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The Writer Workshop Weekly News #1! View this email online
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| | Volume II: Issue 1
January 6, 2020 |
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Hello Writers!
Happy New Year!
Let The Writer Workshop help you achieve your writer goals through feedback, critique, and learning more about the craft of writing in 2020. There are workshops throughout the week providing feedback and critique of your work. See the schedule below.
The Writer Workshop kicks off our week with our Feedback and Critique Workshop at 7 pm. Bring a few copies of 4-6 pages (double spaced, 12pt Times New Roman, 1 inch margins, line numbers are appreciated) of your work in progress to read and receive feedback and critique. $5 at the door.
Thursday Night at 7pm is our Poetry Workshop. Bring a poem you've written to share with the group.
Join us on Meetup for all the latest offerings and to RSVP for workshops and classes.
Over the past few weeks, I've met several screenplay and stage play writers. If your a screen/stage/teleplay writer, come in and read a bit of your work and get a bit of feedback.
As always, I'd love to hear what you think. What types of events are you most interested in attending? What king of help would you like with writing or your road to publication? Reply to this email and let me know.
Enjoy the journey!
Gregory
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Events: December 16-22
Monday, 1/6: 7pm Writer Workshop ($5) Tuesday, 1/7: 7pm Fiction through Prompts ($10) Wednesday, 1/8: 1pm Writer Workshop ($5) Wednesday, 1/8: 7pm LGBTQ+ Writer Workshop ($5) Thursday, 1/9: 7pm Poetry Workshop ($5) Friday, 1/10: CLOSED Saturday, 1/11: 12pm Writer Workshop ($5) Sunday, 1/12: 2pm Fiction through Prompts ($10) |
| | January Book of the Month at
The Writer Workshop Bookstore
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
by Stephen KingImmensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this special edition of Stephen King’s critically lauded, million-copy bestseller shares the experiences, habits, and convictions that have shaped him and his work. “Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported, near-fatal accident in 1999—and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it—fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.
Available at The Writer Workshop Bookstore or on Amazon |
| | Manuscript Formatting
by Gregory A. KompesAt a recent meeting at The Writer Workshop we got to talking about proper formatting. I thought I would share a few basics...
There are some basic formatting rules that the various writing industries expect. For books (fiction and nonfiction), most agents and publishers expect to receive work presented in 12 point, Times New Roman font, double spaced, with the first line of paragraphs indented 1/2 inch, and the page to have 1 inch margins all around.
Similarly, stage plays and screen plays have detailed expectations of how the elements of the script are presented, including acts, scenes, narration, stage direction, character names (and descriptions), dialog, and the spacing of all these elements. For stage plays check out the BBC's Stage Play Formatting and How to Format a Screenplay from First Draft (excellent software for screenplay writing.)
Presenting work that is professionally formatted makes you look like a professional writer. When agents and publishers and producers receive improperly formatted work, they're more likely to reject it because industry experts and professionals want to work with people who take their craft seriously.
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| | Fiction Through Prompts
The popular Fiction through Prompts. Each session includes writing to a “high end” prompt, reading our work, receiving a bit of feedback, and a short lecture on a literary device.
This weekly event allows you to step outside your box, to disrupt your usual thought process by writing to a prompt without advance thought. You hear the prompt, and then write for about 20 minutes. Participants then read their work and receive a bit of light feedback. It's an informative and sometimes transformation process.
Tuesday, January 7 at 7 pm and Sunday, January 12 at 2 pm ($10) |
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