 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, we are not holding our monthly meeting, which we had already delayed for a week. This is an excellent opportunity for us to write more, or if you have Gmail, we could hold a meeting on Google Hangouts. (If you have up to ten people, this is a free service!)
Another alternative is that we write to a prompt and share those offerings with each other via group email. How about writing about resourcefulness! I look forward to hearing from you! I already miss you! I know that we are collectively praying for this emergency to be resolved quickly. Please pray for those in authority over us, for their health and stamina and wisdom. I appreciate that I’m not at the helm, making such important decisions for our great nation. So, until we meet again, I will look for your emails with devotions, short stories or plays on resourcefulness!
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 Here is my portion of the lesson from our February PENS OF PRAISE meeting. I have included Sarah Grosskopf's website link at the bottom of my post so that you can visit her excellent contrbution for that lesson also! “HOW Did THAT Get into MY Manuscript?” Bloopers, errors, and wacky information…Have you finished a writing project only to find problems that could have been avoided? Let’s explore some positive avoidance methods: List of characters chart—including looks, traits, talents: Chapter by Chapter (This lists Physical location and time and what major happenings, setbacks, and victories the character or characters’ have per chapter.  Timeline: Have you ever had to chase down wayward actions of your character? How about mix-ups or confusion on important detail(s) of your character(s)? I’ve decided to use timelines and charts religiously in future so that I can keep track of who did what-when-how- why- etc. and who they were with and when. Where they are at and what is their goal and hurtful lie to overcome and their dream to aspire to. Etc. etc. Example of a basic timeline that can be embellished as the story builds: Main characters for the timeline example: Character #1 Redford comes to town. Place of his biggest failure. Redford discovers a body and is suspicious of 3 different people. Redford travels to England in search of a major clue. Redford returns to Manitowoc in time to save his love interest from being murdered. Character # 2: Tom meets with Redford at the Lake where Redford’s girlfriend drowned years ago. Tom hides information about the murder he and Robert committed from Redford to protect himself. Tom travels to England in search of information. Tom returns to Manitowoc in search of a woman he is looking for related to the murder. A woman who Redford feels responsible for. Character #3 Robert sees Redford and Tom and talks to them Robert discovers the body and is suspicious of 3 different people Whoops wrong person! :0 Instead, Robert hides the body and barely gets away Robert flees to England and takes evidence about his accomplice for blackmail Robert escapes Redford and takes the first plane back to Milwaukee to kill his accomplice. A grammar check: Grammarly.com Goal, Motivation & Conflict by Debra Dixon - Debra shares the chart that can organize these critical pieces of story. She offers examples too. Quite the valuable how-to guide for writers of fiction! You will not wish to miss Sarah Grosskopf's teaching! https://sarahgrosskopf.com/resources/ Editing Fiction: Avoiding Bloopers, Errors, and Wacky Information WELCOME TO PENS OF PRAISE CHRISTIAN WRITERS GROUP
Tuesday, February 18, 2019 Prayer - Sarah Grosskopf Introductions for new guests. Pass around the sign-in sheet. Devotion-- Susan Marlene GRAMMAR TIDBIT--Rebecca McLafferty GRAMMAR TIDBIT: TIGHTEN YOUR WAISTBAND WRITING By Rebecca McLafferty LET THE TEACHING BEGIN “HOW Did THAT Get into MY Manuscript?” Bloopers, errors, and wacky information can find their way onto manuscript pages. How does that happen? Sarah Grosskopf, Pat Klein & Susan Marlene will share some ways of avoiding those common and even if possible, the uncommonly surprising mishaps that sabotage the excellence of your fiction or nonfiction manuscript. PROMPT: PROMPT: One Marvelous Mistake (or Two) Write your genre and your page worth of poetry, devotion, short story or essay to share your marvelous mistake—or two! Steve Laube & Christian Institute [email protected] Don't make the mistake of waiting until April to think about taxes. Once tax season arrives, it is too late to change the past. The savvy thing to do is to prepare for tax time now. Steve Laube President, Christian Writers Institute ANNOUNCEMENTS: TheFamily.net WEMI FM
Christian Devotions is looking for devotions. This is not a paid site, but one to give to the Lord and share your message with others! www.christiandevotions.us Northwestern Christian Writers Conference, http://www.northwesternchristianwritersconference.com/ July 24 – 25, 2020 www.grammarly.com free download https://www.loc.gov/about/ Library of Congress website REMEMBER: Inspired reader = happy reader + excellent take-away = return reader! God’s abundant blessings to you as you write for His glory! |
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