The first Eat & Exchange session of 2014 was a big hit. Held
at Sip Coffee House in Crown Point, the session was well-attended and thought-provoking.
IWC President Janine Harrison facilitated the discussion on “Kit and Kaboodle
of Creative Nonfiction: Truth, Investigation, Tense, and Trends.”
If you missed the first session, there are five more to come
during March, April, and May. All sessions are open to the public. The schedule
follows, and be sure to join us when you can.
March
Wednesday March 19th
at 6 PM, Grindhouse Café, 146 N. Broad St., Griffith, IN
"Where Do You Get Your
Ideas?" -- the Question We Love to Hate
Facilitator: Michael Poore
Supposedly, this is the question all writers despise...or DO
we? Just this once, because the moon is in the seventh house and Venus has
aligned with Mars, it will be okay to ask. And to tell.
April
Saturday, April 5th,
at 11 AM, Red Cup Café, 115 Broadway, Chesterton, IN
A Walk in the
Woods: Nature, Exercise and Writing
Facilitator: Gordon Stamper, Jr.
Throughout the history of letters, nature and long walks
have inspired our great writers, from Wordsworth and Dickens to Frost, Joyce,
Woolf, and recent award winning poet Harryette Mullen (Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a
Tanka Diary). Moderator Gordon
Stamper, Jr. will lead a discussion of how exercise and nature have been and
can be wellsprings of inspiration.
Wednesday, April 16th,
at 6 PM, Sip Coffee House, 11 North Ct., Crown Point,
IN
Outside Your
Demographic: Creating Characters with an Authentic Voice
Facilitator: Julie Larson
This discussion will focus on writing race and
thoughts on writing beyond one’s own ethnicity. Is writing characters of
another race a matter of imagination, as some writers claim, or forbidden?
Discussion about regional dialect and vernacular, along with what expert
linguists have to say, will be highlighted. Examples in prose and poetry will
be provided.
May
Saturday, May 3rd,
at 11 AM, Grindhouse Café, 146 N. Broad St., Griffith, IN
Self-Publishing with
a Professional Flair
Facilitator: Kathryn Page Camp
Many self-published books are riddled with typos,
inconsistencies, and just plain bad writing. How do you keep yours from being
judged guilty by association? This roundtable discussion will focus on ways to
show readers, libraries, and bookstores that your self-published book is professional
quality and worthy of their time and money.
Wednesday, May 14th,
at 6 PM, Red Cup Café, 115 Broadway, Chesterton, IN
“Yes I'm a Damsel.
Yes I'm In Distress. I can handle this.":
Avoiding generic female characters in genre fiction
Facilitator: Kayla Greenwell
Although there are a
few great female genre fiction writers, like Margaret Atwood and Ursula LeGuin,
fantasy and science fiction writing is still a "man's world." As a
result, many female characters in these genres are static at best. In this workshop we will be discussing how to
avoid weak, stereotypical female characters in genre fiction writing. We will discuss archetypes and character
building within a genre fiction frame.
All
discussion sessions are open to the public.
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