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Writers’ Mill Minutes 201803

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Writing Exercise (from Teri Brown): Teri handed around scent vials during our meeting. Maybe just stand at an open window (on this lovely spring day) and see what smell reaches your nose. Then write for 10 minutes and see what story reaches the page. Continue reading Writers’ Mill Minutes 201803 →

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Writers’ Mill Minutes 201801

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Writers’ Mill Minutes Jan 21st 2018

Our first meeting of 2018 was fairly sparsely attended with only 12 people present. We blamed the weather, and invite anyone who wasn’t there to weigh in on the questions below:

  1. What do you want to achieve this year? (Feel free to add your goals to the box at February’s meeting.)
  2. What do you want from the Writers’ Mill this year? (Feel free to email admin@portlandwritersmill.org with your requests.)
  3. How important are speaker engagements to you?
  4. How important is it to have regular critiques?
  5. How important is it to have regular writing exercises at our meetings?

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Writers Mill Minutes 201703

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Writers’ Mill Minutes March 19 2017

Twenty people enjoyed a fantastic workshop from Nancy Linnon (http://www.themovingpen.net/) on March 19th at the library. A gifted speaker, teacher, editor, writer, writing coach and more, Nancy came armed with excellent handouts including a great list of resources, and she invited us, right from her very first question, to look more deeply for stories in our own lives and those of our characters. Lots of members left energized and excited to realize they just might have a story worth telling in their past. Continue reading Writers Mill Minutes 201703 →

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The Mechanics of Writing

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I think this is the last one – more old links as we clean up the site:

Advice for Writers (sometimes free):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YJXXCQS

http://blog.bookbaby.com/2015/08/completing-novel-look-various-writing-methods/

Point of View:

http://learnhowtowriteanovel.com/blog/2015/08/17/wordsmithing-makeover-how-to-write-static-description/

http://www.writersonthemove.com/2015/07/multiple-points-of-view-good-or-bad.html

Punctuation and Grammar:

http://www.voicecatcher.org/archives/5556

http://main.makeuseoflimited.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/15-punctuation-marks.jpg?7bd39e

https://forums.createspace.com/en/community/community/resources/blog/2014/09/09/affect-vs-effect

Sentences

https://www.coursera.org/course/basicwriting

Writers’ Toolbox

http://ryanlanz.com/writers-toolbox/

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Story Mechanics

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Perspective:

http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2015/02/4-tips-for-handling-multiple.html

Character:

http://jodyhedlund.blogspot.com/2014/10/planting-minor-characters-with-purpose.html

http://www.writersonthemove.com/2014/09/bring-your-characters-to-life-with.html

Detail:

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/descriptive-writing/

http://www.copyblogger.com/damn-good-sentences/

http://www.writersonthemove.com/2013/11/use-seven-senses-to-spark-your-writing.html

Plot and story arc:

http://storyfix.com/the-irrefutable-algebra-of-story

http://storyfix.com/easy-approach-story-building-bedtime-story-model

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/10/plotting-with-save-cat-beat-sheet.html

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/10/plotting-with-heros-journey.html

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2013/10/how-to-plot-with-three-act-structure.html

http://storyfix.com/value-pantsing

Polish:

http://storyfix.com/fiction-writers-definition-criteria-concept