Have you poured your heart and soul into a draft of your novel or spent the month of November writing 50,000 + words for NaNoWriMo, and now don’t know what to do with all your effort? Perhaps you are not sure if you have hooked your reader. Maybe you are stuck with the muddle in the middle. Then join us on December 19, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd. Pleasanton, as we hold a “Workshop A La Carte” in which attendees will be able to join in on three out of five table-top discussions.
Tabletop Topics / Leaders:
- Writing to the Promise – Julaina Kleist-Corwin
- Attention Grabbing Beginnings – Shelley Riley
- Avoiding the Muddle/Lag in the Middle – Ed Miracle
- Writing Realistic Dialogue – Lani Longshore
- The Killer Sentence – G. Karl Kumfert
Come prepared. Know your writing and the topics you would like to focus/improve upon.
Rules:
- Each tabletop discussion will be 30 minutes in length
- Table Topic Leader stays at table, attendees move to desired table
- Each table can hold up to 7 attendees
- Attendees have the choice to attend 3 out of the 5 tabletop discussions
- Attendees will select their three discussion sessions (including time of session) at check-in. Note: First come, first selection!
- Attendees will begin at the table that corresponds with their first session
There will be approximately 5 minutes between sessions to get refreshments and rotate to the proper table
Attendees will take away ideas and concrete examples of ways to improve their writing. Handouts of key points from the discussions the attendee participated in will be available. All attendees will receive the TVW Style Guide, a general style guide that TVW recommends for most publications.
December is also Tri-Valley Writers’ book swap month. Bring a book, swap for another book you haven’t already read. You may bring more than one book.