Last week my writing group and I did more talking than writing, but the homework I set should make for some interesting answers.
The homework was
Imagine you're in another country. What country are you in, what have you learnt and experienced? Are you homesick?
I'm also planning on starting critiquing soon - I was given a great site http://www.mallet.dircon.co.uk/nadvice0.html the other day which should help with that.
This will be a short post since I have to go study but keep writing!