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"What is a Writing Armada?" you may ask
It's a group that will take the world by storm. (tee hee) Actually, it is a writing peer group that a based on Ursula LeGuin's awesome book STEERING THE CRAFT. The book contains great examples, commentary and exercises with the aim to "clarify and intensify awareness of certain elements of prose writing and certain techniques and modes of storytelling." This is the Armada's motto and mission.

Who are we?
Some are people who enjoy reading and would like to write in a fun and safe environment. Some are people who enjoy writing, but have not have not done so in a long time. Some are people who have been dreaming of writing the Great ___ (fill in the blank) Novel.

How is it going to work?
Because all of the Armada members are not in the same geographical area, this will be an electronic experience. This is going to be our first go at doing this electronically, so we will be working out specific logistics as we go along.

Each of us will post our writing to the Writing Armada Forum. This will be our online message board. It contains provide specific information on how to use it.

It is our goal to have everyone post their writings to the site by every other Wednesday. A large part of the experience will be in the critiquing. All the members will have a chance to comment on everyone else's writing within the site. Ursula LeGuin provides a specific guide to critiquing and general peer group behavior/ etiquette. The introduction, and especially the appendix contains this and other great material -- of course, we will have to modify the information to work within this cyber space.

If you have any questions, please send them along.

Sarah and Alma Dea