Events
Past: Writers on the Rock: "Write Now" Conference, Saturday, February 24, 2018
I will be teaching at the Writer’s on the Rock “Write Now” Conference on Saturday, February 24, 2018, at Bear Valley Church, 10001 W. Jewell, Lakewood, CO 80401. My topic is “The Writer's Toolkit: Essential Tools for the Fiction Writer,” a focused look at the most important things writers can do to catapult their fiction from mediocre to stellar.
Please click on the link above to register for this day-long conference. In my opinion it is one of the best deals in writers’ conferences – no travel required for Denver folks and lots of networking!
To get the most out of this seminar, you may want to do some work in advance. Please read the attached short story before class(click here for a link to the story, “White Angel,” by Michael Cunningham) and come prepared to discuss the questions below (you do not need to hand anything in):
1. Who is the narrator?
2. From whose point of view (POV) is the story told?
3. In what “person” is the story told?
4. Who is the story about?
5. What's the difference between POV (Q.2 above) and “person” (Q.3 above)?
6. What would happen if it were told from a different POV?
7. What verb tense is used to tell the story?
8. Please mark the scene breaks, and be ready to describe each scene (in 1 sentence or phrase).
9. What creates tension in the story?
10. What else do you notice about the story?
Please click on the link above to register for this day-long conference. In my opinion it is one of the best deals in writers’ conferences – no travel required for Denver folks and lots of networking!
To get the most out of this seminar, you may want to do some work in advance. Please read the attached short story before class(click here for a link to the story, “White Angel,” by Michael Cunningham) and come prepared to discuss the questions below (you do not need to hand anything in):
1. Who is the narrator?
2. From whose point of view (POV) is the story told?
3. In what “person” is the story told?
4. Who is the story about?
5. What's the difference between POV (Q.2 above) and “person” (Q.3 above)?
6. What would happen if it were told from a different POV?
7. What verb tense is used to tell the story?
8. Please mark the scene breaks, and be ready to describe each scene (in 1 sentence or phrase).
9. What creates tension in the story?
10. What else do you notice about the story?
"Swindled" Launched!
Having been unwillingly and unwittingly thrust to the center of the conservation easement scandal in Colorado, I am frequently asked by friends to tell the story. It is a long and complicated story, and the main reason I'm telling it -- and telling it in serialized blog form -- is to give other landowners a voice and a discussion platform. There are an estimated 600 landowners whose cases have not yet been heard, and who are still waiting for justice. This blog's for them!
“Swindled,” debuted on June 28, 2016, and was a finalist in the Colorado Author's League 2017 contest for blogs. The blog no longer shows in the navigation bar above, but you can get to it by clicking here.
#swindled #conservationeasements.
“Swindled,” debuted on June 28, 2016, and was a finalist in the Colorado Author's League 2017 contest for blogs. The blog no longer shows in the navigation bar above, but you can get to it by clicking here.
#swindled #conservationeasements.
