Many thanks to Vice President CHRISTY COWDEN who had to carry the August 7 meeting alone, as all the other officers were out of pocket! Several faithful members were also out sick, including SHIRLEY BROWN, ROSE COX, DONNA STONE, and BONNIE McEWAN. However, it sounds as if the meeting went well, with good attendance in spite of the many who could not be there. If we could get us all together at once....
The new meeting place at Bossier Arts Council was adequate in some ways but reported to be very unkempt. We will talk with the management there before our next meeting.
We welcome several new members this month, including CATHY AMY, MARJORIE BULL, and MARCY SIMMONS.
Thanks to MARIE BRASS who provided Flash Writing topics this month.
CARLOS COLON brought a copy of BRENDA FRIED’s new book Bridging the Gap of Faith, which he helped edit. Brenda joined SWC at the December meeting/party, but has not been able to attend often. Visit BrendaFried.com for more information.
CHRISTY COWDEN provided information on screen writing format and shared some examples. She suggested the purchase of Syd Fields screen writing books, such as Screenplay: Fundamentals of Screenwriting, for those interested in that genre.
PHILLIP VOLENTINE shared some examples of his songwriting, including a recording.
MARCY SIMMONS shared a website members may want to investigate: fundsforwriters.com
We hope members are ruminating and getting ready to write something for the September Members' Only Mini-contest. The theme is 'flash fiction,' an extremely brief short-story form. See this wikipedia entry for more on the genre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction
Our resident flash fictionista is PAM RAINTREE, who holds to the 300 word limit for flash fiction, but the September contest was announced as a 500 word limit. Remember to prepare a cover sheet for your entry with name, title and contact info. Your name should not appear on any page of the actual entry. (By the way, Making a Mark SWC pens are being awarded to all who participate in the mini-contests.)
P.S. this blog needs more photos! Anyone who'd like to catch a few faces at the meetings?
Since 1935, Shreveport Writers Club has been a support group for writers. SWC includes writers from all stages of life. Many of us are published authors of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Others simply enjoy sharing their thoughts in written form with other people who love words.
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