Meeting #7

This meeting did not have set guidelines, so we were on our own in terms of structure. We made the focus of our meeting more on our reading than the other meetings have been. We each discussed our books and how they relate to what we're working on, or don't relate. Barbara is just about finished with Crime & Punishment, which is quite different from her piece about Fairybelle Marybeth Sarahsuse Pomp. We discussed why this might be, and came to the conclusion that reading a different perspective keeps her from being stuck in a specific style and mindset while writing. Barbara had previously decided that she wanted to change the tone of her piece from being all rhyme to only having thoughts and speech in rhyme to avoid monotony and repetition. Elizabeth is reading Emma, which is very reflected in her writing as it inspired her to write a story in the style of Jane Austen, which is still in progress but she added to. We all gave feedback on what we thought of the new part and how we each envisioned the story to go, as Elizabeth was unsure of what to write next. Then we read the ending to Katie's story, which we all agreed was a great ending and definitely matched the tone of the story. Katie is reading The Fountainhead, which is unrelated to her story but she did start before the started reading, and told us at the beginning of the semester that she had always wanted to write a story in this style. Then I read the beginning of a short piece, sort of a combination between an essay and a story, that I am planning on elaborating on for next class. I am reading East Of Eden, having finished Prodigal Summer (which was excellent, thank you Maida for the recomendation), and we all agreed that my theme for the semester is adventure/earth books. My piece is not an adventure but it is about the Earth so it's pretty related. We're all looking forward to having more to show next group meeting!