Theme Month - Oldest Work

We had a great meeting in September. Colin, Nolan, Lizard, Geoffrey, Cindy, and myself nearly filled the Vault to capacity.

Geoffrey recently found a 17 year old briefcase full of old novels he hadn't seen since the 80's (back when a 24 pin tractor feed printer was high tech!) He shared a chapter from one of his earliest novels. We all agreed he'd shown incredible improvement in the last 17 years. The really interesting part, though, was seeing what strengths he's had for the last two decades and what weaknesses he still shows today.

We decided this would be great fun for us all. Bring the oldest short story or novel first chapter you can bear to let see the light of day. As impartial third parties, we'll tell you what strengths you've shown since you first started writing and what weaknesses we still see in your work today. This should give you a pretty good idea what you need to work on and where, frankly, you can just coast.

We did not pick a month for this project. I think January sounds good, as December is a stressful month for everyone and might limit our time for real work. Suggest your month of choice in the comments.