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Writers Roundtable – November 2019

 

Writers Roundtable 

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

from 6:30-7:30PM 

(inside the Coffee Press at Paseo Verde Library in Green Valley Ranch)

 

Topic: “How Stormy Was It?”

(A Professional Meteorologist Dives Into “It was a dark and stormy night.”)  

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.” – opening lines of Paul Clifford, by Edward Bulwer- Lytton, 1830.  Writers Digest calls “It was a dark and stormy night.” the “literary poster child” of bad ways to start a novel and a classic example of purple prose. However, the American Review of Books ranks it #22 on their Best First Lines Of Novels List.  So which is it? Is writing about the weather boring? Or does it help set the mood and tension of your scene? Join us for a lively discussion with a professional meteorologist as he describes dynamic weather phenomena and lays a bunch of cool, techie weather lingo on us that you can drop in your next blockbuster!

Guest Presenter: Minnesota Public Radio (MPR.org) Meteorologist Paul Huttner.

(free for WSN Members and first time guests / $5 non-members)

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June Roundtable

June’s Writer’s Roundtable is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 6 at the Paseo Verde Library’s Coffee Press cafe.

This month’s lead-off topic is “Contracts, Contracts, Contracts! (and Legal Terms Every Writer Should Ask About)”

WSN President Eric James Miller will discuss the different types of contracts and legal terms every working writer should be familiar with. This discussion promises to be informative, but informal. Everyone will have the chance to share their experiences and ask questions about the business aspects of being a working writer.  As always, the conversation is likely to morph and evolve in different directions depending on what everyone brings to the table with their cup of joe, latte, or tea.

 

Free for WSN members, $5 for guests.

(if you have a subject you’d like to suggest for an upcoming Roundtable, please send it to nevadawriters (at) gmail (dot) com with the Subject “Roundtable Topic”)

 

 

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May Roundtable

 

May’s Writer’s Roundtable is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 at the Paseo Verde Library’s Coffee Press cafe.

This month’s theme is “Let’s Talk: Deploying Dialogue in Your Stories.” Bring dialogues from your favorite authors and from your own work.

UNLV writing professor Greg Miller will host this fun, free-flowing discussion, where you’ll have a chance to share ideas and insights with your fellow writers about topics you want to discuss.

We look forward to seeing you for good company, good conversation and good coffee!

Free for WSN members, $5 for guests.

 

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Writer’s Roundtable – April

 

Our next Writer’s Roundtable is set for 6:30 p.m. this coming Tuesday, April 4 at the Paseo Verde Library’s Coffee Press cafe across from The District in Henderson.

This month’s theme is “Writing the City: Putting urban spaces, histories and memories to work in your storytelling.

UNLV writing professor Greg Miller will host this fun, free-flowing discussion, where you’ll have a chance to share ideas and insights with your fellow writers.

Bring examples from your favorite works and from your own stories and essays.

Free for WSN members, $5 for guests.

 

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