July Meeting

Get Your Creative Juices Flowing!  Writing exercises to challenge your imagination and technique.”

 

From time to time, many of our members have found themselves staring at a blank piece of paper or computer screen, not knowing where to start or what to write.  Our July program is designed to wake us from our summer doldrums and spur our imaginations through a series of creative writing exercises.  I will lead the group through a series of prompts and challenging but time-limited assignments designed to spark creativity.  This will be an interactive program with members sharing what they’ve written.  Bring pencil, paper, tablet, or laptop to join us for this fun hands-on workshop.

June Meeting

June's Program

“Write from Wrong: Exploring Values & Tolerance” examines various aspects of human judgment—from the nature of prejudice, to falling in love, feeling judged and establishing healthy boundaries. This workshop explores a much-needed dialogue about personal perceptions, attitudes and actions in American culture.

Monica Gomez is an award-winning writer, poet, singer/songwriter, on-air and voice talent, and long-time martial arts student and teacher. An accomplished teaching artist, Monica works with diverse populations using creative writing for self-discovery. Her self-published workbook, Expressercize: Write Answers, offers more than 100 innovative writing exercises. From 2007 to 2014, Monica produced and hosted State of the Arts —a weekly arts program on KTEP, El Paso’s National Public Radio affiliate.

March Meeting

The workshop will be called "Let us Metaphor" and we will explore the definition, as devised first by Aristotle, and modern explanations of the filing system of the mind, mixed metaphors, and the blason 

(a form in which the beloved is compared to a series of objects). We will have a couple of writing exercises and plenty of examples.

Robin Scofield is the author of the chapbook, And the Ass Saw the Angel, and Sunflower
Cantos (Mouthfeel Press 2012), her full-length collection. Her poems have appeared in The
Paris Review, The Texas Observer, and The Warwick Review. Her poems appeared last fall in
The Mas Tequila Review, Cimarron Review, New Border Anthology, and Mezcla 2. She writes
with the Tumblewords Project and is co-editor of poetry at BorderSenses. Her next book of
poetry, Drive, will be published in 2015 by Mouthfeel Press.

February Meeting: How to Write Dynamic Dialog

How to Write Dynamic Dialog:

 L. C. Hayden will show you how to take your dialog to the next level. She'll discuss the no's and yes's of writing effective dialog.

Bio:

  L. C. Hayden is the award winning and best selling author of mysteries, inspirational, and children's books. Her mysteries include the Harry Bronson and the Aimee Brent series. These books have been finalist for the Agatha Award for best novel of the year,the Watson Award for Best Characters, and made the Penn. Top 10 books list. They have also been Kindle Best Sellers.

   Her inspirational books about miracles and angels are international best sellers, constantly hitting the Kindle Top 100 Best Sellers List.

   Hayden has also penned two children's books, both delighting children all over the world.

   Her newest releases are an Aimee Brent mystery, Vengeance in My Heart, and the children's book, Puppy Dog and His Bone. The royalties for the first four months earned for these books will be donated to charity.   

   Besides being an accomplished author, Hayden is a popular speaker who is often in demand. She has conducted workshops, school presentations, has spoken to clubs and organizations, and was recently hired by several cruise lines to speak about writing while cruising all over the world. From October 2006 to October 2007, Hayden hosted Mystery Writers of America's only talk show, Murder Must Air.

   Hayden, who taught high school English for twenty-six years, retired in May 2001 and calls El Paso, Texas, her home. Hayden holds a Master's Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. 

   Besides writing, Hayden enjoys drawing, reading, traveling, and scuba diving.   

   Befriend her on Facebook at LcHayden

Preview page for Saturdays presentation

This is the preview page Tracy Thomason provided for his presentation on Saturday!


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http://www.15minutemondays.com/EPWL