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TheWriting Journey(aka the Journey) is the year-round,a la cartewriting group that is associated with theNaperville regionof National Novel Writing Month. It is a completely free writing group where all are welcome to participate in our many Paths. A Path is an activity or event or project that one or more Journey participants creates and coordinates. Paths can be a one-time social event like a lunch or dinner out at a restaurant or a picnic or a musical (like Next to Normal or Heathers) or they can be as complex as ashort story anthology. Some recent popular Paths include:short story anthologies, the (in-person)Critiquing group, the Editing Path, the query path, the MiniWriMo challenge (10k in 2 weeks), the Writer's Voice workshop, Shakespeare Reader's Theatre, the Writing Excuses Master Class and the Poetry Path.
You do not need to be in the region to be a member of the Journey, though many of our events and activities are local. The Journey's core track are a series of monthly general meetings January through June and again in September (we take off July, August, October, November and December). Each general meeting typically features two interactive workshops (each presented by one or more volunteers) and somestory walls(which are small group feedback/advice sessions on your novel). Our sponsors are theWoodridge Public Libraryand theGlen Ellyn Public Library, so the meetings will be held there (seewritingjourney.org/eventsfor logistics). Meetings are typically Saturday afternoons.
To join (orrejoinfor existing Journey members),please take this survey:http://journey.naperwrimo.org/survey2019/
Be sure to share your thoughts on new Paths you would like to see (e.g., there were some rumblings about a knitting Path and a children's book writing Path; and I think it might be cool to have an improv Path).
You can also post below and I'll update this list of members. Questions? Feel free to post below with your questions, comments and suggestions.
2019 Journey Members