CENTEX CHAPTER
CENTEX CHAPTER
CENTEX MONTHLY MEETING - November 21, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
In Re-Visionary Writing, author Allison Pittman will teach revision techniques to bring new life to dead words. Learn how to create multi-dimensional characters, add subtext to dialogue, and breath to beats.Bring up to three pages of a struggling scene so you can immediately apply these techniques to your manuscript. The words are on the page. Setting established, properly punctuated dialogue, conflict, characters, plot. But something's missing. Somehow, the scene on the page is just that-on the page. In Re-Visionary Writing, author Allison Pittman will lead you through specific, hands-on techniques to bring new life to dead words. Throughout the course of this day-long workshop, you will scrutinize your scenes looking for ways to bring depth and dimension to the flatness on the page. Specifically, we'll address bringing dimension to characters, subtext to dialogue and breath to beats. Come ready to create a new scene in a guided workshop. In addition, bring 1-3 pages of a WIP so you can immediately apply these tools of the revision to a struggling scene.
Allison Pittman, speaker and writer, is the author of the popular Crossroads of Grace series and the non-fiction book Saturdays with Stella: How My Dog Taught Me to Sit, Stay and Come when God Calls (Multnomah). Her latest novel, Stealing Home, has met with rave reviews. She has been a presenter for several ACFW chapters, as well as the NoLA Stars Writers Conference and Glorieta Christian Writers Conference. At home in San Antonio, she leads the Christian Writers Group of the Greater San Antonio Area, and is a member of the Alamo City Writers (ACFW San Antonio). Visit Allison's website to learn more about this accomplished writer.
Cost for the seminar is $35 for ACFW members and $45 for non-members. It includes a continental breakfast, lunch, and all handouts. Registration is limited to thirty attendees on a first come/first served basis.
Mail registration form and payment, check or money order, to:
CenTex Chapter, ACFW, 1712 Chalice Cove, Round Rock, TX 78665
If you have any questions call (512) 238-1915 or email feather@austin.rr.com.
This one-day seminar will be held in the Equipping Center, Sanctuary Bldg. at the First Baptist Church, 306 Round Rock Avenue, in Round Rock, Texas, 78664. For map and driving directions see: http://www.fbcrr.org/. The map is a pdf file so it may take a moment to load. Parking is in the small lot in front of Lane House as well as across the side street in the church's larger lot.
Monthly meetings are held in the Lane House at the First Baptist Church, 306 Round Rock Avenue, in Round Rock, Texas, 78664. For map and driving directions see: http://www.fbcrr.org/. The map is a pdf file so it may take a moment to load. Parking is in the small lot in front of Lane House as well as across the side street in the church's larger lot.
OCTOBER MEETING PRESENTATION
Many THANKS to everyone who brought books for the Book Sale. it was a successful day. Another sale is planned for early next year so start your piles now.
UPCOMING 2009 and 2010 MEETINGS
MEMBER NEWS
Richard Barnett
Richard's poem, "Have You Seen the Children Crying," placed 3rd in Category 2 in the 2009 Utmost Christian poetry contest sponsored by the Utmost Christian Writers Foundation.
Ann Bell
Ann's latest educational technology book has just been released. It's entitled: Exploring Web 2.0: Second Generation Interactive Tools - Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Networking, Virtual Worlds, and More.
Lila Guzman
Lila's "Dr. Hector P. Garcia: Fighting for Justice" won First Place in Category 8-Picture Book in the 2009 Oklahoma Writers Federation Contest. Her "Spinach Wars" won Honorable Mention in Category 9-Middle Reader.
Karen Hodges
Karen has an article in Library Media Connection, a Librarians' Journal, which will be printed in the August/September issue. Her article "Growing Your Guild" was published in June in the Texasteller, the newsletter for the Texas-wide Tejas Storytelling Association.
Nancy Jo Jenkins
Nancy Jo spoke to the Metropolitan Baptist Church book club in Houston on August 20th. She discussed and answered questions about her book Cold Water Revival.
Alicea Jones
Alicea will have an article appearing in Opulence Magazine on micro farming. Opulence is an upscale living publication in Austin. Her article The Call will be published in 2010 in Now What?, the online publication for Bible Advocate Magazine.
Stefanie Morris
Stefanie signed with agent Terry Burns to be represented by Hartline Literary Agency.
Melody Pickle
Melody is the new Online Writer Lab (OWL) Instructor at St. Edward's University. She helps graduate students revise papers via the web. She's also teaching an English class at Austin Community College.
Michelle Shocklee
Michelle sold a story to Chicken Soup for the Soul! It'll be in their Tough Times, Tough People book released in May, 2009.
Lynette Sowell
Lynette has sold a novella, Lights of Love, in the anthology A Riverwalk Christmas to be released in September 2010 from Barbour Publishing.
MEMBER WEBSITES
| Rene Banglesdorf | Richard Barnett | Ann Bell | Jason Carr | Lila Guzman | Nancy Jo Jenkins | Melissa Leedom | Joy Nord | Lynette Sowell | Patrick Whalen |
OTHER ACFW CHAPTERS
WRITING RELATED CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
Act One Seminar - Screenwriting & The Business of Hollywood to Fort Worth
Friday and Saturday, February 19-20, 2010
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth
Online Information: http://www.actoneprogram.com/screenwritingweekends.htm
Who Should Attend? Act One Conferences welcome all professional and aspiring writers, producers and entertainment executives. If your state says you're old enough for high school, you're old enough for our seminar. We don't care what church you attend, or how you vote - if you love Jesus and love the idea of creating film and television, come spend a life-changing weekend with us. Bring a pen, a sense of humor, and an open heart and ready mind.You Should Know...Our sessions are packed with film and television clips. Some of them include brief instances of adult subject matter and language. We do our best to present these clips in a Christian context, but they don't necessarily represent the worldview of Act One, Inc. or our instructors. If the MPAA were rating our seminars, they'd probably call them PG - and so do we.
Cost: Early bird reservation by November 15, 2009
$225.00 regular attendees and $205.00 for full-time students
WRITING RESOURCES
Officers | Dorothy Featherling | Rene Banglesdorf | Stefanie Morris | Lin Harris |
CenTex Chapter dues is $10 annually.
First year membership in ACFW is $50 and is required prior to joining the CenTex Chapter. ACFW renewal fee is $40.
Download the CenTex application form
Contact Lin Harris for additional memberhship information.
Lin Harris
129 Fox Hollow Cove
Cedar Creek, Texas 78612-4844
(512) 601-2216
(240) 208-3201 fax
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