The August 18th meeting will be a time of learning, a time of sharing our experiences on the subjects of the month. Drum roll here… The subjects are Cliff Hangers, Plot, and Theme. Kathy Pritchett will present a program to start the discussions off. Come prepared to learn something new. Come prepared to share your […]
Jan 20 Monthly Meeting – An attorney visits
January 16, 2018 by Leave a Comment
If you saw the original post about a meeting on Cliffhangers and Plotting, disregard that. We will have that program later in the year. Instead we will be having an attorney visit our group. He will answer questions about what an attorney can and cannot do. This information should be helpful to anyone writing about […]
February: Outlining and Storyboarding
February 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Do you identify as a pantser or a plotter? I start off as a panster (someone who writes by the seat of her pants) and slowly become a plotter (someone who has things, or at least most things, figured out). Outlining has come a long way since the rigid Roman numerals approach they teach in school. […]
The Dramatica Theory to Story Structure
October 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Plot, climax, rising action, falling action, structure; all terms writers use when talking about stories, but often their exact definitions tend to elude us. One would think that with all the brilliant minds that have written stories over the course of history, we would have found one definitive method of writing that worked for everyone, […]