I apologise for the lack of a Thursday post – I was unwell and forgot to do a deferral!
This week I have been trying to drum up interest in the open mic.
There is more still to do: it takes a number of forms – communication with the writing group, a request for a reminder to all the people going to the emergency event scheduled at the same time (we have moved our start time to avoid overlap!), a message out to friends and family on facebook, posters at strategic points…
But possibly the most fun was a discussion with some waverers at the local pub, where we made a deal: if I would sing on the karaoke that night, they would read something at the open mic.
So I sang, and now I have two more performers on my schedule!
Other than that, it hasn’t been a great week for writing. We are busy preparing for the family wedding, there have been medical appointments, late nights at work, the return to table tennis, which we’ve missed for a long time; basically, there’s been too much to fit in so writing got sidelined a little.
Still, I might not need so many pieces to read now I have my extra performers!
I am working on the basis of each performance being between 2-4 minutes long, and we have around an hour to an hour and a half for the set as a whole. So with a couple of songs, a few musical interludes, and about 10 poems (read slowly) we’ll be ok!
The most important thing is not to worry, but to enjoy: we’re there to have an entertaining evening and hopefully encourage a few extra people to have a go at writing.
Failing that, I guess we bring out the karaoke again!
Happy writing,
EJ
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Becoming a writer 
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