Minutes! 11-15-11

Why hello there. Here are the minutes from our second meeting which was (very unexpectedly) held at L&L. Sheffield's was WAY too crowded.

• We welcomed several new members to the group: Meg, Dan, Glenn, and Andrew. And there was much rejoicing. (Yay!)
• Recap of what we decided at the first meeting for the new members.
• Meg explained the story workshopping method she learned at Columbia College. 
• We decided it would be fun to try some writing exercises from the aforementioned method.
• David read his story. Group critique followed.
• Dan read Becky's story. Group critique followed.
• Beckah read Felipe's story. Group critique followed.
• Meg read Glenn's story. Group critique followed.
• We all decided it was extremely helpful to have other people read our stories.
• As a fun, end-of-the-night exercise, we decided to take 5 minutes and write stories in response to the prompt "Cats and/or Batman." The stories turned out way better than expected. 
• Becky mentioned that the Chicago Book Expo is this weekend, in case anyone's interested.
• Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 29th, 7:30 p.m. at Becky's apartment.

Of course, I'm not putting directions to my apartment on a public website. That would just be silly. I'll let everyone know where that is through our google group. Looking forward to the 29th!