Posts Tagged 2008
Craft Chat on Sentence Structure and Critique Workshop
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Butte County Library – Chico Branch
Address: 1108 Sherman Avenue, Chico
(cross street is First Ave)
Agenda
2:00 PM: Craft Chat – Sentence Structure
What makes a complete sentence? Do you always have to use them? How do you learn to vary your sentence structures? Is it ever okay to use a run-on sentence to get your point across when it fits what you’re doing even if you’ve been told not to use them and that sentences need to contain only one solid idea? Fragments? We’ll talk about all of this and what sentence structure can mean for your story.
3:00 PM: Manuscript Critique Workshop
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Upcoming Meetings
January – June 2009
(tentative)
Location: Butte County Library – Chico Branch
Saturdays (unless otherwise noted)
| January 10 | 3:30 – 6:30 PM | January 24 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM |
| February 7 | 4:00 – 7:00 PM | February 21 | 4:00 – 6:30 PM |
| March 7 | 4:00 – 7:00 PM | March 21 | 4:00 – 6:30 PM |
| April 5 (Sun) | 11 AM – 2:00 PM | April 18 | 3:30 – 6:30 PM |
| April 30 | 4:30 – 7:30 PM | May 2 | 4:30 – 7:30 PM |
| May 2 | 4:30 – 7:30 PM | May 16 | 3:30 – 6:30 PM |
| June 13 | 4:30 – 7:30 PM | June 27 | 4:30 – 7:30 PM |
We now have a calendar with updated information, including manuscript deadlines. You can click on the link at the top of the navigation column (CWG Calendar) or click here to go there now.
Deadline for Manuscripts – Thursday, Dec. 18th
Manuscripts for our upcoming workshop scheduled for Saturday, December 27th from 2pm – 4pm are due this coming Thursday, December 18th by 5:00 pm.
Important information about submitting a manuscript:
- First come, first serve. Presently there are none in queue.
- Check your manuscript to ensure it is free of any viruses before you send it in.
- No more than 10 pages, please (plays and screenplays max. is 20 pages).
- Formatted as follows:
- 10 – 12pt Serif font (Courier, Times New Roman)
- 1" margins all around
- 1 1/2 – double spaced
- No title page (please be considerate of your fellow writers who are printing these out at their own expense)
- Name, title of piece and contact information (phone or email) on top of first page
- Please number your pages
- Saved in (listed in order of preference): *.doc, *.txt/*.rtf, *.PDF
- Please note that the aforementioned files may be read by downloading free readers. If you require more information, please leave a comment with a current, valid email address (never posted) and someone will respond to you shortly.
- If you are unable to save your document in the aforementioned formats, you may alternatively bring enough copies to the next meeting for distribution and have it workshopped the following session in January, 2009. For a head count, please leave a comment with a current, valid email address.
- If there is anything in particular you would like to pass along to the readers, please include that into the body of the email.
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Craft Chat- Dialect and Critique Workshop
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Chico Branch of the Butte County Library System
Address: 1108 Sherman Avenue, Chico (cross street is 1st Ave)
Agenda
11:00 AM Brief introductions for all members, welcome guests and
new members
11:15 AM Craft Chat: Dialect
Even when we all speak the same language, we don’t all speak it the same way. Dialects are particularly tricky to write. We’ll talk about some ideas for getting dialect down on the page, as well as a neat exercise for learning dialectic speech patterns.
11:45 AM Critique Workshop
In queue:
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Screenplay by B. C.
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Short Fiction by R. S. A.
This event is for members only and those whom have received an invitation. If you desire to join our group or would like more information, please leave a comment with a current, functioning email address (never published) and we will be in touch with you shortly.
Upcoming Meetings
Saturday, December 27, 2008
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Chico branch, Butte County Library
Manuscripts are due by Thursday, December 18, 2008 and will be distributed to members in good standing on Friday, December 19th.
This is a member-only event. For further information, please leave a comment with your current, functioning email address (never published) and we will be in touch with you shortly.
Deadline for Manuscripts Approaching
All Chico Writer’s Group members take note! Your manuscripts for our meeting Sunday, December 14th are due this coming Friday, December 5th by 5:00 pm. This is only open to current members in good standing. If you are new or interested in learning more about our group, you are welcome to attend, however, manuscript critiques are reserved for current members in good standing.
The format for manuscripts (and other pertinent information):
- Maximum 10 pages (max. 20 for any type of play)
- 10-12pt serif font
- Please, no cover pages. Include author’s name, phone number and/or email address on the first page, top corner (your choice on corner)
- One and a half to double spaced
- 1" margins all around
- Saved in one of the following file formats (listed in order of preference):
– *.doc
– *.txt or *.rtf
– *.pdf (Adobe Portable Document File. Readers are available for free by going to adobe.com/downloads) - Any comments, specific things you’d like the critiquers to look at or not look at, etc. may be sent in the body portion of your email with the attached manuscript
- Please note in the body of your email if the content is not appropriate for minors
Also, manuscripts will be due for our Saturday, December 27th meeting (from 2-4pm) on Friday, December 19th by 5:00 PM.
Craft Chat, Critique Workshop and End of NaNoWriMo Celebration
Whether or not you even participated in the tenth anniversary of National Novel Writing Month or won the challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days, it’s time to celebrate this momentous event! We’ll be having a pot luck this coming Sunday, November 30th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm at the Chico branch of the Butte County Library. RSVPs are required. Please leave a comment below if you haven’t already received an email invitation and would like to attend.
We’ll be writing more flash fiction as a writing exercise on Sunday after our last experience went quite well. Our topic for the craft chat will be the use of a metaphor to convey a theme. Be sure to bring your laptop and/or a pad of paper and pen along with you as we’ll be writing!
We also have 4 pieces to critique, a short story that came from a writing exercise and 3 poems. Chico Writer’s Group members have already received their copies and are expected to have read them, commented upon them and bring the printed out copy to our meeting to discuss and then return, with comments, to the original author. If you did not receive a copy but would like to attend, leave a comment here (be sure to use a working, valid email address) and we’ll confirm your reservation.
NaNoWriMo Write-Ins
The Chico Writer’s Group will be holding several write-ins throughout the month of November for writers to work on their novel for National Novel Writing Month (or just to write on whatever their current work is.) We will be foregoing the critique workshop mid-November and use that time for a write-in and resume our workshops on Sunday, November 30th.
The schedule for write-ins won’t come with advance notice but we’ll attempt to post them here as time and opportunity presents itself. Here are the current write-in dates and times and places:
Wednesday, November 5th: 9am – noon at Augie’s (250 Salem Street, next to St. Augustine’s church, corner of 3rd Street and Salem in downtown Chico).
Sunday, November 16th: Time and location to be announced.
You do not have to be a member of the Chico Writer’s Group to attend but it would be greatly appreciated if you would contact us to let us know you plan to attend. These meetings may be cancelled if there isn’t enough interest generated, so please check with our website before heading out!
To learn more about the National Novel Writing Month, visit http://www.nanowrimo.org. As the site is being hit hard now that the event is in full-swing, if you’re receiving an error, please try back later. There still is time to register and get in on the fun, so visit today!
Craft and Critique Workshop Sunday, Nov. 2nd
This workshop promises to be exciting as we’ll be using our first half of the workshop trying our hand (or for those who’ve done this before, dazzling us) at flash fiction! Mark your calendars now, this is one not to miss!
Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008
Time: Noon to 3:00PM (Note the time change)
Place: Chico Branch of the Butte County Library
Addy: 1108 Sherman Avenue (cross of First Ave.), Chico
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12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM Craft Workshop
We’ll be trying out a workshop using flash fiction where writers are given a topic to write on for a few minutes and then discuss. This should be a very fun activity!
After the exercise, we’ll discuss the focus of the writing exercise, a specific element of the craft of writing. A sure winner for all genres of fiction!
1:00 – 3:00 PM Critique Workshop
Manuscripts need to be submitted to [kathie dot blog at gmail dot com] on or before noon Saturday October 25, 2008 and will be distributed to members who have attended meetings consistently and are in good standing. If you plan on attending but have not done so previously, you may request a copy be available to you when you arrive, however, we will not be distributing manuscripts to non-members for privacy and copyright purposes.
For more information, contact the organizer, Kathie Leung (pronounced Lee-young) at 521-4264 or [kathie dot blog at gmail dot com].
RSVPs requested! (You may use the "comment" link below to RSVP. Just please be sure to provide a valid email address. RSVP comments and general inquiry comments are not published and email addresses are never published.)
Craft and Critique Workshop
Event Info
Host: Chico Writer’s Group
Type:Meetings – Club/Group Meeting
Time and Place
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Butte County Library – Chico Branch Meeting Room (across from circulation desk)
Street: 1108 Sherman Avenue
City/Town: Chico, CA
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Contact Info
Phone: 521-4264
Email: kathie dot blog at gmail dot com
Description
2:00 – 2:30 PM Review "Tense" Writing Exercise & Discuss
Writing exercise: Write a scene that incorporates the character’s past, present, and future.
2:30 – 3:00 PM Craft Workshop: Tense
Tenses make us all tense sometimes. How do you talk about the past, the present, and the future? How do you talk about the future from the past or the farther past from the past? We’ll look at how to do all of this without losing your mind.
3:00 – 5:00 PM Critique Manuscript(s).
Short manuscripts (2-5 pages) may be brought to the critique workshop with sufficient number of copies to distribute to members.
Critique Workshop
Our next Critique Workshop will be held Sunday, October 5th, 2008, at 2:00 PM. The location has yet to be announced. For more information, contact Kathie at kathie dot blog at gmail dot com or call 521-4264.
Manuscripts are due no later than noon Saturday, September 27, 2008. Once received, we will assign the critique leader and email out the manuscripts by 5:00 PM that day. Documents should be sent to Kathie for distribution to the entire group in the following format (listed in order of preference): *.doc, *.txt/*.rtf or *.pdf If you are unable to open any of the preceding formats, please notify Kathie immediately and provide a list of formats you are able to open.
Remember, we want to make sure everyone has had ample opportunity to read your work at least twice as this is the best way to receive the best constructive critiquing and must keep in mind everyone’s hectic schedules.
Lead critiquers will be assigned with the distribution of the manuscripts. If you won’t be making our Sunday, October 5th, 2008, meeting at 2:00 p.m. (location TBA), please let Kathie know so that you are not assigned a lead critique position.
If you’d like to know more about critiquing, formating your manuscript for critiquing purposes, etc. please leave a comment and we’ll be happy to bring you up to speed and answer your questions!
New Location for Craft and Critique Workshop
Our upcoming meeting Sunday, September 21st at 2PM has been moved to a new location (please see post below for agenda). We will be meeting at the Chico branch of the Butte County library on Sherman Avenue.
RSVPs are still requested. If you need further information, directions, or would like to RSVP simply post a response here or find us on Facebook by searching "Chico Writer’s Group."
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