Next Noble Pen Meeting
November 8th, 2012 at 7 pm
Scott’s Family Restaurant
1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
News
Random House and Penguin are negotiating a merger. Together, they control a quarter of the US book market.
Victories
Dylan reports that an anthology came out that includes his submission.
Shannon’s Fangs For Nothing arrived in its first print edition.
Aimee was ready to start writing for NaNoWriMo at 10 pm on Nov 1.
Education
Writers differ in how they go about revisions – do you go back frequently or wait until the draft is done? Rachel Scheller describes four approaches.
Read what several famous writers said about revisions.
And here’s some revision advice from the University of North Carolina.
Half my life is an act of revision. ~John Irving
I don’t write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing. ~Dean Koontz
Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing. ~Bernard Malamud
Upcoming Schedule
Nov 8th
Dylan, double slot (conclusion of BAM)
Aimee
Nov 15th
Tyree
Nick
Open slots
Nov 22nd
Thanksgiving – no meeting
Nov 29th
Open slots
Dec 6th
Open slots
Keep Writing,
Bill