Next Noble Pen Meeting

January 8th, 2015 at 7 pm

Scott’s Family Restaurant

1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

News

Amazon’s all-you-want-to-read subscription is drawing complaints from authors who earn less because of it.

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Never give up.  Edith Pearlman sold occasional short stories for 27 years before she was able to get a book published.

Victories

Most of us survived the holidays, and some did write.  I know that Ciuin has been working on Petty Theft edits.

Education

Word repetition is a common problem for writers.  In the early drafts you are working at getting the story told in any words that come to mind.  As you revise, you need to notice when you are overworking a word and find a way to rephrase, use a pronoun, or find a synonym.  Ben Yagoda has some tips.  The more common words can be repeated more often.

Repetition can also be used for desirable effects such as emphasis, rhythm, and mood.  More discussion here.

Upcoming Schedule

Jan 8
Eugenia
Greg
Ciuin

Jan 15
Tyree
Greg
Nick

Jan 22
Cindy?
Aimee
Ciuin

Jan 29
Open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill