Next Noble Pen Meeting
Nov 29th, 2018 at 7 pm
Scott’s Family Restaurant
1906 Blairs Ferry Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
News
The Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year is “Toxic” due to the frequency and ways it was used in 2018.
Victories
Because we didn’t meet this week, we don’t know of all the wonderful victories and accomplishments.
Education
There are so many possible mistakes, it’s hard to avoid them all. Even good manuscripts are often rejected, so you want yours to be one of the cleanest.
Here’s a list of few mistakes concerning the overall approach. Moira Allen offers an excellent list of ways to get a manuscript rejected. Jefferson Smith tabulated and ranked the mistakes that broke his immersion in stories. James Scott Bell lists elements of a story that may be lacking interest. Here’s Susan Breen’s list.
Upcoming Schedule
Nov 29
Aime (5700 words)
Ciuin (short)
Logan
Dec 6
Nick
Stacie
Aime ?
Dec 13
Open slots
Dec 20
Open slots
Dec 27
Open slots
Keep Writing,
Bill