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Craft Chat and Critique Workshop Sat. May 16
(We are not affiliated with the Chico Writers Meetup Group*)
Chico Writer’s Group Craft Chat and Critique Workshop
“Describing Sounds”
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Time: 3:30 – 6:30 PM
Location: 1108 Sherman Avenue, Chico
Room: Butte County Library – Chico Branch conference room (directly across the hall from the circulation desk)
Fees: None
Agenda
3:30 – 4:00 PM Free write – We always have a fun writing exercise assigned that inspires creativity (and has resulted in poems, short stories and even the beginnings of longer pieces!). Come join!
4:00 – 4:30 PM Craft Chat: Describing Sounds
What was that noise – and how can you describe it to your reader? Whether it’s the creak of a basement door, the babbling of a brook, or the rush of the wind, your characters encounter sounds. We’ll talk about ways to describe those sounds so your reader hears them too.
5:00 – 6:30 PM Critique Workshop
All manuscripts have been turned in and distributed to members in good standing.
*Chico Writers Meetup Group is through a paid membership site, Meetup. We do not have anything to do with this group and are not affiliated. We never charge membership dues or collect fees.
Resource Links
From our March workshop on Culture, Race and Ethnicity, here are some resourceful links:
Required reading: Transracial Writing for the Sincere by Nisi Shawl. Other links from the handout:
- A primer on privilege: what it is and what it isn’t by Betty
- “Check my what?” On privilege and what you can do about it by Andrea Rubenstein
- Stephen King’s Super-Duper Magical Negroes by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
- Appropriate Cultural Appropriation by Nisi Shawl
- I Didn’t Dream of Dragons by Deepa D.
- Mary Anne Mohanraj Gets You Up to Speed, Part II by Mary Anne Mohanraj
- White people, its not all about you, but for this post it is by Deepa D.
Craft Chat and Critique Workshop
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009
Time: 3:30 – 7:30 PM (may break at 6:30 pm)
Location: Meeting Room directly across from Circulation Desk
Chico Branch, Butte County Library
1108 Sherman Avenue, Chico (cross is 1st Ave)
RSVP: Leave a comment below with a valid email address (never published) to RSVP.
Agenda
3:30-4:30 PM Craft Chat and Writing Exercise
Physical Description of Characters
When we’re telling a story, we need to tell our readers something about our characters, and that often includes what they look like. How do we do that without making it sound like a police report? What kind of details are important? What’s best left to the reader’s imagination?
4:30 – 6:30 PM Critique Workshop
Manuscripts are distributed January 2nd to members in good standing.
Queue: B. C.
D. H.
R. A.
N. J.
K. L.
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 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.
Meet & Greet: An icebreaker for new members…
and those just "browsing"
Event Info
Host: Chico Writer’s Group
Type: Meetings – Club/Group Meeting
Network: Chico, CA
Time and Place
Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Empire Coffee Shop
Street: 434 Orange Street
City/Town: Chico, CA
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Meeting Info
Prior to our regular writer’s group craft and critique workshop, we’ll be hosting an hour-long Meet and Greet. If you have been trying to make it to one of our meetings or are interested and would like to learn more, this is your opportunity to ask questions, meet members and let us get the chance to know you. Not to mention, the organic coffee at the Empire Coffee shop is wonderful!
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