Monthly Archives: September 2019

The Noble Pen for Oct 3, 2019

Last night, only Troy and I had shown up by 7:15, so I decided to call off the meeting. As we had an open slot next week, I gave that one to Troy, and I’ll put my piece up on the 10th.

See what happens when you go on vacation, Bill?

Upcoming Schedule

Oct 3
Aime
Dylan
Troy

Oct 10
Shannon
open slots

Oct 17
open slots

Oct 24
open slots

Keep Writing,
Shannon

The Noble Pen for Sept 26, 2019

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” – Dr. Seuss

Education

I discussed this method for analyzing pacing of pieces you like in order to build a new outline: https://www.udemy.com/course/reverse-engineer-riveting-fiction-write-best-selling-books/

We talked about the “Save the Cat” method for developing outlines.
https://www.savethecat.com/

Victories

Ciuin got the lowest score she’s ever received on a grad school paper, which was coincidentally the highest score Shannon had ever received on any paper.

Dylan is going to lead a writing group and ICON this year.
https://iowa-icon.com/
Nov 1st through 3rd

News

In addition to ICON mentioned above, there will be a Book Bums Writers Workshop in West Liberty on November 9th.
https://www.wlpl.org/bookbums2019

Upcoming Schedule

Sep 26
Ciuin
Shannon
Troy

Oct 3
Aime
Dylan
open slots

Oct 10
open slots

Oct 17
open slots

Oct 24
open slots

Keep Writing,
Shannon

The Noble Pen for Sept 19, 2019

Education

See older newsletters for many educational topics.

Victories

Ciuin finished three school papers.

Aime submitted re-election papers.

Randy participated in I.O.W.A but it had low traffic.

Shannon had his most productive writing day in a long time.

Troy found the group.

Upcoming Schedule

Sep 19
Shannon
Dylan
Rachel

Sep 26
Ciuin
open slots

Oct 3
Aime
open slots

Oct 10
open slots

Oct 17
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill

The Noble Pen for Sept 12, 2019

Education

See older newsletters for many educational topics.

Victories

Ciuin wrote more than just her submission this week.

Dylan is a month ahead on his latest project.

Upcoming Schedule

Sep 12
Aime
Rachel
Ciuin

Sep 19
open slots

Sep 26
open slots

Oct 3
open slots

Oct 10
open slots

Keep Writing,
Bill