Calliope?

Which of these girls looks the most like Calliope in your mind?

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SOMEDAY!!

Minutes 01 Feb 12

small talk: yet another good Christian girl (a particularly preachy one this time) gets knocked up...

David wrote 8 pages (5,000 words)
Elizabeth wrote 1 page

David needs to
 change the girls story
 edit and tighten up the exposition in the new chapter
 edit the porn sentence

Elizabeth needs to
 provide more backstory of the graveyard game so it is more obvious and the question is answered

Minutes 24 January 12

Goals from last week:
-- Plan three major plot points going forward
-- Draw out your character's route on the map

DAVID: Finish a chapter
ELIZABETH: revise and get Calliope to the waystation

David:
-- plot points: 2
-- map: no, changed worlds anyway
-- chapter: YES

Elizabeth:
-- plot points: no
-- map: no
-- waystation: YES

Elizabeth's new goals:
-- Elizabeth needs to fix her dialog
-- Elizabeth needs to fix the grandma scene
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David's new goals:
-- Get Bastian to the fantasy land

January 17 - Minutes

Goals from last week:
David: write a chapter
Elizabeth: Get to the way station

David met his goal
Elizabeth did not.


Elizabeth needs to:
-- use adjectives and adverbs more sparingly
-- make grandma crazier / have a stronger voice herself
-- make my narrative voice more consistent
-- rewrite grandma scene

David needs to:
-- better explain why Bastian tries to save the girl (one sentence will probably do it)
-- change 'fishlips'

GOALS:
-- Plan three major plot points going forward
-- Draw out your character's route on the map

DAVID: Finish a chapter
ELIZABETH: revise and get Calliope to the waystation

January 10 - Minutes

We small talked.
Discussed how to move Elizabeth's story forward from the giving of the quest to the way station
David pitched his story
We decided to combine worlds and have our stories touch

Goal for next week
David: Have another chapter written
Elizabeth: Get my characters from grandma's bedside to the way station

The Writers' Luncheon

We committed to meeting once a week to discuss our writing progress.