W4AS meeting 2/05/13

Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013
Beginning at 6:30
The Club at Eaglebrooke in Lakeland

Mini-lesson:  Writing Like a Lover
Explore the similarities between writing and whoopee!  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.

W4AS meeting 1/22/13

Tuesday Jan. 22, 2013
Beginning at 6:30
The Club at Eaglebrooke in Lakeland

Mini-lesson:  Writing like Beowulf
Be ready to discuss at least one monster you must face in your world of creativity.  Bring paper/pen or laptop.

"Each of us must look to Death, and he who can should do mighty deeds before it comes." ~~ Beowulf


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

Notes from Knutson

Linda Knutson writes:

I'm very excited to share that my mother has recently published her first eBook. It's a legal suspense novel called Shelter of Lies. It's available on Smashwords. You can download the first 5 chapter for free, or the whole book for $6.99. She's a great writer! It's really worth a look! Please check out the attached pdf document for more details and links.

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.

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

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