WEST 5 March 2019
06/03/19 23:27
WEST NOTES - 5 MARCH 2019
-> Welcome (11 present, 7+4)
-> Book Covers 1) Premade Covers by Writing Scutt Designs for $50 even includes some mild tweaking, otherwise your title and info and its a done deal, with ebook covers for $25 . . www.etsy.com/shop/WritingScuttDesigns or writingscutt@gmail.com or 315.278.8006; 2) FB Affordable Premade Book Covers $$ from $50-$88 to a few hundred; 3) Taylor Langdon (the designer of my first two book covers) trlangdon@gmail.com, www.etsy.com/shop/taylorlangdondesigns or www.taylorlangdon.com
-> A call out to screenplay writers that Hallmark is looking for screenplays and to go to their main website for details
-> WORKSHOP by Mary McFarland “Your Writing Voice” beginning with “How to Craft a Scene” a part of her Red Girl Media series. Crafting a scene includes: 1) Basic elements of “craft” for scene’s design; 2) Supports story’s shape and overall design, its’ “unity” consistency of distinctive author’s “voice” and sustains tension that is compelling. 5 Actions . . how character(s) actions in the scene are, connected to the novel’s main showcase theme(s), denials that showcase theme(s), conflicting values between two main characters, and elements of craft required for the scene. To this end, a form was provided and reviewed that gave the details of how to complete each step of these goals by procedural steps including the “beat.”
-> Meeting was closed off with a review of member John Kiser’s “The Other Side of Life” including where the project is, what the project is about, and how the project actually involves a 2 part series both of which are 100% along.
Coming Up at RVW WEST in Portsmouth are published author Karisa DeLay in April describing her journey to publishing and a WORKSHOP by Del Duduit on how to “Pitch Your Book” and “Writer’s Conferences”.
-> Welcome (11 present, 7+4)
-> Book Covers 1) Premade Covers by Writing Scutt Designs for $50 even includes some mild tweaking, otherwise your title and info and its a done deal, with ebook covers for $25 . . www.etsy.com/shop/WritingScuttDesigns or writingscutt@gmail.com or 315.278.8006; 2) FB Affordable Premade Book Covers $$ from $50-$88 to a few hundred; 3) Taylor Langdon (the designer of my first two book covers) trlangdon@gmail.com, www.etsy.com/shop/taylorlangdondesigns or www.taylorlangdon.com
-> A call out to screenplay writers that Hallmark is looking for screenplays and to go to their main website for details
-> WORKSHOP by Mary McFarland “Your Writing Voice” beginning with “How to Craft a Scene” a part of her Red Girl Media series. Crafting a scene includes: 1) Basic elements of “craft” for scene’s design; 2) Supports story’s shape and overall design, its’ “unity” consistency of distinctive author’s “voice” and sustains tension that is compelling. 5 Actions . . how character(s) actions in the scene are, connected to the novel’s main showcase theme(s), denials that showcase theme(s), conflicting values between two main characters, and elements of craft required for the scene. To this end, a form was provided and reviewed that gave the details of how to complete each step of these goals by procedural steps including the “beat.”
-> Meeting was closed off with a review of member John Kiser’s “The Other Side of Life” including where the project is, what the project is about, and how the project actually involves a 2 part series both of which are 100% along.
Coming Up at RVW WEST in Portsmouth are published author Karisa DeLay in April describing her journey to publishing and a WORKSHOP by Del Duduit on how to “Pitch Your Book” and “Writer’s Conferences”.