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Speaker: Jessica Jackson Join Jessica L. Jackson in a presentation and discussion of what we can learn from reading other authors’ works. Kindly come prepared with the titles and authors’ names of books that have influenced your writing, or that you admire, whether fiction or non-fiction. A door prize will be won by a lucky attendee!

Speaker: Shaa Dickson Exercising the brain can help creativity. Join Shaa to learn a few brain exercises to help your writing.

Speaker: Bret Cousins (previously recorded on September 12, 2020) When a character does something totally outside of his/her motivations, it confuses the reader and weakens the narrative. Characters must be kept consistent with the skills and personalities you start them with. They can evolve and grow like real people, learning as they grow, but not sudden … Read more

Speaker: Liz Grotowski Pacing is often identified as an issue in writing, but how do you actually fix it? This presentation will give you the tools you need to up your pacing game by drilling down into pacing issues at the story structure, scene, paragraph, sentence, and even word choice level. You will leave with … Read more

Speaker: Darlene Maynard This workshop Darlene will be reviewing the book “Writing Romantic Fiction” by Barbara Samuel. This book shows how to create a rounded and compelling love story. A perfect ‘romance’ themed workshop for our Treasures Along the Fenceline and for the upcoming WWC convention. You’ll also learn how to do some plotting and … Read more

Board Meeting starts at 9 AM. All members are welcome to join the board for the meeting. Zoom link to be emailed to members. Members and invited guests will be sent the Zoom link via email. Meeting begins at 10:30 AM. There will be no access to St. Mark’s Manor for this meeting. Speaker: Diana Cranstoun … Read more