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	== Who are we? ==		== Who are we? ==

	We are a small group of students, former students and alumni of the University of Oldenburg. A few years ago some of us participated in a creative writing class, and when it ended we started meeting once every fortnight to improve our English language skills, to read new texts to each other and to simply talk about them. ~~Sadly, for diverse reasons, we haven't been able to meet for a year now. In order~~ to ~~remedie this - and because we really~~, ~~really wanted to write stories again~~, ~~some of us decided that it would be neat to have a web-community where we can meet...~~ so, ~~here~~ we ~~were, and we've been growing ever since~~.		We are a small group of students, former students and alumni of the University of Oldenburg. A few years ago some of us participated in a creative writing class, and when it ended we started meeting once every fortnight to improve our English language skills, to read new texts to each other and to simply talk about them. The fortnight meeting was getting harder to keep up, though, so nowadays, we meet once a month.


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	== What do we do? ==		== What do we do? ==

	We meet once a month on Friday evening to work on texts together, review each others writings, write together and generally have a lots of fun. Each of our meetings has a specific topic (e.g. "Poetry", "Writing dialogues", "Plot and structure of short stories"). ~~Although~~, ~~this year brought a great change~~ to that...		We meet once a month on Friday evening to work on texts together, review each others writings, write together and generally have a lots of fun. Each of our meetings has a specific topic (e.g. "Poetry", "Writing dialogues", "Plot and structure of short stories"). Following the meeting, we also publish two writing prompts on the homepage that correlate to that meeting's topic, so that those who could not attend the meeting due to time constraints still have the possibility to write something till the next meeting.

	[~~http~~://~~tzuzuku~~.~~bplaced~~.~~net~~/~~archive.html~~ Visit our homepage to read ~~some of our stories online~~.]		[https://sites.google.com/site/cwsoldenburg/ Visit our homepage to read more about us.]



	== What are we doing in ~~2012~~? ==		== What are we doing in 2013? ==

	~~This~~ year ~~brought a few changes for~~ our ~~group. For~~ one, ~~we aren~~'~~t usuing our old forum [http~~:~~//tzuzuku.bplaced.net/cws] anymore. Instead, most~~ of ~~our active writers have moved~~ to ~~LiveJournal [http~~:~~//www.livejournal.com]~~ and ~~maintain blogs where they post poems, short stories,~~ and ~~updates about their current writing process~~. ~~General group announcements can now be found~~ on ~~my blog [http://tzuzuku~~.~~livejournal~~.~~com/]~~.		It's business as usual, this year. After last year's detour into novel writing, we are now back on our usual rhythm of one meeting a month, with changing topics each meeting.


			This year's topics are:


			''February:'' "Writing Crime Fiction"

			''March:'' "Captivating Dialogues"

			''April:'' "Exercises on Point of View"

			''May:'' "How to write sketches and short plays"

			''June:'' "Using the character arc in plot"

			''July:'' "Experimental Poetry"

			''August:'' "The rules of Screenwriting: Plot and character development in movies"

			''September:'' "Understanding scene structure"

			''October:'' "Slam Poetry: Performing Poetry on Stage"

			''November:'' "The Weekend Novelist: common plot problems and how to solve them"

			''December:'' "Self-editing for novelists"

			'''July''' will also see a renewal of our annual '''"Writing Calendar"'''. We will publish a website on which a new writing exercise is publicized each day during the month. The participants then have two days to finish each exercise and publish their results. Those participants who have collected the most points (through finished tasks) at the end of the month win specially chosen prizes.

	Aside from our regular meetings, we are working on a continuous project this year - we are writing novels. Some of us are working on a novel, novella, or at least a very long story. This means that we will concentrate heavily on plot and structure this year. There will be no meetings on poetry, or essay writing.

	~~[http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/5041.html You can check this year's schedule here.]~~

	~~We still maintain our regular meetings, so those of us who are not writing a novel can still improve their writing and speaking skills.~~

	== Who can participate? ==		== Who can participate? ==

	Anyone who wants to learn how to write stories, poems and plays... and who isn't afraid of discussing his/her own writings within the group.		Anyone who wants to learn how to write better stories, poems and plays... and who isn't afraid of discussing his/her own writings within the group. We accept only english written texts, because we aim to improve our English language skills. However, we are not picky about how good or bad your English is. Much more important is your dedication to writing.

	~~If you want~~ to ~~participate in a meeting~~, ~~please, contact me by mail first~~.

	[~~[User~~:~~Malin Schmidt\|Malin Schmidt]~~]		If you want to participate in a meeting, please, contact us through the homepage:
			[https://sites.google.com/site/cwsoldenburg/ Creative Writing Society Oldenburg]

Malin Schmidt: /* What are we doing in 2012? */

2012-06-07T08:28:14Z

What are we doing in 2012?

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	This year brought a few changes for our group. For one, we aren't usuing our old forum [http://tzuzuku.bplaced.net/cws] anymore. Instead, most of our active writers have moved to LiveJournal [http://www.livejournal.com] and maintain blogs where they post poems, short stories, and updates about their current writing process. General group announcements can now be found on my blog [http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/].		This year brought a few changes for our group. For one, we aren't usuing our old forum [http://tzuzuku.bplaced.net/cws] anymore. Instead, most of our active writers have moved to LiveJournal [http://www.livejournal.com] and maintain blogs where they post poems, short stories, and updates about their current writing process. General group announcements can now be found on my blog [http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/].

	~~Also~~, we are working on a continuous project this year - we are writing novels. ~~Everyone~~ of us is working on a novel, novella, or at least a very long story. This means that we will concentrate heavily on plot and structure this year. There will be no meetings on poetry, or essay writing.		Aside from our regular meetings, we are working on a continuous project this year - we are writing novels. Some of us are working on a novel, novella, or at least a very long story. This means that we will concentrate heavily on plot and structure this year. There will be no meetings on poetry, or essay writing.

	[http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/5041.html You can check this year's schedule here.]		[http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/5041.html You can check this year's schedule here.]

			We still maintain our regular meetings, so those of us who are not writing a novel can still improve their writing and speaking skills.

	== Who can participate? ==		== Who can participate? ==

Malin Schmidt: /* What are we doing 2012? */

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What are we doing 2012?

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	== What are we doing 2012? ==		== What are we doing in 2012? ==

	This year brought a few changes for our group. For one, we aren't usuing our old forum [http://tzuzuku.bplaced.net/cws] anymore. Instead, most of our active writers have moved to LiveJournal [http://www.livejournal.com] and maintain blogs where they post poems, short stories, and updates about their current writing process. General group announcements can now be found on my blog [http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/].		This year brought a few changes for our group. For one, we aren't usuing our old forum [http://tzuzuku.bplaced.net/cws] anymore. Instead, most of our active writers have moved to LiveJournal [http://www.livejournal.com] and maintain blogs where they post poems, short stories, and updates about their current writing process. General group announcements can now be found on my blog [http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/].
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	[http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/5041.html You can check this year's schedule here.]		[http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/5041.html You can check this year's schedule here.]



	== Who can participate? ==		== Who can participate? ==

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= The Creative Writing Society Oldenburg (CWS) =

== Who are we? ==

We are a small group of students, former students and alumni of the University of Oldenburg. A few years ago some of us participated in a creative writing class, and when it ended we started meeting once every fortnight to improve our English language skills, to read new texts to each other and to simply talk about them. Sadly, for diverse reasons, we haven't been able to meet for a year now. In order to remedie this - and because we really, really wanted to write stories again, some of us decided that it would be neat to have a web-community where we can meet... so, here we were, and we've been growing ever since.

== What do we do? ==

We meet once a month on Friday evening to work on texts together, review each others writings, write together and generally have a lots of fun. Each of our meetings has a specific topic (e.g. "Poetry", "Writing dialogues", "Plot and structure of short stories"). Although, this year brought a great change to that...

[http://tzuzuku.bplaced.net/archive.html Visit our homepage to read some of our stories online.]

== What are we doing 2012? ==

This year brought a few changes for our group. For one, we aren't usuing our old forum [http://tzuzuku.bplaced.net/cws] anymore. Instead, most of our active writers have moved to LiveJournal [http://www.livejournal.com] and maintain blogs where they post poems, short stories, and updates about their current writing process. General group announcements can now be found on my blog [http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/].

Also, we are working on a continuous project this year - we are writing novels. Everyone of us is working on a novel, novella, or at least a very long story. This means that we will concentrate heavily on plot and structure this year. There will be no meetings on poetry, or essay writing.

[http://tzuzuku.livejournal.com/5041.html You can check this year's schedule here.]

== Who can participate? ==

Anyone who wants to learn how to write stories, poems and plays... and who isn't afraid of discussing his/her own writings within the group.

If you want to participate in a meeting, please, contact me by mail first.

[[User:Malin Schmidt|Malin Schmidt]]