Shorty

I'm stumped. I have a character in mind for our short story deadline. I have a character and a scene. Now what?

In frustration I googled "how to write a short story". I figured this would send me down a half hour path in search of good information. Little did I know that the information I would stumble upon would take me less than thrity seconds to find... so here it is (possibly channeled by Confucius).

1. Put a man up a tree
2. Throw stones at him
3. Get him down

For more info, here's the source. Write101.com

Coffee Shop Writing Contest

http://ferniewriters.org/Check out the links below for the latest in writing contests and conferences.


The contest is associated with our Fernie Neighbours and the "Fernie Writers Conference" which will be taking place July 18-25 2010. (Not sure if their website is updated).

 Click here for more info on the COFFEE SHOP AUTHOR contest.

Click here for more info on the FERNIE WRITERS conference.

If anyone is thinking of doing this be sure to share with the rest of us moral support/car pools will be in order.

'C' Words, Therapy, and Newbies

Meeting Round Up Tuesday Janaury 19 2010

So great meeting last night! Welcome back Meaghan and welcome newbies Mike and Don. Everyone was so keen we will now be meeting every two weeks. Next meeting - Tuesday February 2, 2010 - same time, same place.
Nola will be our facilitator next week and she has asked that we do the following.

• Bring a short story 1000 words or less
• Emphasis is to be on character

 Look forward to many more meetings with this group and think that I'm in good company when I say "Bring on the critique!". I look forward to manicuring my ideas in the meetings to come and am always entertained by what you've written.

Thanks, and thanks Susan for doing such a great job facilitating last night. Loved the 100 word sentence exercise.

January Group Meeting

The next group meeting will be

TUESDAY JANUARY 19TH
7-9 @ Centre 64 (upstairs meeting room)

Please bring

• An excerpt that inspires you to share with the group
• A piece that you're working on
• Writing utensils of choice

See you there!