Monday, January 24, 2011

Novel Writing Club meeting tomorrow from 3:45p - 5:00p, Rm. 7.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Don't forget the next meeting on Tuesday, January 25th, 3:42p - 5:00p.

Saturday, January 15, 2010

Novel Writing Club Update

Hello, writers!

Our club met on Tuesday, January 11th.  We ate pizza (of course!) and began revising our novels. 

Revision is quite a process and is not for the faint of heart.  Be prepared to cut and tear apart your beloved creations!  If you've written a beautifully prolific paragraph but it doesn't fit in your book, then chop!  chop!  chop!  However...don't delete it permanently.  Save these moments of inspiration in an electronic file for use later in the book or in another writing project.

I think of revision as knocking down a wall in your house and replacing the plumbing.  I think of editing as moving the coffee cups from one shelf to another.  Therefore, editing is the polishing phase and shouldn't happen just yet. 

Refer back to your storyline map.  Did your novel follow the storyline map?  Did you veer off of it?  Sometimes that's alright - if your new path is better and makes more sense.  But if you simply wrote in circles, go back to the revision stage.  After you chop! chop! chop! you should rewrite the deleted sections.

Next meeting is Tuesday, January 18th.  We'll meet from 3:45p - 5:00p.  You can bring food to share with the group, if you'd like.

Mrs. P.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Mark your calendar!


Our first meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 in rm. 7 from 3:45p - 5:00p.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Hey - we're in the news again!  Go us!

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/education/article_2c667e18-1468-11e0-970b-001cc4c002e0.html

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Wow - It's 1/1/11 at 1:11 p.m.!

Happy New Year to all of you!

School starts on Monday (blah!) but our writing club resumes on Tuesday, January 12th (yeah!)

Here's another contest for you....

http://www.crestedbuttewriters.org/sandy_rules.php