Writer 2 Writer

So today begins the Spring Session of the AWP Writer 2 Writer program.  There were nearly 400 applications for this session and a total of 25 mentors and mentees were matched for the program. I was fortunate to be one of those 25. It took applying to 6 sessions so I suppose 6 was my magic number. 

​I've been paired with poet and musician Ken Waldman who has done this once before. What I've already learned about Ken is that he is all energy.  He travels a lot and is non-stop about his art which includes poetry and music. He's not into social media but makes hundreds of contacts the old fashioned way. Person to person. 

The program is broken into 6 modules and the start of this first module has me pondering the following questions,  ​

• Do I find myself often returning to common themes in my work?  If so, why do I think that might be?
• What initially attracts me most to a piece of writing? Language, voice, dialogue, place- or something else? 

​There are also some recommended activities to in and a chance to do some short or long term goal planning for my writing. 

​Looking forward to learning from Ken.