SNL students, faculty, staff, and alumni have been busy writing as part of the SNL Month of Writing Challenge this week! Let's keep the temperature rising...writing is hot!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012
Upcoming Chicagoland Writing Events
October 20th is the National Day on Writing! To celebrate, consider attending one of these
upcoming local writing events…
On October 16th at 6:00pm, the DePaul President's
Signature Series is hosting a talk with author Hector Tobar, "Latino Identity,
American Identity, Artistic Voice: A Writer's Journey, A Community's Journey."
It will be held at the DePaul University Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave.
Room No. 314 A & B. RSVP to clr@depaul.edu.
The University Center for Writing-based Learning
will be hosting an event titled, “Aloud! A public Reading of Non-fiction,
Fiction, Essays, and Poetry” on Thursday, October 18th from 4 - 5:30pm, 2nd
floor of Lincoln Park Student Center.
Haymarket Pub and Brewery is hosting The Drinking
& Writing Festival 2012 on October 20th. Theme is “The Beats.” Visit:
www.drinkingandwriting.com.
Chicago Writing Association’s affiliate, In Print,
hosts its 2nd Annual Book fair at Barnes & Noble Cherry Valley Mall on
October 20th. Visit: http://www.chicagowrites.org/events.aspx?eventid=71
The SNL Month of Writing presents “The Craft of
Composing: A Panel of Writers Discuss the Writing Process” on October 24th from
6- 7:30pm at 14 E. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Il 60604 – Room 1328. For more
information, email: snlwriting@depaul.edu.
The Chicago Humanities Festival has many talks with
authors and a competitive reading series. Dates are Oct. 21st and Nov. 1-11th. Visit: http://www.chicagohumanities.org/Genres/Literature.aspx.
Join a Neighborhood Writing Alliance Group. Visit:
http://www.jot.org/locations.php
Friday, October 12, 2012
SNL Month of Writing Challenge is Underway!
Today, October 12th, is the final day to sign up for the SNL Month of Writing Challenge (email: snlwriting@depaul.edu). You can set your personal goal to be either higher or lower than 50,000 words - just make sure you spend time each week to improve your writing practice. The sentiment of the challenge is quantity over quality; first produce words and go back to edit them later. Author Simon Rich phrases the challenge's sentiment well in the New York Times Magazine piece, "Great Moments in Inspiration":
Simon Rich Author/Comedy Writer, “Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories”
Simon Rich Author/Comedy Writer, “Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories”
“I’ve always been an obsessive New York Knicks fan, and John Starks is the closest thing to a messianic figure that I’ve ever known. It’s hard to overstate it, how much I loved watching him play. Starks set the Knicks record for most career 3-pointers and most career 3-point attempts, and the lesson I took from him is that if you shoot enough 3’s, some will eventually somehow go in. I’ve always been a quantity-over-quality kind of guy. I’ve thrown out a few terrible novels, I’ve thrown out two whole collections of short stories, I have hundreds of comedy pieces that are terrible that will never see the light of day. My feeling is I can’t really control how talented I am, but I can control how many hours I work and how many things I write.”
For helpful information about the writing challenge, please visit:
Happy Writing!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Debate Bingo
The University of Denver Writing program created the below bingo card to help viewers track the candidates' use of rhetorical strategies, logical fallacies, and predictable talking points. The vice presidential debate is tonight, October 11th at 8pm CST. The next two presidential debates are Tuesday, October 16th and Monday, October 22nd at 8pm CST.
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