Guest speaker Jackie Lewis spoke to us about her writing endeavors as a local unpublished author as well as Editor of Minute magazine. Her talk was followed by a fascinating Q&A session.
Marian Poe told us of the Arkansas Writer's Conference and her contributions to Flashlight Memories, an anthology featuring work by her and Becky Haigler.
This month's Members-Only Mini Contest winner is Christy Cowden.
Cheryl Floyd presented the topic for this month:
Write a 750-1000 word short story in the genre of dystopia.
Dystopian stories are often set in the future and feature or have as the setting a society of bad circumstance in including oppressive control by the government, social conformity with no individualism, yet purport utopian achievement. Opposite of what one would call a "utopia" or perfect society of laws, customs, politics, and conditions.
Does not have to be futuristic.
Emphasize the setting or a protagonist's plight. Does he or she overcome as in the Giver, or succumb as in 1984?
As always, the meeting ended with a rousing Round-Robin session.
Flash-writing was pre-empted this month to accomodate time for our guest speaker.
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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