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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.
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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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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