1 00:00:04,166 --> 00:00:05,200 >> Announcer: THIS PRESENTATION 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,166 WAS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART 3 00:00:06,166 --> 00:00:07,833 TO THE PATRONS OF 4 00:00:07,833 --> 00:00:08,900 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT," 5 00:00:08,900 --> 00:00:10,566 COMMITTED TO EXPLORING THE 6 00:00:10,566 --> 00:00:12,200 PEOPLE, PLACES, AND QUALITY OF 7 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:13,266 LIFE THAT UNIQUELY DEFINE 8 00:00:13,266 --> 00:00:22,466 CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS 9 00:00:14,166 --> 00:00:24,533 SURROUNDINGS. 10 00:00:24,533 --> 00:00:25,233 >> Bettyjoyce Nash: EVERYBODY 11 00:00:25,233 --> 00:00:26,000 HAS A STORY. 12 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,500 WRITING BELONGS TO EVERYBODY. 13 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:30,333 LANGUAGE BELONGS TO EVERYBODY. 14 00:00:30,333 --> 00:00:31,966 AND SO WHY NOT HAVE AN OPEN, 15 00:00:31,966 --> 00:00:32,933 OPEN PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST 16 00:00:32,933 --> 00:00:35,700 COME AND DO IT? 17 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:36,766 >> Terri: FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI 18 00:00:36,766 --> 00:00:37,900 ALLARD AND THIS IS 19 00:00:37,900 --> 00:00:45,766 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT." 20 00:00:47,233 --> 00:00:54,766 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY CAPTION ASSOCIATES, LLC www.captionassociates.com 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,933 ♪ I WILL CARRY YOU ♪ 22 00:01:04,933 --> 00:01:05,866 ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED 23 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:10,300 WATER ♪ 24 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:15,200 ♪ I WILL LAY ME DOWN ♪ 25 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,266 >> Terri: THERE ARE PEOPLE WE 26 00:01:16,266 --> 00:01:18,566 MEET IN LIFE WHO STAND OUT AND 27 00:01:18,566 --> 00:01:20,033 CONTINUALLY INSPIRE US TO BE THE 28 00:01:20,033 --> 00:01:21,600 BETTER SIDE OF OURSELVES. 29 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,200 OUR GUEST TODAY NOT ONLY 30 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,800 EXCEEDED HER DOCTOR'S 31 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,933 EXPECTATIONS AFTER COMPLICATIONS 32 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:28,566 DURING HER BIRTH, SHE HAS 33 00:01:28,566 --> 00:01:30,266 SURPASSED EVERY GOAL SHE HAS SET 34 00:01:30,266 --> 00:01:31,233 AND HAS RAISED THE BAR HIGH FOR 35 00:01:31,233 --> 00:01:32,700 THOSE OF US LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW 36 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:33,933 HER. 37 00:01:33,933 --> 00:01:36,133 JOIN US TODAY AS WE VISIT WITH 38 00:01:36,133 --> 00:01:38,233 COLLEGE-BOUND SPECIAL OLYMPICS 39 00:01:38,233 --> 00:01:39,166 GLOBAL MESSENGER ANNIE EPLEE. 40 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:41,533 COME ON! 41 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:43,100 >> Rachael Eplee: SHE'S GOT THIS 42 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:44,766 DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE THAT 43 00:01:44,766 --> 00:01:46,366 I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND IF YOU 44 00:01:46,366 --> 00:01:50,200 JUST SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HER, 45 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:51,200 IT RUBS OFF ON YOU AND IT GIVES 46 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:52,400 YOU PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT 47 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:53,500 REALLY DOES MATTER. 48 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:54,233 >> Ruby Garofolo: ANNIE'S GREAT. 49 00:01:54,233 --> 00:01:54,933 SHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE, ALWAYS 50 00:01:54,933 --> 00:01:55,933 CHEERFUL. 51 00:01:55,933 --> 00:01:56,566 SHE'S GREAT. 52 00:01:56,566 --> 00:01:58,300 I MEAN, I LOVE ANNIE. 53 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:02,633 I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE FRIENDS. 54 00:02:02,633 --> 00:02:03,633 >> Terri: ANNIE, YOU ARE A VERY 55 00:02:03,633 --> 00:02:05,300 BUSY LADY. 56 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:06,866 TELL US ABOUT THE THINGS THAT 57 00:02:06,866 --> 00:02:07,600 YOU'VE BEEN DOING AT MONTICELLO 58 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:08,366 HIGH SCHOOL THESE LAST FOUR 59 00:02:08,366 --> 00:02:10,100 YEARS. 60 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:13,366 >> Annie: OH, WELL, I'VE BEEN A 61 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:14,900 PART OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM FOR 62 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:18,800 MORE THAN FOUR YEARS. 63 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,900 I'VE BEEN IN CHOIR AND IN, LIKE, 64 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:21,933 ALL FOUR DRAMA PRODUCTIONS AT 65 00:02:21,933 --> 00:02:23,500 MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL, 66 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:28,900 BACKSTAGE. 67 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:29,866 >> Terri: AREN'T YOU ALSO IN THE 68 00:02:29,866 --> 00:02:31,000 HONOR SOCIETY? 69 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,066 >> Annie: YES, I'M IN THE 70 00:02:32,066 --> 00:02:32,733 NATIONAL AND ENGLISH HONOR 71 00:02:32,733 --> 00:02:33,666 SOCIETY. 72 00:02:33,666 --> 00:02:37,366 >> Terri: ONE OF YOUR OTHER BIG 73 00:02:37,366 --> 00:02:38,400 ROLES, WHICH IS REALLY REALLY 74 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:39,033 COOL, IS YOU'RE A SPECIAL 75 00:02:39,033 --> 00:02:39,900 OLYMPICS GLOBAL MESSENGER. 76 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:41,033 >> Annie: YES. 77 00:02:41,033 --> 00:02:41,733 >> Terri: TELL US WHAT YOU DO. 78 00:02:41,733 --> 00:02:46,000 >> Annie: WELL, I DO THE OPENING 79 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,166 CEREMONIES FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS 80 00:02:48,166 --> 00:02:50,233 AND I GO AROUND CHARLOTTESVILLE 81 00:02:50,233 --> 00:02:53,000 AND I -- AND THEY GIVE ME A 82 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,600 SCRIPT, AND I SAY AND I SPEAK IT 83 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,366 LIKE OUT AT DIFFERENT PLACES. 84 00:02:58,366 --> 00:02:59,033 >> Terri: YOU'RE THE EMCEE. 85 00:02:59,033 --> 00:03:01,633 >> Annie: YEAH. 86 00:03:01,633 --> 00:03:02,700 >> Terri: OH, YEAH. 87 00:03:02,700 --> 00:03:04,400 >> Annie: OF THE ENTIRE THING. 88 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,466 >> HI, I'M ANNIE EPLEE AND I'M A 89 00:03:06,466 --> 00:03:15,066 GLOBAL MESSENGER FOR SPECIAL 90 00:03:15,066 --> 00:03:15,800 OLYMPICS, SPEAKING TO YOU HERE 91 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:16,533 IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN 92 00:03:16,533 --> 00:03:17,233 CHARLOTTESVILLE. 93 00:03:17,233 --> 00:03:18,366 >> Terri: WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, 94 00:03:18,366 --> 00:03:19,333 WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, YOU FACED 95 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,300 SOME CHALLENGES, RIGHT? 96 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:21,466 >> Annie: YES. 97 00:03:21,466 --> 00:03:23,100 >> Terri: DID YOU THINK AS A 98 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:23,966 TEENAGER YOU'D BE DOING SO MANY 99 00:03:23,966 --> 00:03:26,133 COOL THINGS? 100 00:03:26,133 --> 00:03:27,200 >> Annie: NO. 101 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,866 >> Terri: NO? 102 00:03:28,866 --> 00:03:29,966 >> Annie: NOT AT ALL. 103 00:03:29,966 --> 00:03:31,533 IT JUST KINDA HAPPENED. 104 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:32,600 IT'S REALLY FUN. 105 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:33,733 >> Terri: CAN YOU TALK ABOUT 106 00:03:33,733 --> 00:03:34,733 SOME OF THE CHALLENGES YOU FACED 107 00:03:34,733 --> 00:03:37,466 WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE? 108 00:03:37,466 --> 00:03:39,700 >> Annie: WELL, I'VE HAD 109 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:41,733 SEIZURES EVER SINCE I WAS A 110 00:03:41,733 --> 00:03:46,533 LITTLE BABY AND I'VE HAD 111 00:03:46,533 --> 00:03:48,700 EPILEPSY, AND SO IT MADE IT VERY 112 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:53,533 CHALLENGING FOR ME. 113 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:54,500 SO WHEN I GOT OLDER, IT KIND OF 114 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,200 MADE IT HARDER FOR ME TO LEARN 115 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:57,266 THINGS IN SCHOOL AND STUFF. 116 00:03:57,266 --> 00:03:58,333 >> Terri: BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO 117 00:03:58,333 --> 00:03:59,333 HAVE SLOWED YOU DOWN A BIT. 118 00:03:59,333 --> 00:04:00,433 >> Annie: NO. 119 00:04:00,433 --> 00:04:03,100 >> Terri: A BIT. 120 00:04:03,100 --> 00:04:04,166 >> Annie: NO, I WOULDN'T LET IT. 121 00:04:04,166 --> 00:04:05,300 [ LAUGHTER ] 122 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:06,333 >> Elizabeth Smiley: SHE'S GONNA 123 00:04:06,333 --> 00:04:10,166 MAKE YOU PAY ATTENTION. 124 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:17,566 SHE HAS ENERGY AND SPIRIT AND 125 00:04:17,566 --> 00:04:21,366 NOISE AND VOICE THAT HAS BEEN 126 00:04:21,366 --> 00:04:23,000 VERY CLEAR AND VERY STRONG SINCE 127 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,566 SHE CAME INTO THIS WORLD. 128 00:04:24,566 --> 00:04:25,233 >> Andy Chancey: I'VE KNOWN 129 00:04:25,233 --> 00:04:26,066 ANNIE SINCE THE NIGHT SHE WAS 130 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:27,266 BORN. 131 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:28,900 I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL JUST 132 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:33,800 SHORTLY AFTER SHE WAS BORN AND 133 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:34,766 ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT ANNIE IS 134 00:04:34,766 --> 00:04:35,366 SHE LIKES PEOPLE. 135 00:04:35,366 --> 00:04:38,433 SHE LIKES BEING WITH PEOPLE, SHE 136 00:04:38,433 --> 00:04:41,833 LIKES BEING INVOLVED, AND SHE 137 00:04:41,833 --> 00:04:43,233 PUT HERSELF OUT THERE IN WAYS TO 138 00:04:43,233 --> 00:04:45,666 MAKE SURE SHE'S A PART. 139 00:04:45,666 --> 00:04:46,333 >> Terri: SO DESCRIBE WHAT 140 00:04:46,333 --> 00:04:47,333 HAPPENED DURING ANNIE'S BIRTH 141 00:04:47,333 --> 00:04:48,400 AND THE CHALLENGES SHE FACED 142 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,666 BECAUSE OF THIS. 143 00:04:52,666 --> 00:04:53,766 >> Susan Goins-Eplee: THE 144 00:04:53,766 --> 00:04:54,833 PREGNANCY HAD BEEN RELATIVELY 145 00:04:54,833 --> 00:04:55,900 NORMAL, PRETTY SMOOTH, AND 146 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:56,966 TOWARD THE END OF THE PREGNANCY 147 00:04:56,966 --> 00:04:58,100 I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE 148 00:04:58,100 --> 00:04:58,733 A PLANNED C-SECTION ON A 149 00:04:58,733 --> 00:05:00,300 THURSDAY. 150 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:02,533 SO I HAD MY LAST PRE-NATAL 151 00:05:02,533 --> 00:05:03,600 APPOINTMENT ON TUESDAY, AND I 152 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,200 WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND I TOLD 153 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:06,933 HER I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS 154 00:05:06,933 --> 00:05:08,600 MOVING AS MUCH, BUT WE HEARD A 155 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,233 HEARTBEAT, EVERYTHING SOUNDED 156 00:05:10,233 --> 00:05:11,800 FINE, AND SHE SAID, "I'LL SEE 157 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,033 YOU ON THURSDAY MORNING." 158 00:05:15,033 --> 00:05:16,166 SO THAT EVENING AND THEN INTO 159 00:05:16,166 --> 00:05:17,800 THE NEXT DAY, I STILL WASN'T 160 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,000 SURE THAT ANNIE WAS MOVING AND 161 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,166 SO I CALLED THE DOCTOR, AND SHE 162 00:05:22,166 --> 00:05:24,833 SAID, "YOU'VE LIVED WITH YOUR 163 00:05:24,833 --> 00:05:26,000 BABY FOR NINE MONTHS. 164 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,066 IF YOU THINK THERE'S SOMETHING 165 00:05:27,066 --> 00:05:33,733 WRONG, WE NEED TO CHECK." 166 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:34,433 SO I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND 167 00:05:34,433 --> 00:05:35,133 THE NEXT THING I KNOW SHE IS 168 00:05:35,133 --> 00:05:36,100 BREEZING IN, EVERYTHING IS 169 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:37,233 HAPPENING REALLY FAST, AND ANNIE 170 00:05:37,233 --> 00:05:38,300 WAS BORN BY EMERGENCY C-SECTION. 171 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:39,833 SHE HAD HAD BLOOD LOSS WHILE I 172 00:05:39,833 --> 00:05:40,733 WAS STILL PREGNANT, AND IT WAS A 173 00:05:40,733 --> 00:05:41,866 STROKE. 174 00:05:41,866 --> 00:05:43,433 SO SHE HAS A BRAIN INJURY ON THE 175 00:05:43,433 --> 00:05:47,766 RIGHT SIDE OF HER BRAIN. 176 00:05:47,766 --> 00:05:48,866 IT CAUSES WEAKNESS AND SOME -- A 177 00:05:48,866 --> 00:05:49,600 LOT OF DIFFICULTIES ON THE LEFT 178 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,066 SIDE. 179 00:05:52,066 --> 00:05:53,800 SO SHE'S HAD EVERYTHING FROM 180 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,333 PHYSICAL THERAPY TO OCCUPATIONAL 181 00:05:55,333 --> 00:05:58,100 THERAPY TO SPEECH THERAPY. 182 00:05:58,100 --> 00:05:59,700 SHE WAS DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED 183 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:00,800 AND HAD A LOT OF ISSUES RIGHT 184 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:05,833 FROM BIRTH. 185 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:06,933 >> Kelly Eplee: IN FACT, I WANT 186 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:07,666 TO GO BACK TO THAT BIRTH STORY 187 00:06:07,666 --> 00:06:08,500 BECAUSE WHEN SUSAN WAS OUT OF IT 188 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:09,633 AND ANNIE WAS SMALL AND VERY 189 00:06:09,633 --> 00:06:11,800 GRAY, I JUST REMEMBER HER BEING 190 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,400 JUST ALMOST LIFELESS AND I GOT A 191 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,166 CHANCE TO SEE HER ON THE WAY 192 00:06:16,166 --> 00:06:18,200 OVER TO UVA, AND AS SOON AS SHE 193 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,866 GOT SOME BLOOD, A BLOOD 194 00:06:19,866 --> 00:06:21,466 TRANSFUSION, SHE PINKED UP, SHE 195 00:06:21,466 --> 00:06:23,000 TURNED PURPLE AND SHE STARTED 196 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,200 SCREAMING AT THE WORLD. 197 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,400 SHE DID HAVE INJURIES, SHE 198 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:28,600 CONTINUES TO HAVE INJURIES, AND 199 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,166 SHE CONTINUES WITH SEIZURE 200 00:06:30,166 --> 00:06:31,200 DISORDER, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS 201 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,100 BEEN A SPIRIT OF FIGHT ABOUT 202 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:35,400 HER. 203 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:36,466 AND SO TO RAISE HER HAS BEEN 204 00:06:36,466 --> 00:06:37,466 REALLY JUST TO PROVIDE ALL THE 205 00:06:37,466 --> 00:06:38,533 LOVE AND THE FUN AND THE FOOD 206 00:06:38,533 --> 00:06:39,666 AND THE WATER AND EVERYTHING 207 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:41,166 ELSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AS A 208 00:06:41,166 --> 00:06:42,266 PARENT, AND THEN JUST WATCH HER 209 00:06:42,266 --> 00:06:45,033 SORT OF THRIVE BECAUSE SHE'S 210 00:06:45,033 --> 00:06:47,733 ALWAYS HAD THE SPIRIT TO KEEP UP 211 00:06:47,733 --> 00:06:48,766 AND THEN TO, I WOULD SAY TAKE ON 212 00:06:48,766 --> 00:06:51,100 LIFE ON HER OWN TERMS. 213 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:52,200 >> Rachael: I REMEMBER JUST THE 214 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:53,233 EXCITEMENT AND THE ANTICIPATION 215 00:06:53,233 --> 00:06:54,900 OF JUST WALKING INTO A HOSPITAL 216 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:57,066 ROOM AND SEEING HER, YOU KNOW, 217 00:06:57,066 --> 00:06:58,100 AND SHE HAD A BUNCH OF WIRES AND 218 00:06:58,100 --> 00:06:59,733 IT WAS SCARY AND IT WASN'T WHAT 219 00:06:59,733 --> 00:07:01,466 I WAS EXPECTING, BUT THERE WERE 220 00:07:01,466 --> 00:07:04,133 TWO OF US FROM THE FIRST DAY. 221 00:07:04,133 --> 00:07:06,366 >> Ruby: I DON'T QUITE KNOW ALL 222 00:07:06,366 --> 00:07:07,966 THE DETAILS ABOUT POINTING OUT 223 00:07:07,966 --> 00:07:09,500 LIKE WHEN SHE HAD A SEIZURE, BUT 224 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:11,600 I DO REMEMBER THAT I WAS WITH 225 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:12,766 HER WHEN SHE DID HAVE ONE AND I 226 00:07:12,766 --> 00:07:13,866 DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS 227 00:07:13,866 --> 00:07:14,866 HAPPENING BECAUSE I WAS IN -- WE 228 00:07:14,866 --> 00:07:15,933 WERE IN THIRD GRADE. 229 00:07:15,933 --> 00:07:18,033 I DO REMEMBER GETTING HER A 230 00:07:18,033 --> 00:07:19,066 PAPER TOWEL SO I COULD COOL HER 231 00:07:19,066 --> 00:07:20,100 OFF OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS 232 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:21,800 SCARY. 233 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,866 >> Kate Hamilton: I FIND ANNIE 234 00:07:23,866 --> 00:07:26,033 TO BE INSPIRING AND LOVING AND 235 00:07:26,033 --> 00:07:27,533 ACCOMPLISHED AND DETERMINED TO 236 00:07:27,533 --> 00:07:29,166 DO HER BEST AT ABSOLUTE 237 00:07:29,166 --> 00:07:30,133 EVERYTHING, AND THE BEST HUGGER 238 00:07:30,133 --> 00:07:33,533 EVER. 239 00:07:33,533 --> 00:07:36,266 >> Paula Hoffman: SO ONE DAY SHE 240 00:07:36,266 --> 00:07:40,166 SAID, "I HAVE ONE FOOT IN MY 241 00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:41,600 SPECIAL ED WORLD AND ONE IN THE 242 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,800 ANNOYING OTHER WORLD." 243 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,966 IT WAS A BRILLIANT DESCRIPTION 244 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,000 AND ASSESSMENT OF WHO SHE IS. 245 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,100 >> Susan: SHE DIDN'T WALK UNTIL 246 00:07:50,100 --> 00:07:50,833 SHE WAS ALMOST TWO YEARS OLD. 247 00:07:50,833 --> 00:07:51,733 SHE'D MAYBE TAKEN TWO STEPS, BUT 248 00:07:51,733 --> 00:07:52,733 THEN ONE DAY WE GOT A CALL FROM 249 00:07:52,733 --> 00:07:53,833 THE DAYCARE AND THE DAYCARE 250 00:07:53,833 --> 00:07:54,466 PROVIDER WAS JUST BESIDE 251 00:07:54,466 --> 00:07:55,466 HERSELF. 252 00:07:55,466 --> 00:07:56,533 SHE SAYS, "YOU WON'T BELIEVE 253 00:07:56,533 --> 00:07:58,066 WHAT ANNIE DID. 254 00:07:58,066 --> 00:07:59,800 SHE JUST STOOD UP IN THE 255 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:00,900 BATHROOM, WALKED INTO THE 256 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:01,900 KITCHEN, PULLED OUT HER CHAIR 257 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:04,033 AND SAT DOWN FOR SNACK." 258 00:08:04,033 --> 00:08:05,000 FROM TWO STEPS TO OKAY, I THINK 259 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,100 I'M GOING TO DO THIS NOW. 260 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:07,033 >> Terri: YEAH, YEAH. 261 00:08:07,033 --> 00:08:10,833 YEAH, YEAH. 262 00:08:10,833 --> 00:08:11,533 >> Susan: SO, AND THAT WAS -- 263 00:08:11,533 --> 00:08:12,466 THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING 264 00:08:12,466 --> 00:08:13,200 THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH HER IS THAT 265 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:14,066 SHE STRUGGLES AND STRUGGLES AND 266 00:08:14,066 --> 00:08:15,166 STRUGGLES, AND THEN IT'S LIKE 267 00:08:15,166 --> 00:08:16,200 OKAY, I GOT THIS NOW, AND SHE IS 268 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:17,333 GOOD TO GO. 269 00:08:17,333 --> 00:08:20,800 >> Kelly: WELL, SHE'S 270 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,600 GRADUATING. 271 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,000 I REMEMBER WHEN SHE DECIDED SHE 272 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,833 WAS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE. 273 00:08:27,833 --> 00:08:28,900 SHE'S GOING TO THE MASON LIFE 274 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:29,500 PROGRAM AT GEORGE MASON 275 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:30,566 UNIVERSITY. 276 00:08:30,566 --> 00:08:31,300 I REMEMBER WHEN WE TOOK HER -- 277 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:32,133 WHEN WE TOOK HER SISTER RACHAEL 278 00:08:32,133 --> 00:08:33,200 TO VIRGINIA TECH AND WE WERE ON 279 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,266 THE FLOOR AND TAKING ALL THE 280 00:08:34,266 --> 00:08:35,300 STUFF TO THE ROOMS, AND THEN AS 281 00:08:35,300 --> 00:08:36,000 WE WERE WALKING BACK DOWN THE 282 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:36,933 HALL, ANNIE LOOKED AT ME AND SHE 283 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:37,966 JUST HAD RESOLUTION ON HER FACE 284 00:08:37,966 --> 00:08:39,000 AND SHE WAS KIND OF STOMPING 285 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,233 DOWN THE HALL, AND SHE SAID, 286 00:08:40,233 --> 00:08:40,933 "YEAH, WELL, GET USED TO THIS 287 00:08:40,933 --> 00:08:41,700 BECAUSE I'M GOING TO COLLEGE 288 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:42,800 TOO." 289 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,866 [ LAUGHTER ] 290 00:08:46,866 --> 00:08:50,900 >> ANNIE ROSS EPLEE. 291 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:51,966 >> Terri: SO NOW YOU'RE 292 00:08:51,966 --> 00:08:53,066 GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 293 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:54,666 HOW DOES THAT FEEL? 294 00:08:54,666 --> 00:08:55,733 >> Annie: IT FEELS AMAZING. 295 00:08:55,733 --> 00:08:56,466 I'M READY TO GO TO COLLEGE AND 296 00:08:56,466 --> 00:08:57,266 HAVE A GOOD TIME. 297 00:08:57,266 --> 00:08:58,333 >> Terri: AND YOU'RE GOING TO 298 00:08:58,333 --> 00:08:59,300 GEORGE MASON. 299 00:08:59,300 --> 00:09:00,433 >> Annie: YES. 300 00:09:00,433 --> 00:09:01,600 >> Terri: ALL RIGHT. 301 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,166 SO YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 302 00:09:03,166 --> 00:09:05,200 WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT? 303 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,600 >> Annie: BEING MORE 304 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,733 INDEPENDENT, I GUESS, AND JUST 305 00:09:09,733 --> 00:09:12,800 SEEING WHERE MY LIFE TAKES ME 306 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,333 FROM JUST EXPERIENCE, ALL THE 307 00:09:14,333 --> 00:09:16,033 CLASSES. 308 00:09:16,033 --> 00:09:16,733 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE CLASSES 309 00:09:16,733 --> 00:09:17,666 AND HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF 310 00:09:17,666 --> 00:09:18,600 MYSELF ALL YEAR LONG INSTEAD OF 311 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,800 JUST TWO WEEKS. 312 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,433 >> Terri: BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE 313 00:09:23,433 --> 00:09:24,400 READY TO LEAVE THE NEST, AREN'T 314 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:25,500 YOU? 315 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:27,266 >> Annie: YES. 316 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:28,566 VERY MUCH SO. 317 00:09:28,566 --> 00:09:29,266 >> Terri: YOU'RE THE TYPICAL 318 00:09:29,266 --> 00:09:30,200 TEENAGER. 319 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:31,166 "BYE! SEE YOU, THANKS FOR 320 00:09:31,166 --> 00:09:32,266 EVERYTHING." 321 00:09:32,266 --> 00:09:33,533 >> Annie: YES, VERY. 322 00:09:33,533 --> 00:09:34,400 >> Terri: SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO 323 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:35,566 DO? 324 00:09:35,566 --> 00:09:36,633 YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME IDEAS 325 00:09:36,633 --> 00:09:37,366 ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AFTER 326 00:09:37,366 --> 00:09:38,766 COLLEGE. 327 00:09:38,766 --> 00:09:41,000 >> Annie: YEAH. 328 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,600 A PHYSICAL THERAPIST FOR PEOPLE 329 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,733 WITH SPECIAL -- AND LIKE SPECIAL 330 00:09:45,733 --> 00:09:46,366 HEALTH NEEDS IS ONE OF MY 331 00:09:46,366 --> 00:09:47,833 OPTIONS. 332 00:09:47,833 --> 00:09:49,533 >> Terri: THAT IS SO COOL, 333 00:09:49,533 --> 00:09:51,000 ANNIE, YOU WOULD BE INCREDIBLE. 334 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,166 YEAH. 335 00:09:52,166 --> 00:09:54,700 >> Annie: I'LL BE AN ASSISTANT. 336 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:56,400 >> Terri: SO YOU HAVE THIS 337 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:57,466 REALLY FABULOUS WIDE CIRCLE OF 338 00:09:57,466 --> 00:09:58,500 FAMILY AND FRIENDS -- 339 00:09:58,500 --> 00:09:59,600 >> Annie: RIGHT. 340 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,233 >> Terri: -- YOUR WHOLE LIFE. 341 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:02,166 TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS 342 00:10:02,166 --> 00:10:05,400 TO YOU. 343 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:10,833 >> Annie: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 344 00:10:10,833 --> 00:10:11,866 AND I EVEN INCLUDE CAMP HOLIDAY 345 00:10:11,866 --> 00:10:13,466 TRAILS AS ANOTHER FAMILY. 346 00:10:13,466 --> 00:10:17,733 NOT JUST MY ORIGINAL FAMILY, BUT 347 00:10:17,733 --> 00:10:19,833 JUST -- THEY'RE REALLY MY SECOND 348 00:10:19,833 --> 00:10:21,433 FAMILY AND THEY'RE JUST SO NICE. 349 00:10:21,433 --> 00:10:24,133 AND ALL THE COUNSELORS IN THE 350 00:10:24,133 --> 00:10:25,633 PAST ARE LIKE MY PARENTS FOR TWO 351 00:10:25,633 --> 00:10:28,300 WEEKS. 352 00:10:28,300 --> 00:10:29,966 AND THEY JUST ALL -- AND THEY 353 00:10:29,966 --> 00:10:30,933 WELCOME EVERYBODY, SO IT'S VERY 354 00:10:30,933 --> 00:10:33,133 NICE. 355 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:34,233 >> Terri: SO IT'S APPROPRIATE 356 00:10:34,233 --> 00:10:35,833 THAT YOU'RE HAVING A BIG HIGH 357 00:10:35,833 --> 00:10:36,566 SCHOOL GRADUATION PARTY THERE -- 358 00:10:36,566 --> 00:10:37,300 >> Annie: YES. 359 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:38,433 >> Terri: -- TO CELEBRATE AND 360 00:10:38,433 --> 00:10:39,400 ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ARE GOING TO 361 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,066 BE THERE. 362 00:10:41,066 --> 00:10:42,733 AND YOU'VE HAD TEACHERS AND 363 00:10:42,733 --> 00:10:43,766 FAMILY FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT 364 00:10:43,766 --> 00:10:45,366 THERE ROOTING FOR YOU EVERY 365 00:10:45,366 --> 00:10:46,400 SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY. 366 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,466 >> Annie: YEAH, YEAH. 367 00:10:47,466 --> 00:10:49,133 >> Terri: SO, OKAY. 368 00:10:49,133 --> 00:10:51,300 SO YOU AND I HAVE BEEN WRITING 369 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:59,966 SONGS TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME. 370 00:10:59,966 --> 00:11:00,700 >> Annie: YES, LONG TIME. 371 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:05,233 >> Terri: AND I KNOW HOW WISE 372 00:11:05,233 --> 00:11:07,966 AND INSIGHTFUL YOU ARE. 373 00:11:07,966 --> 00:11:09,000 SO WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO 374 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,033 PEOPLE FOR UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE 375 00:11:10,033 --> 00:11:11,166 WHO ARE DIFFERENT? 376 00:11:11,166 --> 00:11:14,966 >> Annie: WELL, IT'S JUST TO NOT 377 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:15,700 JUDGE PEOPLE AS SOON AS YOU SEE 378 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:16,600 THEM. 379 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:17,666 JUST GIVE THEM A CHANCE BECAUSE 380 00:11:17,666 --> 00:11:21,433 THEN YOU GET TO SEE HOW NICE AND 381 00:11:21,433 --> 00:11:23,033 HOW BRIGHT SOME PEOPLE ARE. 382 00:11:23,033 --> 00:11:24,200 AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEMS 383 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:25,233 WITH EVERYBODY IS, IS THAT THEY 384 00:11:25,233 --> 00:11:25,966 JUDGE PEOPLE WHEN THEY FIRST SEE 385 00:11:25,966 --> 00:11:30,033 SOMEBODY. 386 00:11:30,033 --> 00:11:31,033 >> Terri: WHY DO YOU THINK WE 387 00:11:31,033 --> 00:11:32,100 ALL WANT TO JUDGE SO FAST? 388 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:32,733 >> Annie: BECAUSE THEY'RE 389 00:11:32,733 --> 00:11:33,766 AFRAID, MOST LIKELY. 390 00:11:33,766 --> 00:11:34,700 THEY'RE AFRAID OF THE PERSON OR 391 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:36,900 THEY'RE AFRAID OF SOMETHING 392 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:37,933 INSIDE THEM THAT DOESN'T WANT 393 00:11:37,933 --> 00:11:39,433 THEM TO BROADEN UP WHO THEY WANT 394 00:11:39,433 --> 00:11:42,866 TO INCLUDE. 395 00:11:42,866 --> 00:11:44,333 ♪ JUST LIKE YOU, I HAVE FEELINGS 396 00:11:44,333 --> 00:11:47,733 TOO ♪ 397 00:11:47,733 --> 00:11:49,233 ♪ WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM AND 398 00:11:49,233 --> 00:11:50,266 THAT SHOULD MEAN SOMETHING TO 399 00:11:50,266 --> 00:11:58,000 YOU ♪ 400 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,200 ♪ WHY ARE PEOPLE SO AFRAID OF 401 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,566 PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT ♪ 402 00:12:02,566 --> 00:12:03,333 ♪ COULD IT BE THEY JUST DON'T 403 00:12:03,333 --> 00:12:06,300 UNDERSTAND ♪ 404 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:07,366 >> Kelly: I DREAM THAT SHE'S 405 00:12:07,366 --> 00:12:08,100 JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW IN 406 00:12:08,100 --> 00:12:08,500 HER GIFTS. 407 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:09,466 SHE'S WONDERFUL WITH PEOPLE, 408 00:12:09,466 --> 00:12:11,200 SHE'S WONDERFUL WITH KIDS. 409 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:12,766 SHE'S ALWAYS EXCEEDED OUR 410 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:14,900 EXPECTATIONS AND MADE HER OWN 411 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:15,633 PATH, SO WE EXPECT THAT SHE'LL 412 00:12:15,633 --> 00:12:16,500 SURPRISE US AGAIN. 413 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:17,500 >> Terri: YEAH. 414 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:21,800 OH YEAH. 415 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:22,833 >> Susan: WE STARTED TO SEE THIS 416 00:12:22,833 --> 00:12:23,533 PRETTY EARLY ON. 417 00:12:23,533 --> 00:12:24,633 ANNIE HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM 418 00:12:24,633 --> 00:12:25,633 STANDING UP, EVEN TO HER FIRST 419 00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:26,666 GRADE CLASS, AND SAYING, "YOU 420 00:12:26,666 --> 00:12:28,233 KNOW, I WASN'T IN SCHOOL LAST 421 00:12:28,233 --> 00:12:28,933 WEEK BECAUSE I HAD A SEIZURE 422 00:12:28,933 --> 00:12:29,766 BECAUSE I HAVE A BOO BOO ON MY 423 00:12:29,766 --> 00:12:31,866 BRAIN." 424 00:12:31,866 --> 00:12:34,033 TO HER FIRST GRADE CLASS, AND I 425 00:12:34,033 --> 00:12:35,666 MEAN, THAT WAS JUST STUNNING TO 426 00:12:35,666 --> 00:12:37,800 US, AND KELLY REMEMBERED THAT 427 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,133 YEARS AGO I SAID, "YOU KNOW, I 428 00:12:41,133 --> 00:12:43,833 CAN SEE HER BEING THIS VOICE FOR 429 00:12:43,833 --> 00:12:45,433 PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO EXPLAIN 430 00:12:45,433 --> 00:12:47,166 FOR THEMSELVES WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 431 00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:48,133 HAVE STRUGGLES GOING THROUGH THE 432 00:12:48,133 --> 00:12:49,766 WORLD." 433 00:12:49,766 --> 00:12:50,833 AND SHE'S DOING THAT. 434 00:12:50,833 --> 00:12:51,900 SHE'S DOING THAT ALREADY AS A 435 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:53,500 GLOBAL MESSENGER. 436 00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:55,200 SHE'S DOING THAT BY GOING INTO 437 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,266 THIS PROGRAM AND SHE REALLY IS 438 00:12:56,266 --> 00:12:57,300 BECOMING INSPIRED BY THIS 439 00:12:57,300 --> 00:12:58,900 THERAPIST THAT SHE IS WORKING 440 00:12:58,900 --> 00:13:01,166 WITH AND HE IS ALREADY BEGINNING 441 00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:02,733 TO INTEGRATE HER WITH SOME OF 442 00:13:02,733 --> 00:13:04,933 THE OTHER FOLKS THAT HE'S DOING 443 00:13:04,933 --> 00:13:06,000 THERAPY WITH TO SAY, YOU KNOW, 444 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,633 HOLD THE FOOT RIGHT HERE AND 445 00:13:07,633 --> 00:13:09,166 MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T MOVE. 446 00:13:09,166 --> 00:13:11,966 AND SHE'S BECOMING AN ENCOURAGER 447 00:13:11,966 --> 00:13:12,933 AND I THINK SHE MAY WORK WITH 448 00:13:12,933 --> 00:13:14,500 PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FROM 449 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,100 WITHIN, AND I THINK THAT'S 450 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:17,133 EXTRAORDINARY. 451 00:13:17,133 --> 00:13:18,166 >> Terri: YEAH. 452 00:13:18,166 --> 00:13:18,766 WELL, I THINK ANNIE IS 453 00:13:18,766 --> 00:13:19,866 EXTRAORDINARY. 454 00:13:19,866 --> 00:13:20,933 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE 455 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:22,000 DOES NEXT. 456 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,133 >> Susan: ME TOO. 457 00:13:24,133 --> 00:13:28,700 >> Terri: THANK YOU. 458 00:13:24,666 --> 00:13:29,800 >> Susan: THANK YOU, TERRI. 459 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,666 ♪♪♪ 460 00:13:32,666 --> 00:13:33,800 >> Ray Nedzel: I PUNCHED THE 461 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:34,866 GAS, I TURNED THE WHEEL INTO THE 462 00:13:34,866 --> 00:13:35,933 SLIDE, I POWERED THE ENGINE, 463 00:13:35,933 --> 00:13:37,066 SPINNED THE BACK WHEELS, FORCED 464 00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:38,066 THE FRONT OF THE CAR BACK ON TO 465 00:13:38,066 --> 00:13:39,766 THE ROAD, POP. 466 00:13:39,766 --> 00:13:40,700 POPPED RIGHT BACK AND KEEP RIGHT 467 00:13:40,700 --> 00:13:43,533 ON GOING. 468 00:13:43,533 --> 00:13:45,166 >> Terri: IN THE SPRING OF 2008, 469 00:13:45,166 --> 00:13:46,800 WHAT BEGAN AS A WEEKLY GROUP 470 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,433 MEETING IN A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP 471 00:13:48,433 --> 00:13:50,033 EVOLVED INTO A PERMANENT SPACE 472 00:13:50,033 --> 00:13:51,566 FOR WRITERS OF ALL GENRES AND 473 00:13:51,566 --> 00:13:53,800 LEVELS OF EXPERTISE. 474 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,900 JOIN US TODAY AS WE VISIT 475 00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:57,566 WRITERHOUSE, A PLACE WHERE 476 00:13:57,566 --> 00:13:58,666 PEOPLE GATHER TO CREATE AND 477 00:13:58,666 --> 00:14:00,400 APPRECIATE LITERATURE AND 478 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:01,000 RECEIVE HIGH QUALITY 479 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:01,966 INSTRUCTION. 480 00:14:01,966 --> 00:14:04,800 COME ON! 481 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:05,866 >> Terri Levinson: YOU'RE GOING 482 00:14:05,866 --> 00:14:11,833 TO SEE THINGS THAT YOU SEE EVERY 483 00:14:11,833 --> 00:14:12,833 DAY, RIGHT? 484 00:14:12,833 --> 00:14:13,500 LIKE WHAT? 485 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:15,066 >> Kids: TREES, PEOPLE, CARS. 486 00:14:15,066 --> 00:14:16,700 >> Terri Levinson: BUT I WANT 487 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:18,300 YOU TO START LOOKING AT THEM IN 488 00:14:18,300 --> 00:14:22,300 A DIFFERENT WAY AND THINK ABOUT 489 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:26,433 HOW THEY MIGHT BE USED OR HOW 490 00:14:26,433 --> 00:14:28,566 PEOPLE MIGHT INTERACT WITH THEM 491 00:14:28,566 --> 00:14:29,466 IN SOME WAY THAT WE DON'T 492 00:14:29,466 --> 00:14:32,100 NORMALLY DO. 493 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:32,833 >> Terri: SO SIBLEY, TELL US THE 494 00:14:32,833 --> 00:14:33,833 MISSION HERE AT WRITERHOUSE. 495 00:14:33,833 --> 00:14:34,766 >> Sibley Johns: WELL, THE 496 00:14:34,766 --> 00:14:35,800 MISSION AT WRITERHOUSE IS REALLY 497 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:36,500 SORT OF A THREEFOLD MISSION. 498 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:37,400 ONE PART OF IT IS TO OFFER 499 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:38,466 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO 500 00:14:38,466 --> 00:14:40,066 WRITERS AT ALL LEVELS, WHICH IS 501 00:14:40,066 --> 00:14:41,133 GREAT BECAUSE THERE ARE CLASSES 502 00:14:41,133 --> 00:14:42,700 FOR EVERYBODY AND I REALLY 503 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,900 BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A 504 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:46,500 STORY TO TELL, AND WHAT WE'RE 505 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:47,500 HERE TO DO IS PROVIDE THEM WITH 506 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:48,533 TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR 507 00:14:48,533 --> 00:14:50,233 STORY. 508 00:14:50,233 --> 00:14:51,366 SO SOME PEOPLE NEED DIFFERENT 509 00:14:51,366 --> 00:14:52,366 LEVELS OF TOOLS, DIFFERENT TYPES 510 00:14:52,366 --> 00:14:54,100 OF TOOLS. 511 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,133 THE SECOND PART OF OUR MISSION 512 00:14:56,133 --> 00:14:58,233 IS REALLY TO OFFER LITERARY 513 00:14:58,233 --> 00:15:00,400 EVENTS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE 514 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,533 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO 515 00:15:02,533 --> 00:15:04,700 IT'S A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN 516 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:06,333 PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR OUR 517 00:15:06,333 --> 00:15:07,266 WRITING ARTISTS TO SHARE WHAT 518 00:15:07,266 --> 00:15:08,933 THEY'RE WORKING ON. 519 00:15:08,933 --> 00:15:10,533 AND THEN THE THIRD PART OF OUR 520 00:15:10,533 --> 00:15:11,700 MISSION IS REALLY TO PROVIDE A 521 00:15:11,700 --> 00:15:13,300 SAFE AND NURTURING SPACE FOR 522 00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:15,433 WRITERS TO WORK WHERE THEY CAN 523 00:15:15,433 --> 00:15:18,233 BE MAYBE FREE OF THE TRAPPINGS 524 00:15:18,233 --> 00:15:20,400 OF MAYBE BEING AT HOME WHERE 525 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:21,366 THINGS ARE NOISY OR YOU HAVE 526 00:15:21,366 --> 00:15:24,000 ANIMALS THAT WANT THINGS FROM 527 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,533 YOU OR -- YOU KNOW, AND YOU NEED 528 00:15:25,533 --> 00:15:26,666 A SAFE SPACE WHERE YOU CAN 529 00:15:26,666 --> 00:15:28,266 QUIETLY THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE 530 00:15:28,266 --> 00:15:28,933 WORKING ON AND THEN GET TO 531 00:15:28,933 --> 00:15:29,966 WRITING. 532 00:15:29,966 --> 00:15:30,933 SO THOSE ARE THE THREE PARTS OF 533 00:15:30,933 --> 00:15:34,200 OUR MISSION. 534 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,600 >> Terri: AND SO TELL THE STORY 535 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,666 BEHIND HOW IT GOT STARTED IN THE 536 00:15:38,666 --> 00:15:40,700 FIRST PLACE. 537 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:41,800 >> Sibley: WELL, YOU KNOW, 538 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:42,933 BASICALLY IT WAS STARTED BY A 539 00:15:42,933 --> 00:15:44,033 GROUP OF WRITERS THAT MET 540 00:15:44,033 --> 00:15:45,033 THROUGH THE CHARLOTTESVILLE 541 00:15:45,033 --> 00:15:46,033 CREATIVE WRITING CENTER AND, YOU 542 00:15:46,033 --> 00:15:47,000 KNOW, THEY WANTED TO KEEP 543 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:47,733 MEETING AND THEY WANTED TO KEEP 544 00:15:47,733 --> 00:15:48,666 WORKING ON WHAT THEY WERE 545 00:15:48,666 --> 00:15:49,800 WRITING AND THEY WANTED A SPACE 546 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,000 WHERE THEY COULD DO THAT. 547 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,033 WRITING CAN BE A VERY SOLITARY 548 00:15:54,033 --> 00:15:54,633 PROCESS FOR SOME PEOPLE. 549 00:15:54,633 --> 00:15:55,600 >> Terri: RIGHT. 550 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,233 >> Sibley: BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE, 551 00:15:57,233 --> 00:15:58,366 YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE 552 00:15:58,366 --> 00:16:00,000 THAT ENCOURAGEMENT. 553 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:00,800 IT'S SORT OF LIKE WHAT HAPPENS 554 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:02,766 AT A GYM. 555 00:16:02,766 --> 00:16:04,466 YOU KNOW, YOU NEED MAYBE TO BE 556 00:16:04,466 --> 00:16:05,433 SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE 557 00:16:05,433 --> 00:16:06,400 DOING THE SAME THINGS AND 558 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,100 APPRECIATE THE SAME THINGS AND 559 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:09,700 THEY CAN ENCOURAGE YOU. 560 00:16:09,700 --> 00:16:10,766 SO THAT GROUP KEPT THEIR WRITING 561 00:16:10,766 --> 00:16:13,466 MOVING FORWARD AND THEN THEY 562 00:16:13,466 --> 00:16:15,033 DECIDED TO OPEN THE WRITERHOUSE. 563 00:16:15,033 --> 00:16:16,600 >> Hannah Barnaby: EVEN AS AN 564 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,200 EXPERIENCED WRITER, IT'S EASY 565 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,400 FOR ME TO SOMETIMES GET BOGGED 566 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,433 DOWN IN MY WORK OR LOSE SIGHT AS 567 00:16:22,433 --> 00:16:24,566 TO WHY I STARTED WRITING A 568 00:16:24,566 --> 00:16:26,266 PARTICULAR STORY AND SHARING 569 00:16:26,266 --> 00:16:28,866 THAT STORY WITH OTHER PEOPLE 570 00:16:28,866 --> 00:16:32,866 REMINDS ME OF WHAT I LIKE ABOUT 571 00:16:32,866 --> 00:16:34,666 IT AND ALLOWS ME TO SEE WHAT 572 00:16:34,666 --> 00:16:37,100 THEY LIKE ABOUT IT TOO. 573 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:37,833 >> Bettyjoyce: I'VE NEVER BEEN 574 00:16:37,833 --> 00:16:38,700 DISAPPOINTED WALKING INTO A 575 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:39,700 SEMINAR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS, 576 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:40,266 THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD. 577 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:41,900 THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO 578 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:43,533 SAY, AND YEAH, IT'S AN AMAZING 579 00:16:43,533 --> 00:16:44,466 MEMBERSHIP, AMAZING COMMUNITY 580 00:16:44,466 --> 00:16:46,133 FOR WRITING. 581 00:16:46,133 --> 00:16:47,300 >> Terri: AND THERE ARE 582 00:16:47,300 --> 00:16:48,433 QUARTERLY CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS 583 00:16:48,433 --> 00:16:49,400 THAT ARE OFFERED, RIGHT? 584 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:50,466 TELL US ABOUT THAT. 585 00:16:50,466 --> 00:16:53,200 >> Sibley: YES, ABSOLUTELY. 586 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,333 SO EACH QUARTER WE OFFER THREE 587 00:16:55,333 --> 00:16:57,600 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSES. 588 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,033 WE HAVE NON-FICTION, POETRY, AND 589 00:16:59,033 --> 00:17:01,800 THEN WE HAVE FICTION. 590 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:03,966 SO KIND OF THE THREE BASIC 591 00:17:03,966 --> 00:17:05,600 GENRES OF WRITING, AND THEN WE 592 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,233 ALSO OFFER SEMINARS DURING EACH 593 00:17:08,233 --> 00:17:10,366 QUARTER AND THOSE ARE SORT OF 594 00:17:10,366 --> 00:17:11,400 MORE SPECIALTY WORKSHOPS THAT 595 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:12,366 ARE USUALLY ABOUT A HALF DAY 596 00:17:12,366 --> 00:17:15,200 LONG. 597 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,400 THEY CAN BE ANYTHING FROM 598 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:18,400 INFORMATION ABOUT THE INNER 599 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:19,066 WORKINGS OF THE PUBLISHING 600 00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:20,566 WORLD -- 601 00:17:20,566 --> 00:17:21,566 >> Terri: WHICH IS REALLY 602 00:17:21,566 --> 00:17:23,833 IMPORTANT TOO. 603 00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:24,900 THE CRAFT IS SO IMPORTANT, BUT 604 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:25,633 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT 605 00:17:25,633 --> 00:17:27,066 AS WELL. 606 00:17:27,066 --> 00:17:28,800 >> Sibley: EXACTLY. 607 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,366 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, 608 00:17:30,366 --> 00:17:32,033 YOU KNOW, SHOULD I E-PUBLISH OR 609 00:17:32,033 --> 00:17:34,733 WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY BOOK OR 610 00:17:34,733 --> 00:17:36,933 WILL I LOSE CONTROL OF MY 611 00:17:36,933 --> 00:17:38,500 MANUSCRIPT IF I GO THIS WAY OR I 612 00:17:38,500 --> 00:17:40,333 SELL IT TO A PUBLISHING HOUSE. 613 00:17:40,333 --> 00:17:41,933 AND SO WE TRY TO OFFER SEMINARS 614 00:17:41,933 --> 00:17:44,100 IN THAT REGARD, BUT ALSO IN THE 615 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:44,800 CRAFT SIDE OF WRITING AS YOU 616 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:46,200 MENTIONED. 617 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:51,833 SO WE TRY TO VARY THE SEMINARS 618 00:17:51,833 --> 00:17:53,766 AND THEY CAN SORT OF BE TEASERS 619 00:17:53,766 --> 00:17:54,700 FOR GETTING PEOPLE MORE 620 00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:55,500 INTERESTED IN TAKING A BIGGER 621 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:58,166 CLASS. 622 00:17:58,166 --> 00:17:58,833 >> Terri: AND WHAT ARE YOUR 623 00:17:58,833 --> 00:17:59,733 LITERARY SALONS? 624 00:17:59,733 --> 00:18:00,900 WHAT ARE THOSE? 625 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:01,566 >> Sibley: SO OUR LITERARY 626 00:18:01,566 --> 00:18:02,533 SALONS SORT OF FULFILL THAT PART 627 00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:04,133 OF OUR MISSION WHERE WE WANT TO 628 00:18:04,133 --> 00:18:05,300 HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN 629 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:06,200 THE COMMUNITY TO SEE AUTHORS AT 630 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:07,266 WORK AND TO VISIT WITH THEM AND 631 00:18:07,266 --> 00:18:09,000 MEET THEM AND HEAR THEIR WORK 632 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,000 AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN 633 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,700 THE LITERARY WORLD. 634 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:13,733 SO THEY COME HERE FROM -- YOU 635 00:18:13,733 --> 00:18:14,900 KNOW, THEY COME HERE FROM 636 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,000 WASHINGTON, D.C., PEOPLE FROM 637 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:17,633 MARYLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, AND 638 00:18:17,633 --> 00:18:19,200 THEN VIRGINIA, OF COURSE, WHO 639 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,333 COME IN AND THEY TALK ABOUT 640 00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:21,966 THEIR BOOK BEING PUBLISHED. 641 00:18:21,966 --> 00:18:24,133 AND IT'S USUALLY -- WE TRY TO 642 00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:25,866 GET IT SORT OF HAPPENING RIGHT 643 00:18:25,866 --> 00:18:26,933 ON THE VERGE OF PUBLICATION OR 644 00:18:26,933 --> 00:18:27,900 RIGHT AFTER PUBLICATION, SO IT'S 645 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:28,933 AN EXCITING TIME FOR THEM. 646 00:18:28,933 --> 00:18:34,433 >> Terri: YEAH, YEAH. 647 00:18:34,433 --> 00:18:38,600 >> AND THEY CAN BE ON TOUR. 648 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:39,333 >> Terri: AND THE CLASSES ARE A 649 00:18:39,333 --> 00:18:40,200 NICE SMALLER SIZE, SAY MAYBE 12, 650 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,233 18 PEOPLE TOPS DEPENDING UPON 651 00:18:41,233 --> 00:18:42,333 THE CLASS, SO IT REALLY IS THIS 652 00:18:42,333 --> 00:18:43,400 INTIMATE SETTING WHERE YOU FEEL 653 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,433 LIKE YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU 654 00:18:44,433 --> 00:18:45,000 NEED. 655 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,033 >> Bettyjoyce: I KNOW WHERE 656 00:18:46,033 --> 00:18:47,766 THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN MY 657 00:18:47,766 --> 00:18:49,400 LIFE, I WOULD NOT HAD WRITTEN AT 658 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:50,400 ALL IF I HAD NOT HAD A WEEKLY 659 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:52,600 CLASS TO GO TO. 660 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,233 AND IT JUST KIND OF KEPT ME 661 00:18:54,233 --> 00:18:55,900 GOING WITH A SUSTAINED EFFORT, 662 00:18:55,900 --> 00:19:00,533 AND THEN WHEN THINGS FREED UP, I 663 00:19:00,533 --> 00:19:01,500 WAS ABLE TO DEVOTE MORE ENERGY 664 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:03,066 TO IT. 665 00:19:03,066 --> 00:19:04,166 >> Hannah: FOR ME THE KEY TO 666 00:19:04,166 --> 00:19:04,800 WORKING WITH STUDENTS AT 667 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:05,700 DIFFERENT LEVELS IS TO REMIND 668 00:19:05,700 --> 00:19:06,866 ALL OF THEM RIGHT OFF THE BAT 669 00:19:06,866 --> 00:19:10,666 THAT YOU'RE NEVER DONE LEARNING 670 00:19:10,666 --> 00:19:12,666 ABOUT HOW TOE WRITE, THERE'S 671 00:19:12,666 --> 00:19:14,333 ALWAYS MORE -- TO WRITE, THERE'S 672 00:19:14,333 --> 00:19:17,133 ALWAYS MORE TO DEVELOP. 673 00:19:17,133 --> 00:19:17,866 AND ALSO TO SET UP RELATIONSHIPS 674 00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:18,666 BETWEEN NEW STUDENTS AND MORE 675 00:19:18,666 --> 00:19:19,766 EXPERIENCED STUDENTS SO THAT 676 00:19:19,766 --> 00:19:20,833 THERE'S KIND OF A MENTORSHIP 677 00:19:20,833 --> 00:19:21,866 ASPECT TO THE CLASS, NOT A 678 00:19:21,866 --> 00:19:24,033 JUDGMENT ASPECT OR A COMPETITION 679 00:19:24,033 --> 00:19:27,166 IN ANY WAY, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS 680 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:30,400 WRITERS TO MEET EACH OTHER AND 681 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,300 BECOME AWARE OF EACH OTHER, TO 682 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:35,500 SHARE THEIR WORK AND TO MEET 683 00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:36,966 PUBLISHED AUTHORS WHO, YOU KNOW, 684 00:19:36,966 --> 00:19:38,833 NOT SO LONG AGO WERE JUST LIKE 685 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:40,733 THEY WERE, UNPUBLISH, 686 00:19:40,733 --> 00:19:42,700 UNDISCOVERED, ON IT GIVES THEM 687 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:43,933 HOPE THAT THEY CAN BE PUBLISHED 688 00:19:43,933 --> 00:19:47,433 SOME DAY TOO. 689 00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:48,500 >> Robin Traywick: EARLIER THIS 690 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:49,566 SUMMER I LEARNED THAT MY NOVEL 691 00:19:49,566 --> 00:19:51,733 HAD EARNED THE BEST UNPUBLISHED 692 00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:54,033 NOVEL CONTEST THAT IS PUT ON 693 00:19:54,033 --> 00:19:55,700 EVERY OTHER YEAR BY RICHMOND 694 00:19:55,700 --> 00:19:58,400 MAGAZINE AND THE JAMES RIVER 695 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:03,366 WRITERS, SO THAT WAS A HUGE 696 00:20:03,366 --> 00:20:07,266 HUGE THRILL, AND I CERTAINLY OWE 697 00:20:07,266 --> 00:20:10,866 WINNING THAT CONTEST TO MY CLASS 698 00:20:10,866 --> 00:20:13,600 AT WRITER'S HOUSE BECAUSE I 699 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,166 COULDN'T HAVE SHAPED UP THAT 700 00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:17,166 NOVEL AND REVISED IT IN A WAY 701 00:20:17,166 --> 00:20:18,666 THAT IT WOULD BE WORTHY OF 702 00:20:18,666 --> 00:20:21,400 WINNING A CONTEST IF I HADN'T 703 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,166 HAD THE HELP OF MY COLLEAGUES IN 704 00:20:25,166 --> 00:20:29,500 THE CLASS AS WELL AS MARY KATE. 705 00:20:29,500 --> 00:20:30,566 (READING) DORSY'S DREAM WAS A 706 00:20:30,566 --> 00:20:31,300 TRAIN WRECK LOOKING TO HAPPEN, 707 00:20:31,300 --> 00:20:32,200 EVEN WITH A GOOD JOCK LIKE 708 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,766 ALVAREZ MONTEGRO IN THE SADDLE. 709 00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:34,833 >> Sibley: WE HAVE PHENOMENAL 710 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:35,966 INSTRUCTORS AND A VERY WIDE 711 00:20:35,966 --> 00:20:37,633 ARRAY OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING 712 00:20:37,633 --> 00:20:41,266 THE CLASSES, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY 713 00:20:41,266 --> 00:20:42,900 FROM YOUNG PEOPLE TO RETIREES, 714 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:43,866 AND SO THERE'S A BROAD AGE 715 00:20:43,866 --> 00:20:48,266 RANGE. 716 00:20:48,266 --> 00:20:50,500 THERE'S A BROAD SORT OF BASE OF 717 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:51,233 WALKS OF LIFE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE 718 00:20:51,233 --> 00:20:52,133 FROM AND -- 719 00:20:52,133 --> 00:20:53,200 >> Terri: YEAH. 720 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:57,000 AND THEN YOU HAVE THE COMPLETE 721 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,033 OPPOSITE END OF THE SCALE WHERE 722 00:20:58,033 --> 00:20:58,733 YOU HAVE YOUR SUMMER CAMP FOR 723 00:20:58,733 --> 00:20:59,600 KIDS. 724 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:00,800 >> Sibley: YEAH, SO WE ARE 725 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:01,533 TRYING TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES 726 00:21:01,533 --> 00:21:02,366 OF CAMPS FOR DIFFERENT AGE 727 00:21:02,366 --> 00:21:03,033 GROUPS. 728 00:21:03,033 --> 00:21:04,133 SO OUR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH 729 00:21:04,133 --> 00:21:08,333 GRADERS, IT'S SORT OF A 730 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:09,400 STORYTELLING STYLE CAMP WHERE 731 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:10,133 KIDS ARE LEARNING HOW TO TELL A 732 00:21:10,133 --> 00:21:11,066 STORY. 733 00:21:11,066 --> 00:21:12,100 THEY MAY BE FIRST-TIME AUTHORS, 734 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:12,800 SO WE HELP THEM KIND OF LEARN 735 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:13,666 HOW TO TELL THAT STORY MOST 736 00:21:13,666 --> 00:21:15,333 EFFECTIVELY. 737 00:21:15,333 --> 00:21:16,900 AND THEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS 738 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:18,566 ARE A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG AND 739 00:21:18,566 --> 00:21:21,233 THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON STORIES 740 00:21:21,233 --> 00:21:22,266 MORE THAT ARE -- THAT PERHAPS 741 00:21:22,266 --> 00:21:23,333 THEY ALREADY HAVE IN HAND OR 742 00:21:23,333 --> 00:21:24,366 SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN THINKING 743 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:25,033 ABOUT GETTING GOING. 744 00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:27,166 AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL 745 00:21:27,166 --> 00:21:29,200 STUDENTS, OF COURSE, ARE FARTHER 746 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,900 ADVANCED AND OFTEN WORKING ON 747 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:34,566 MORE COMPLEX ISSUES OF CRAFT AND 748 00:21:34,566 --> 00:21:35,566 SO THERE'S SORT OF SOMETHING FOR 749 00:21:35,566 --> 00:21:37,233 EVERYONE HERE. 750 00:21:37,233 --> 00:21:39,900 >> Erin James: I WANT YOU TO 751 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:42,000 TAKE THE NEXT 30 SECONDS ON THE 752 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:43,566 NEXT PAGE IN YOUR JOURNAL, WRITE 753 00:21:43,566 --> 00:21:45,166 DOWN ALL OF THE WORDS YOU 754 00:21:45,166 --> 00:21:47,900 ASSOCIATE WITH THIS WORD. 755 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:48,933 ANY WORD, THOUGHT, FEELING YOU 756 00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:51,200 ASSOCIATE WITH THE WORD "TREE." 757 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,233 >> Terri: IF SOMEONE WANTS TO 758 00:21:53,233 --> 00:21:54,800 BECOME A MEMBER HERE, WHAT DO 759 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,400 THEY HAVE TO DO AND THEN WHAT 760 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,033 ARE THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP? 761 00:21:58,033 --> 00:22:00,700 >> Sibley: BASICALLY IT COSTS 762 00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:01,866 $50 A YEAR. 763 00:22:01,866 --> 00:22:02,533 >> Terri: THAT'S FANTASTIC. 764 00:22:02,533 --> 00:22:04,100 >> Sibley: AND WHAT YOU GET IN 765 00:22:04,100 --> 00:22:05,700 RETURN FOR THAT $50 IS YOU GET 766 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:08,333 ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERSHIP 767 00:22:08,333 --> 00:22:09,900 NEWS AND NEWSLETTER, AND THEN 768 00:22:09,900 --> 00:22:11,666 YOU GET DISCOUNTS ON OUR 769 00:22:11,666 --> 00:22:12,400 CLASSES, WHICH ARE SIGNIFICANT 770 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,466 DISCOUNTS. 771 00:22:15,466 --> 00:22:17,133 YOU GET A PREVIEW OF THE COURSES 772 00:22:17,133 --> 00:22:18,300 WHEN THEY COME OUT, AND SO YOU 773 00:22:18,300 --> 00:22:19,300 GET TO BE THE FIRST TO SIGN UP 774 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:20,833 FOR COURSES AND SOMETIMES WE DO 775 00:22:20,833 --> 00:22:21,900 REALLY HAVE POPULAR COURSES. 776 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:23,000 >> Terri: OH, I BET. 777 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,100 >> Sibley: AND OUR MEMBERS GET 778 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:28,833 FIRST ACCESS TO THAT. 779 00:22:28,833 --> 00:22:29,400 >> Terri: LIKE BOOM. 780 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,600 >> Sibley: SO WE GIVE THEM A 781 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:31,666 COUPLE OF DAYS TO CHECK 782 00:22:31,666 --> 00:22:32,366 EVERYTHING OUT AND MAKE SURE 783 00:22:32,366 --> 00:22:33,233 THEY GET THAT CLASS THAT THEY 784 00:22:33,233 --> 00:22:34,333 WANT. 785 00:22:34,333 --> 00:22:35,466 AND THEN THEY GET ACCESS TO OUR 786 00:22:35,466 --> 00:22:36,166 FACILITY TO COME IN, THEY CAN 787 00:22:36,166 --> 00:22:37,700 HAVE A WRITER'S GROUP HERE. 788 00:22:37,700 --> 00:22:45,266 WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. 789 00:22:45,266 --> 00:22:46,000 LOTS OF SPACE, VERY COMFORTABLE, 790 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:46,733 AND THEY GET THE COLLEGIAL 791 00:22:46,733 --> 00:22:48,300 ATMOSPHERE OF WRITERS WHO ARE 792 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,366 PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE 793 00:22:49,366 --> 00:22:50,333 DOING, AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH 794 00:22:50,333 --> 00:22:51,500 A LOT. 795 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:52,133 SO -- AND WE ALSO PROVIDE 796 00:22:52,133 --> 00:22:53,633 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE 797 00:22:53,633 --> 00:22:54,666 SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, 798 00:22:54,666 --> 00:22:56,300 SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF 799 00:22:56,300 --> 00:22:57,866 WHAT OUR MISSION IS, IS TO MAKE 800 00:22:57,866 --> 00:22:58,900 WRITING ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYONE 801 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:00,266 WHO WANTS TO WRITE. 802 00:23:00,266 --> 00:23:01,300 >> Charlotte Wood: ALL RIGHT, SO 803 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:02,900 HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. 804 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:03,900 GET YOUR NOTEBOOKS BECAUSE RIGHT 805 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:05,000 NOW YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW MUCH 806 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,566 ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER AT ALL, YOU 807 00:23:06,566 --> 00:23:07,600 MAY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT YOUR 808 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:08,833 CHARACTER AT ALL, BUT I 809 00:23:08,833 --> 00:23:10,466 GUARANTEE BY THE TIME YOU FINISH 810 00:23:10,466 --> 00:23:12,133 THIS ACTIVITY, YOU'LL HAVE AN 811 00:23:12,133 --> 00:23:14,200 IDEA OF THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF 812 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,966 YOUR CHARACTER AS WELL AS A 813 00:23:16,966 --> 00:23:18,600 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR PAST AND 814 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:19,633 MAYBE WHAT THEY'RE STRIVING FOR. 815 00:23:19,633 --> 00:23:20,866 ARE YOU READY? 816 00:23:20,866 --> 00:23:23,133 >> Terri: YOU ALL ALSO HAVE 817 00:23:23,133 --> 00:23:25,700 MONTHLY ART EXHIBITS, SO IT'S A 818 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:26,266 REALLY LOVELY SPACE. 819 00:23:26,266 --> 00:23:27,366 >> Sibley: WE DO. 820 00:23:27,366 --> 00:23:28,000 >> Terri: AND THEN YOU'RE 821 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 INVOLVED IN A WRITING CONTEST. 822 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,000 TALK ABOUT THAT. 823 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,200 >> Sibley: YEAH, SO WE DO A 824 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,500 WRITING CONTEST WITH CVILLE 825 00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:36,200 WEEKLY, AND I MEAN, WE HAVE A 826 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:37,100 LOT OF INCREDIBLE WRITERS IN 827 00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:38,233 THIS COMMUNITY. 828 00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:39,900 CHARLOTTESVILLE IS -- YOU KNOW, 829 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:42,533 HAS QUITE AN AMAZING HISTORY OF 830 00:23:42,533 --> 00:23:43,766 WRITERS AND CERTAINLY HAVING THE 831 00:23:43,766 --> 00:23:45,933 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HERE IS A 832 00:23:45,933 --> 00:23:47,500 HUGE ASSET, BUT I THINK THAT 833 00:23:47,500 --> 00:23:49,633 THERE'S A GREAT FOOTPATH FOR 834 00:23:49,633 --> 00:23:51,266 WRITERS HERE, YOU KNOW, GREAT 835 00:23:51,266 --> 00:23:51,900 TRADITIONS TO BE CARRIED 836 00:23:51,900 --> 00:23:55,766 FORWARD. 837 00:23:55,766 --> 00:23:58,400 AND SO WE'LL HAVE A WINNER SOON 838 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,733 AND IT'S $500 FOR THE FIRST 839 00:24:00,733 --> 00:24:02,166 PRIZE, AND THAT'S A REALLY NICE 840 00:24:02,166 --> 00:24:03,533 FRIES FOR SOMEBODY TO REWARD 841 00:24:03,533 --> 00:24:06,466 THEIR EFFORTS IN WRITING. 842 00:24:06,466 --> 00:24:06,966 >> Terri: YEAH. 843 00:24:06,966 --> 00:24:08,066 AND MANY WRITERS WHO COME 844 00:24:08,066 --> 00:24:08,766 THROUGH WRITERHOUSE GO ON TO 845 00:24:08,766 --> 00:24:09,800 BECOME PUBLISHED WRITERS. 846 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,966 >> Sibley: ABSOLUTELY. 847 00:24:11,966 --> 00:24:12,966 I MEAN, THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST 848 00:24:12,966 --> 00:24:13,700 TIME EVER, WE TAUGHT A NOVEL IN 849 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:16,100 A YEAR CLASS. 850 00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:19,866 WE HAD A FANTASTIC AUTHOR FROM 851 00:24:19,866 --> 00:24:20,866 WASHINGTON, D.C., MARY KAY 852 00:24:20,866 --> 00:24:22,066 ZURAVLEF. 853 00:24:22,066 --> 00:24:23,600 SHE CAME DOWN AND WORKED WITH 854 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,233 THE CLASS 12 TIMES A YEAR 855 00:24:25,233 --> 00:24:27,800 INTENSIVELY EACH TIME, AND WE 856 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,900 HAD A MEMOIR IN A YEAR CLASS, 857 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:31,000 TOO, WHERE SOME OF THOSE 858 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:37,700 STUDENTS -- FOR EXAMPLE, ONE 859 00:24:37,700 --> 00:24:40,066 STUDENT HAS HAD A PIECE OF HER 860 00:24:40,066 --> 00:24:41,500 WRITING PUBLISHED IN THE 861 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:43,766 "WASHINGTON POST." 862 00:24:43,766 --> 00:24:44,500 SO IT IS VERY, VERY EXCITING FOR 863 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:45,433 US. 864 00:24:45,433 --> 00:24:46,166 WE TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF 865 00:24:46,166 --> 00:24:46,900 THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAPPEN 866 00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:47,500 FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. 867 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:48,600 >> Terri: YEAH. 868 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,300 ANY BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? 869 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:50,133 >> Sibley: THERE'S ALL KINDS OF 870 00:24:50,133 --> 00:24:51,233 REALLY EXCITING THINGS GOING ON 871 00:24:51,233 --> 00:24:51,966 IN THE WRITING WORLD RIGHT NOW. 872 00:24:51,966 --> 00:24:53,300 FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S ONLINE 873 00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,900 WRITING CLASSES THAT ARE REALLY 874 00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:56,033 BIG IN A COUPLE OF THE WRITING 875 00:24:56,033 --> 00:25:03,600 CENTERS LIKE IN BOSTON, 876 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:08,866 AND BETHESDA, MARYLAND, AND SOME 877 00:25:08,866 --> 00:25:12,133 OF THE BIGGER CENTERS. 878 00:25:12,133 --> 00:25:12,833 AND SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE 879 00:25:12,833 --> 00:25:14,233 COULD EXPLORE: WOULD THAT WORK, 880 00:25:14,233 --> 00:25:15,300 WOULD THAT HELP PEOPLE? 881 00:25:15,300 --> 00:25:16,000 THERE'S LAUNCH LABS THAT ARE 882 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,000 GOING ON WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A 883 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:17,733 CHANCE TO LAUNCH A NOVEL AND GET 884 00:25:17,733 --> 00:25:18,533 FEEDBACK. 885 00:25:18,533 --> 00:25:19,600 AND SO THERE ARE MANY, MANY 886 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:20,266 THINGS AND MANY TRENDS THAT 887 00:25:20,266 --> 00:25:21,333 WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT WE COULD 888 00:25:21,333 --> 00:25:22,433 EMBRACE HERE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE 889 00:25:22,433 --> 00:25:23,100 TO EXPAND UPON OUR CURRENT 890 00:25:23,100 --> 00:25:24,166 OFFERINGS. 891 00:25:24,166 --> 00:25:25,266 SO IT'S REALLY AN EXCITING -- 892 00:25:25,266 --> 00:25:25,933 THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING IS 893 00:25:25,933 --> 00:25:26,833 CHANGING EVERY DAY, JUST 894 00:25:26,833 --> 00:25:28,933 EXPONENTIALLY, AND SO KEEPING UP 895 00:25:28,933 --> 00:25:30,600 WITH THAT AND TRYING TO MAKE 896 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,300 THAT WORLD ACCESSIBLE TO OUR 897 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:33,833 MEMBERS IS A BIG PART OF WHAT 898 00:25:33,833 --> 00:25:34,866 WE'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT IT'S 899 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:36,066 EXCITING. 900 00:25:36,066 --> 00:25:36,800 IT KEEPS US, YOU KNOW, ROCKING 901 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:38,800 AND ROLLING HERE. 902 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:39,800 >> Ray: (READING) THEN SHE SAYS, 903 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:40,933 "I HATE IT WHEN YOU CALL ME THE 904 00:25:40,933 --> 00:25:43,733 SAME NAME AS YOU CALL YOUR CAR." 905 00:25:43,733 --> 00:25:44,900 AND I SAID, "HEY BABY, I'M 906 00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:45,833 SORRY, I'M A MAN OF LIMITED 907 00:25:45,833 --> 00:25:48,633 NICKNAMES." 908 00:25:48,633 --> 00:25:50,300 AND SHE SAID, "OKAY," AND I 909 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:51,300 SAID, "I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU. 910 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:53,533 I WAS STILL TALKING TO MY CAR." 911 00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:58,333 THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY 912 00:25:54,233 --> 00:25:59,766 TOO. 913 00:25:59,766 --> 00:26:00,533 >> Terri: THAT'S IT FOR THIS 914 00:26:00,533 --> 00:26:02,366 WEEK. 915 00:26:02,366 --> 00:26:06,700 FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI ALLARD. 916 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:11,366 JOIN US NEXT TIME ON 917 00:26:11,366 --> 00:26:16,633 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT." 918 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,300 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY CAPTION ASSOCIATES, LLC www.captionassociates.com 919 00:26:21,766 --> 00:26:23,366 >> Announcer: THIS PRESENTATION 920 00:26:23,366 --> 00:26:24,300 WAS MADE POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART 921 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:25,433 TO THE PATRONS OF 922 00:26:25,433 --> 00:26:27,000 "CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT," 923 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,666 COMMITTED TO EXPLORING THE 924 00:26:28,666 --> 00:26:29,700 PEOPLE, PLACES, 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