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The Critiquey Critique Workshop
Getting the most from critiquing and being critiqued
Host: CWG: Chico Writer’s Group
Type: Education – Workshop
Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Chico Branch Meeting Room, Butte County Library
Street: 1108 Sherman Avenue
City/Town: Chico, CA
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Agenda
11:00 AM – Craft Workshop: Getting the Most from Critiquing and Being Critiqued
You’ve written your heart and soul out. Worked long, tireless hours perfecting your manuscript and now you ache for feedback other than from Grandma, the cat and your significant others. Fellow writers, perhaps. A critique group. But the size, type and availability of these groups might be far and few between, how can you go about getting the most out of your time spent with them and get the valuable insight you crave and desire? How do you, in turn, provide enough feedback to other authors so they are equally rewarded? We’ll be presenting effective, useful methods which will help you and your fellow writers achieve their goals during this session which is free to the public.
12:00 pm Closed session (members only) Critique Workshop
Manuscripts have been already sent out and members should be in receipt and have responded to the like. The order of these is: R.S.A. followed by K. L.
Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 18th, 2009 from 3:30 – 6:30 pm
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.
Craft and Critique Workshop Topic: Dialogue
Time and Place
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008
Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Upper Crust Bakery & Cafe
Street: 130 Main Street
City/Town: Chico, CA
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Contact Info
Phone:530.521.4264
Email:kathie dot blog at gmail dot com
Description
NOTE: Location is tentative. Please check back with us prior to the meeting for the exact location. It would be helpful to have a firm headcount (please don’t say you’ll be there if there’s a good possibility you won’t be) by Thursday, September 18th.
AGENDA
2:00 PM Craft Workshop: Dialogue
Writing exercise:
Write a conversation between two characters where they are both lying. Never directly state that they are untruthful; instead write it so the reader figures out the characters are lying exclusively from the dialogue.
Give it a go and bring your finished product with you (preferably with a few copies) to share with the others and talk about what hurdles you may have come across, what doors you might have opened and other writer chit-chat sort of things.
2:30 PM Craft Chat
A CWG member will be giving an informative presentation on the topic of dialogue:
"Effective dialogue moves the plot forward, reveals character and punches up conflict and tension. So how does a writer shape dialogue to sound more real life? Our craft chat will explore various strategies in writing compelling dialogue."
3:00 PM Critique Workshop
Two manuscripts will be critiqued by the group. Lead critiquers will have been assigned prior to the meeting to help move the discussion along. (Note: Manuscripts will only be sent to members in good standing, meaning you must have attended at least one Meet & Greet session and/or a writer’s group meeting. If you have not, you are still very welcome to attend AND participate!)
For more information, more writing prompts, information about contests and upcoming meetings, please browse this website or leave us a comment.
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