WRITING BEGINS WITH YOUR PEN!

Any time you allow yourself to “free write,” when you let energy flow, tell your truth, touch your core,

you are Kitchen Table Writing. 

The essence of Kitchen Table Writing is to allow the pen to guide.  Let whatever comes out of your hand, your pen, hit the page.  Kitchen Table Writing is a time to begin your next chapter, develop a character, sort out a challenge, or describe the tree outside your window. 

Free your writing spirit and let what needs to come through your subconscious erupt on the page.  

One Soup Kitchen Writer, surprised at what he had written, exclaimed, "It's the pen's fault!"
Whether you write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or brochures, Kitchen Table Writing is the time that you, the writer, allow yourself to be fresh on the page.

TRY THIS:   

First thing in the morning, take an extra 10 minutes.  Sit at your kitchen table with a notebook and your pen and let the energy flow out of your pen.  How about this opening line  "Starting means..."  

Let any words come out of your pen, it could even be your grocery list.

How did those 10 minutes feel?  Let me know.   AnneRandolph@KitchenTableWriting.com  

Now you have started.  Try writing tomorrow as well.

        

Write everyday.  One page, one sentence, one scene.        

Have any of you been writing everyday? Let me know the challenges and rewards for a prize.
AnneRandolph@KitchenTableWriting.com

Is it sometimes hard to find the actual time to write.  Make an appointment with yourself, like a meeting or tennis. 

When you make a commitment to write, sometimes the excitement of the first week wears
off and finding the time to write becomes a chore.   Mark a writing date on your calendar and then keep it.

Better yet,  reward yourself after you sit down to write. 


Remember: You write because you have something in your heart that is yearning to be said.
                    Keep your yearnings in sight and write about them. This is all the reader cares about.

                                          

Try this opening:  What I wish for more than anything else is...    or   WHAT I YEARN FOR IS...

Send me your opening lines.  www.KitchenTableWriting.com

        

A good number of writers have committed to our Write at Home for 28 Days series.  Writing everyday can be a challenge.
Here are a few suggestions I have made to writers as they take this challenge.

        

Love those comments from prestigious folks. Here is one about a Write Hot! Workshop I gave in July for the Denver Writers MeetUp.
 
"LOVED the workshop in Englewood!   I've been in Texas the last week and did quite a bit of long hand writing, something I have never done before your workshop.   It brought a really creative flow that I enjoyed."
 
Vicki Pierce,  Editor Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Newsletter  August, 2010

Thanks VIcki.  The RMFW Newsletter is great.  Sample it at www.RMFW.org 

        

WRITE HOT !  (free workshop on Sat)
with Anne Randolph, M.A., M.F.A

July Free Writer Workshop
Saturday July 10th noon
Englewood Public Library- Perrin Room
1000 Englewood Parkway
Englewood, CO 80110

4 seasoned writing professionals willpresent on different topics including Copyright, Self-Publishing,Inspiration, and what reviewers look for. The event is free and open to the public. Door prizes, coffee, and donuts will be provided while supplies last.
Admissions is on a first come first served basis.  These programs wouldnormally cost in excess of 100 dollars for the level of experience ondisplay

The Presentations Included are:

A: Write Hot! with Anne Randolph – Find tension and imagery in your writing

B: Avoiding the Slush pile with Patti Thorn - See what book critics look for

C: Independent publishing 101 by Dr. C. Daniel Miller- Discover different publishing Models

D: An introduction to Copyright with Joyce Miller- Learn how to use copyright to your advantage


RSVP  AnneRandolph@comcast.net   303-758-3426
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WHAT DRIVES YOUR WRITING?

Do you write from your core?
Do characters have the same drive as you?
Do you use an authentic voice?

In this INTERACTIVE workshop, YOU will:
•    Identify your core
•    Write from the ‘white-hot’ center of your work
•    Energize your AUTHENTIC voice
•    Explore character, CONFLICT, and images

BE AUTHENTIC!   WRITE AUTHENTIC!
Ignite your characters by writing from your center.
Bring paper and pen, and your imagination.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN JOIN US.  AnneRandolph@comcast.net  303-758-3426

            WHAT OTHERS SAY:   "It's the pen's fault!"  

"Talk about packing the house, Anne Randolph's RMFW workshop drewwriters from across the city and state.  Let that be a testament toAnne's outstanding  reputation as an outstanding speaker
and writing coach."   Terry Wright, The 13th Power, RMFW

"Not to be missed experience."  Susan Fisher, RMFW member

"Great class!  Now, I understand my book!"  Katherine Carol, Tango Consulting,  www.TheBookShepherd.com 

       "Anne is a real pro!"  Mark Stevens, Author Antlers Dust

www.KitchenTableWriting.com
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After work as Director of two opera companies and the Colorado Symphony, Anne Randolph, leads  www.KitchenTableWriting.com  and www.WriteYourLifeStory.org workshops in Denver and at conferences including the Screenwriters Conference in Santa Fe.She has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, theNational Opera Institute and has been a Stage Director in London,Amsterdam, Italy, and New York and is published by Red Hen Press. Herpublication, Write Hot: An Easy Guide to Kitchen Table Writing is available at   www.AnneRandolph.com

        

COMPLIMENTARY Workshop with Anne Randolph

Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St.

Saturday, June 26

2 to 4 pm

Cost: Free (Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers)

What drives your writing? Do you write from your core? Do characters have the same drive as you? Do you use an authentic voice?

In this interactive workshop, YOU will:

Identify your core

Write from the 'white-hot' center of your work

Energize your AUTHENTIC voice

Explore character, CONFLICT, and images

Be AUTHENTIC! WRITE AUTHENTIC!

Ignite your characters by writing from your center.

Bring paper and pen, and your imagination, plus your eagerness to find your core.

        

Writing On Wellness: WOW

Come join Connie Pshigoda and Anne Randolph for an evening of  Summer Wellness tips and secrets an an opportunity to stir your “inner writer. http://www.wellnessforallseasons.com
You’ll learn now to stay “cool as a cucumber” in summer’s hot days; taste the season’s flavors and “write-hot” with fun and challenging writing exercises and lessons.
Save the date: Wednesday, June 23rd, from 5:30-8:30 pm in Connie’s garden setting.  Invest in your physical and creative health for a cost of only $50. Sign up:  http://shop.AnneRandolph.com  or AnneRandolph@comcast.net

Please confirm your attendance at 303-758-3426. Directions will be given with your paid reservation.
*Full-time writer, Anne Randolph leads workshops in Denver and at conferences including the Screenwriters  Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Read more about Anne’s projects at: www.AnneRandolph.com   and  www.KitchenTableWriting.com

        

Getting back into the writing.  I am working on POV.  The goal: Make only one POV shift per section.
 Make the shift for a reason.   Oh the peril of craft.

Here's Miss Lula, a character in my novel, but not a dog.

What thoughts for this bright eyed 9o lb beast?  

        

What an honor and a delight to lead my Write Hot! workshop at the CIPA COLLEGE
(Colorado Independent Publishers Association) last weekend.  We had a enthusiastic crowd of writers who spend extra college time creating with their pens.  The writer's first and always step!

Here is a poem that one writer created.  The opening line was "Say..."  Brenda Speer captured an invitation to writing. 

What would you like to say?  Write for 10 minutes and email your work to AnneRandolph@comcast.net  for a prize.  www.KitchenTableWriting.com

Say

       
Say, say, oh playmate!
Come out and play with me!

My pens!

My favorites—Uni-balls® with flowing ink.
A riot of colors to choose from.
Always colors.
Black is no fun. Too serious.
I like the loud, brash colors with something to say.
     Fuchsia
     Orange
     Lime green

And my paper!

Come out and play with me!
Set the ink free.
Free to glide across glossy pages.
Free to seep through rough, homemade, pressed paper                                                                                                                   with lumps to jump over along the way.

And paper with lines
     for guidance,
     to be the tow ropes for my words.
Pulling them along,
Taking my thoughts new places.

And someday soon my friends—my papers and pens—we’ll be a book.
We’ll be words, stories.
Stories to take people to places they’ve never been,
    to new thoughts.

Oh! My papers and pens!
You are my friends!
                      

     © 2010 Brenda L. Speer

        

Talk with POET, CAROLYN JENNINGS at Montblanc

                             Montblanc Boutique in Cherry Creek Shopping Center and Anne Randolph,

                    founder of www.KitchenTableWriting.com  present monthly Montblanc Authors Series

                                      and book signing featuring POET,  CAROLYN JENNINGS    

    Book signing is free and open to the public.   WEDNEDSAY, MARCH 24, 5:30-7:30 pm,

Do RSVP:  Info@AnneRandolph.com   303-758-3426

SPECIAL BONUS:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 5:30-7:30 pm, Signing

followed by Creativity Workshop 6:15-8:30

with Anne Randolph.

at Montblanc in Cherry Creek Mall (2nd floor, next to Saks)