September’s Writers’ Mill meeting was well-attended with around 24 members sharing space in the Zoom Room provided by Laura at Cedar Mill library. We enjoyed a particularly good speaker, Erick Mertz, announced contests, discussed the anthology, and generally had a very successful time. If you missed the meeting, do try to join next time.
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Mystery Workshop with Cindy Brown July 19th 2020
Mystery Workshop with Cindy Brown
Writing Character-Based Mysteries
Cindy Brown
cindybrownwriter.com
info@cindybrownwriter.com
Books: Macdeath, The Sound of Murder, Oliver Twisted, Ivy Get Your Gun, The Phantom of Oz, Killalot, Murder Most Theatrical (Anthology – August 2020)
Continue reading Mystery Workshop with Cindy Brown July 19th 2020Writers’ Mill minutes July 19th 2020
25 people attended the Writers’ Mill Zoom meeting this month, and enjoyed a very informative, inspirational and encouraging talk from Cindy Brown, author of the Ivy Meadows mysteries. Cindy’s handout can be downloaded from https://www.portlandwritersmill.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Mysteries-handout-from-Cindy-Brown.docx and I’ll include the edited version with notes from our session at the end of this email.
Continue reading Writers’ Mill minutes July 19th 2020Story Mechanics
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