April is National Poetry Month, so if you've ever written a poem ...
See you there!
6-8 PM
Fellowship Baptist Church -- and we'll meet in the Library again.
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March 23, 2009
March 16, 2009
Oops! I Nearly Forgot
Our March meeting will be tonight.
6-8 pm, at the church.
Don't forget to bring along some current works to share and an older piece of writing so we can apply our SURE challenge.
6-8 pm, at the church.
Don't forget to bring along some current works to share and an older piece of writing so we can apply our SURE challenge.
February 9, 2009
Next Meeting
February 16th, Monday from 6-8. Hope to see you there.
We are writing Something Happy for our challenge.
We are writing Something Happy for our challenge.
February 6, 2009
Poetry Contest and Scholarship Deadlines
If you are a Christian poet now is a good time to enter the Utmost Christian Poetry Contest (follow this link to Utmost Christian Writers Homepage). They've had fewer entries than in past years, not that I want any extra competition (I entered again this year) but Check It Out. The deadline for entries is Feb. 28th.
Thinking of deadlines -- If you're wanting one of those scholarships for BRMCWC 2009 better hurry up. (Go to CWFI, the instructions are under "Member Benefits" but anyone can apply) That deadline is Feb 15th. So if you haven't applied yet, you'd better hurry.
Thinking of deadlines -- If you're wanting one of those scholarships for BRMCWC 2009 better hurry up. (Go to CWFI, the instructions are under "Member Benefits" but anyone can apply) That deadline is Feb 15th. So if you haven't applied yet, you'd better hurry.
December 29, 2008
Scholarship for Writer's Conference
Any one interested in attending the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference at Ridgecrest (in North Carolina) May 17th -21st, 2009?
If so you should check out CWFI (Christian Writer's Fellowship International) -- they're offering scholarships for the conference from the Cecil B. Murphey Foundation.
If so you should check out CWFI (Christian Writer's Fellowship International) -- they're offering scholarships for the conference from the Cecil B. Murphey Foundation.
December 15, 2008
Color Theory and Symbolism
For December we will be looking at Literary Symbolism.
Sometimes a tree is just a tree, and sometimes it's an oak tree that represents strength and wisdom, or a sycamore representing vanity, or the evergreen pine whose branches clue us to a theme of immortality. You can give your writing depth by knowing and using symbolism in your novels or poems (it even works in non-fiction).
The easiest way to start is with color symbolism. Here's a simplistic example:
The sea flashes grey under the stormy skies as the fishermen cast their nets upon it.
The color grey represents both life and death -- in this example the sea might bring life in the form of food (fish) but it might also bring death or at least danger to the fishermen. (And storms usually represent violent human emotions by the way.)
So here's the list of Colors and what they usually represent:
1) white = life, good guy, purity
2) black = death, enemies, bad guy
3) grey = life and death (ie grey sea =fish/food+ danger/death)
4) red = pain, violence, blood (scarlet – emotional or physical pain)
5) gold = wealth
6) brown = earth/ farmer brown
7) green = birth or rebirth (in some cultures green = death /mold/decomposition)
8) pink = femininity (note: red and white)
9) purple = royalty
10) yellow = defined in context, often light/revelation/enlightenment , also blindness
11) blue = reflected off water is life symbol, contextual meaning (also calm, or Christianity)
12) orange = lust, fire, consuming
For our Monthly Challenge we will use one of the colors (in its prescribed meaning) along with at least two other aspects of symbolism. Any format as long as it's readable -- no sculptures, okay?
So pick a number between One and Twelve (can be the same number as the color you want to use) and watch this spot.
Tomorrow I'll post some other examples of literary symbolism.
In numbered lists.
Whatever number you picked, that'll be the symbols you'll work with for this exercise.
Oh, I know you'd rather choose for yourself, but remember this will stretch you, and stretching is good for your writing muscles.
Sometimes a tree is just a tree, and sometimes it's an oak tree that represents strength and wisdom, or a sycamore representing vanity, or the evergreen pine whose branches clue us to a theme of immortality. You can give your writing depth by knowing and using symbolism in your novels or poems (it even works in non-fiction).
The easiest way to start is with color symbolism. Here's a simplistic example:
The sea flashes grey under the stormy skies as the fishermen cast their nets upon it.
The color grey represents both life and death -- in this example the sea might bring life in the form of food (fish) but it might also bring death or at least danger to the fishermen. (And storms usually represent violent human emotions by the way.)
So here's the list of Colors and what they usually represent:
1) white = life, good guy, purity
2) black = death, enemies, bad guy
3) grey = life and death (ie grey sea =fish/food+ danger/death)
4) red = pain, violence, blood (scarlet – emotional or physical pain)
5) gold = wealth
6) brown = earth/ farmer brown
7) green = birth or rebirth (in some cultures green = death /mold/decomposition)
8) pink = femininity (note: red and white)
9) purple = royalty
10) yellow = defined in context, often light/revelation/enlightenment , also blindness
11) blue = reflected off water is life symbol, contextual meaning (also calm, or Christianity)
12) orange = lust, fire, consuming
For our Monthly Challenge we will use one of the colors (in its prescribed meaning) along with at least two other aspects of symbolism. Any format as long as it's readable -- no sculptures, okay?
So pick a number between One and Twelve (can be the same number as the color you want to use) and watch this spot.
Tomorrow I'll post some other examples of literary symbolism.
In numbered lists.
Whatever number you picked, that'll be the symbols you'll work with for this exercise.
Oh, I know you'd rather choose for yourself, but remember this will stretch you, and stretching is good for your writing muscles.
October 21, 2008
November Meeting Cancelled
Unless otherwise announced, we will not be meeting for the month of November. Our next meeting then will be the third Monday of December (the 15th) 6-8 PM.
Our challenge which will now be extended until December, is to write a characterization -- several pages detailing the appearance, background, motivations, etc. of a character (this need not be about a character in a story you are currently writing). This information helps round out the characters for the writer though much of it might never be told to the reader of the story. The purpose is to know your character inside and out so that you (the writer) can portray that character with more realism and continuity. Feel free to use a picture (i.e. from a handy mail-order catalogue) to create an "illustration" of your character. This can be a helpful jumping off point to begin your characterizations.
Also, as we will now have two months to work on this challenge, you may wish to work on a brief scene (containing dialogue and description) using the character developed from that exercise.
Our challenge which will now be extended until December, is to write a characterization -- several pages detailing the appearance, background, motivations, etc. of a character (this need not be about a character in a story you are currently writing). This information helps round out the characters for the writer though much of it might never be told to the reader of the story. The purpose is to know your character inside and out so that you (the writer) can portray that character with more realism and continuity. Feel free to use a picture (i.e. from a handy mail-order catalogue) to create an "illustration" of your character. This can be a helpful jumping off point to begin your characterizations.
Also, as we will now have two months to work on this challenge, you may wish to work on a brief scene (containing dialogue and description) using the character developed from that exercise.
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