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MONTHLY SPEAKER MEETING:
February 11, 2010 (NOTE EARLY DATE)
Chinook Middle School Auditorium/Library @ 7:00 P.M.
(2001 98th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004)
Non-PNWA Members are invited to attend two meetings annually. (Members please bring your membership card.)
Speaker: Robert J. Ray
Topic: Story,
Structure, Subplot, Scene, Style: Keys to Rewriting Your Novel
The key to
rewriting your novel is a workable plan: Story first, then Structure,
Subplots, (Key) Scenes, and Style. The toughest rewriting task is fixing
your subplots. Before you can fix a subplot, you must peel it away from the
novel, using tools like Character Arc, Character Grid, Scene List, Scene List,
Scene Profile, Scene Template, and Core Story. Learn how to use these tools and
make your rewrite hum in a hands-on workshop (with writing in the room) led by
Robert J. Ray, using techniques from his latest book, The Weekend Novelist Rewrites
the Novel.
Participants should bring a prose sample, two pages, double-spaced.
Author
Credits: The Weekend Novelist, The Weekend Novelist Writes a Mystery, The
Weekend Novelist Redrafts the Novel (London), The Weekend Novelist Rewrites the
Novel (New York), Bloody Murdock, Murdock Cracks Ice, Dial "M" for Murdock,
Murdock for Hire, Merry Christmas, Murdock, The Hitman Cometh, The Art of Reading:
A Handbook on Writing, Small Business: An Entrepreneur's Plan (5 editions).
2010 CONFERENCE: JULY 22 - 25 SEATTLE AIRPORT HILTON & CONFERENCE CENTER
The first 200 attendees to register will receive ONE of the following additional agent options:
The FIRST 100 people to register have the option of either: one Speed Pitching
session (wherein they pitch to four agents) OR receive two (2) Ten Minute
One-On-One appointments.
If neither option is indicated on a registrant’s form,
he or she will be given two (2) One-On-One appointments.
If an eligible
registrant requests speed pitching and their genre’s block of speed pitching
agents is full, they will instead receive two (2) One-On-One agent appointments.
The following
100 registrants to enter will have the opportunity to obtain two (2) Ten
Minute One-On-One appointments. (This has been expanded from the original limit
of 50 people).
All
other registrants
will be guaranteed one agent appointment as available.
SPEED PITCHING SESSION (Four Agents): Meet with four agents
within a one 10 minute period. You will be given 2 minutes to pitch
with each agent. Please note we will coordinate your Speed Pitching
slot (agent selections included) to best suit your writing genre.
TWO AGENT APPOINTMENTS: Receive two one-on-one 10 minute agent appointments.
PLEASE NOTE:
SPEED
PITCHING ASSIGNMENTS ARE FINAL. This is an unfortunate inflexibility necessary
to make the sessions run smoothly and eliminate scheduling problems for the time-sensitive
events.
All
attendees will have an opportunity to sign up for Speed Pitching at the
conference on a first come, first serve basis.
All
attendees will have the opportunity to change or obtain more One-On-One
appointments on a first come, first serve basis.
Speed
Pitching and One-On-One appointments are separate entities and will not be
treated as interchangeable during the conference.
January Member Meeting If you missed this month's meeting and would like the handout material please log-into your "Member Site" to download the file. Click here if you have forgotten your username and/or password.
2009 Holiday Catalogue Our Pacific Northwest Writers 2009 Holiday Catalogue includes books
from our published members. We invite you to take a look through
and continue to support local authors this holiday season.
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