Next Noble Pen Meeting

March 29th, 2018 at 7 pm

Scott’s Family Restaurant

1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids

News

Kate Wilhelm, a writer of mysteries, suspense, science fiction, and p*ems, died at age 89.  She raised six children and published sixty books.  Wikipedia provides a list of works.

Victories

Aime and Randy got royalty checks.  Combined, they would buy a small meal.

Ciuin sold a book.  She has been hired to edit a book.

Education

A surprising number of stories fit well into the structure of The Hero’s Journey (wikipedia-monomyth) and they aren’t all epic fantasies.   Vladimir Propp was one of the pioneers of the idea as applied to folk tales.  Elizabeth Sims discusses the structure and how a Sherlock Holmes story fits it.  Here’s another comparison using Star Wars and The Matrix.

Upcoming Schedule

March 29
Aime – short educational
Jeremiah
Randy
Stacie S.

Apr 5
Nick
Randy
Ciuin

Apr 12
Uriah
Aime
Stacie S.

Apr 19
Open slots

Apr 26
Randy
Open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill