place> area, including book signings, writing classes,
writer’s groups, writer’s conferences, poetry readings, and more.
To subscribe click on this link: <a href="http://www.nitasweeney.com/id4.html">http://www.nitasweeney.com/id4.html</a>
<o:p></o:p>

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<o:p> </o:p>

<h1>Writing
Exercises<o:p></o:p></h1>

<![if !supportLists]>1. <![endif]>Write about the next person you
see. If the person is a total stranger, create a story as if you know the
person and write down the details of that individual’s life. Description,
dreams, conflicts and motivation. If you know the person, write about the
things you know about that person and embellish the details if necessary. <o:p></o:p>

<h2>Quick Topics<o:p></o:p></h2>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Took out<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Criminal<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Cupcake<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Proud parents<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Slate<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Poop<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Shirt-and-tie<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>French Onion Soup<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Ice<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Tumble<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Barter<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Can opener<o:p></o:p>

<h2>Story Starters<o:p></o:p></h2>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Was I nuts?<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>But I knew I’d never let…<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>A few months ago, I…<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Keep you pants on…<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>Aim at that big head…<o:p></o:p>

<![if !supportLists]>·
<![endif]>What’s wrong?<o:p></o:p>

<h1>Shameless Self Promotion<o:p></o:p></h1>

<h2>Barnes & Noble at Easton Town
Center— Fiction Writer’s Group<o:p></o:p></h2>

<h3><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3">July 14, 2005 -
7:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. - Mezzanine: Fiction Writers Group: 
POINT OF VIEW<o:p></o:p></a></h3>

<o:p> </o:p>

What are the current do’s and
don’t of these two often misunderstood elements of fiction writing? Learn
the pros and cons of selecting a POV for your story and the common mistakes
that fiction writers make when telling the story through a POV.<o:p></o:p>

<h3>August 11, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. - Mezzanine:
Fiction Writers Group: 
WRITING PRACTICE REFRESHER – With Special Guest Host: Sammi Soutar<o:p></o:p></h3>

Michael is on vacation this month, so please join guest
facilitator Sammi Soutar in a Writing Practice Refresher -- Where we
review the rules of writing practice and discuss the writers and writing advice
that the attendees have found most helpful to them. So be ready to share your
best writing advice.<o:p></o:p>

<h3>September 8, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. - Mezzanine:
Fiction Writers Group: RANDOM WRITING <o:p></o:p></h3>

Are you stuck? Having trouble coming up
with writing ideas? Learn how to create your own writing topic pool and use it
to keep you writing during the moments where you find yourself stuck or
blocked.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

The Fiction Writers Group is a
facilitated writing group that meets at Barnes & Noble at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Easton</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Town</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on the SECOND
Thursday of each month at 7:00pm and is hosted by writer and teacher Michael
Wilson. A book will be given away to one lucky attendee. This event is
free of charge!<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

<h3>Creative
Journaling Techniques (NEW CLASS!)<o:p></o:p></h3>

<h2>Location: The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Decorative</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Arts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
(in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lancaster</st1:City></st1:place>) 
Date: 4 weekly
sessions beginning Tues, Sept 6th to Tues, Sept 27th 
Time: 6:30pm
to 8:30pm<o:p></o:p></h2>

<o:p> </o:p>

This 4-week class will review the
traditional uses of the journal, guide you through the journaling process,
teach you to discover writing topics, capture vivid details with your writing,
and use your journal as a tool to help work through problems and decisions,
expand your creativity, and explore your dreams. This class will include a workbook
with plenty of suggested journaling prompts. For more details and a
proposed syllabus for the class, e-mail me at <a href="mailto:mich-@flashwriting.com">mich-@flashwriting.com</a>. <o:p></o:p>

<h1>MUSE REVIEWS<o:p></o:p></h1>

Wonder Boys –Michael Chabon; Picador <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>;
1995; Trade Paper; 368 pp<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Instead a non-fiction book about technique or writing
skills, this month I’m reviewing a 10-year-old novel about a writer in
trouble. This book has it all: Sex, adultery, drugs, theft, betrayal, juvenile
behavior, cross-dressers, and a dead dog in the trunk of a car. <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Grady Tripp is a tenured writing professor in a bit of
trouble. His latest book is long overdue and is now 2,611 pages long, and
his agent is in town to collect on his promises that the novel is just about
finished. His wife has left him. His mistress is pregnant and she happens
to be the wife of his boss. He also has a bit of a drug problem. Too much
marijuana and booze, and at wild event known as the “WordFest,”
these troubles collide in wild clash of cocktail parties, road trips, and
faculty get-togethers. <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Chabon brings a wonderful dimension to this loser…
this fat, stoned man who turns everything he touches into crap. But yet,
we root for him, and hope that he somehow gets out of this bout of
writer’s flood and finish his colossal book, Wonder Boys, and repair his damaged
life. <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

In the meantime, one of his students, James Leer, a wonder
boy himself with tremendous writing talent and an uncanny memory for <st1:place
w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place> suicides, gets tangled up in this odyssey of drugs,
excess and steals a mink coat that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe. Tripp
actually feels guilty about sucking the boy into this world and tries to bring
him back out in one piece, and in a way, this boy helps wake Tripp up and moves
him into the next phase of his life relieved from the burden of the book and a
newfound sense of responsibility.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

If you haven’t caught the 2000 movie starring
Michael Douglas and Tobey McGuire, check it out. It is a lot of fun. It has a
tremendous cast and is well-written and well directed.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

**********************************************************************<o:p></o:p>

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