Clarion Day 9 - Skipping Jim's Talk

So per his orders to us this weekend, I decided to skip Jim's talk about podcasting today to work on my story for this week (more about that later). I'm bummed b/c Jim is incredibly savvy and sharp and I want to gain as much info as I can, but I have at least 400 reasonably usable words for my story now, which has indirectly inspired the first of a series of Clarion haiku.

The other very cool thing about Clarion is the constant exchange of creative energies and information among Clarionites. For workshop, someone turned in a really cool piece that was originally inspired during a walk-and-talk-shop conversation with me. Soooooo cool! And, likewise, while walking and talking, I was challenged to write stories that I would normally never think to write otherwise. Plus, if one is always walking and talking with another Clarionite, there is less probability of being late or getting too lost.

Clarion Tip of the Week: Walk and talk on a regular basis with your fellow Clarionites, even if you are an anti-social person. Because you will never have this opportunity to be around writers 24/7 like this ever again. Even my MFA program is not this intense.