Nilay
Meetings
Here are the Nilay meeting notes.
Guides
Bringing people into Nilay
Who?
- Writers who are publishing regularly and those new to writing work side by side with mutual respect, and the variety of voice, subject, and genre in the workshop gives permission to everyone to experiment.
- Different genres
- Different stages in development
- Different genders
- Different backgrounds
- Different ages
- Different economic and educational background
Rules
- No need to require writing sample.
- A writing group will have a max size of 12 people.
- 2-3 hours
- group size—time ratio: 8 people: 2 hours and 12 people: 3 hours
- At least 5 people to conduct a session (recommendation)
- If one person is making the group unworkable, ask that person to leave. You, as a workshop leader, have to be able to work with the people who have gathered. If you can’t work with someone, you have a right and a responsibility to protect yourself as well as the group.
- In moments of genuine crisis, be ready to abandon all established practices, and follow your own instinct.
My ideas
People should read the shared principles.
Then a qualified facilitator will introduce them to the process in their first workshop.