Group Meeting 1/30

We read the handouts from class, and the short story "Sprinkles". We discussed the story and agreed that we didn't much like it, because it seemed as though it was just a lot of complaining and didn't make a point or truly go anywhere. Then we each read our pieces out loud and gave one another feedback. Barbara and I both had poems, and Katie and Elizabeth both wrote short stories. We each decided to revise and/or finish our pieces. Finally, we discussed a book that we might all want to read, but we didn't select one. We all planned to think about what we wanted to read and will decide on a book next meeting.

What we did on 1-22

We met, and shared our object stories. Barbara's object was a stick she found when she was younger with her name on it, Elizabeth's was a series of post-its with abstract doodles that helped her concentrate, Sam's was a whiteboard and dry erase markers, and mine was a collection of used books. We talked about these, and their significance to us. We then talked about what we were reading and what we wanted to write this semester. We shared our goals with one another, and then we each shared ways in which we might be able to assist one another with our goals. It was interesting to see where some of our goals overlapped and some of them were unique.