Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Winter Meetings for W4AS

Jan. 8
Jan. 22
 
Feb. 5
Feb. 19
 
March 5
March 19

W4AS meeting 1/08/13

Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013
Beginning at 6:30
The Club at Eaglebrooke in Lakeland

Mini-lesson:  Setting and achieving goals
Be ready to discuss at least one writing goal you have for 2013.  Bring paper/pen or laptop.

For the remainder of the meeting:
Bring about 1,000 words or ten minutes of information to read/discuss/show.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Character Traits -- in Conclusion

"For every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction." ~~~ Newton's Third Law of Motion

Good-Bad
Happy-Sad
Evil-Saintly
Breathe In-Breath Out

"Woven into every fictional character, there must be positive as well as negative traits."
 ~~~ Evelyn Rainey's First Law of Writing

Dashing with a hint of cowardliness
Slutty with a chance of redemption
Boring until pushed to greatness
Supreme Leadership skills with a touch of madness

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Character Traits

How would your antagonist react to a supporting character who acted in one or more of these ways?


Mature
Faithful
Acceptance

Misrepresent
Belittle
Criticize
Pillory
Denounce
Scorn
Ridicule
Deride
Humiliate
Mock
Disdain

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Character Traits

How would your protagonist react to a supporting character who acted in one or more of these ways?


Mature
Faithful
Acceptance

Misrepresent
Belittle
Criticize
Pillory
Denounce
Scorn
Ridicule
Deride
Humiliate
Mock
Disdain

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

The next meeting is Nov. 20, 2012


Nov. 20 The Club at Eaglebrooke
6:30 – 7:15 Lesson 
7:30 – 8:30 Shared Critique Time

Dec. 4 – Christmas Party

Next meeting – Jan. 8, 2013