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WCWF, 740 Gunnison Ave., Suite 205, Grand Junction, CO 81501 Volume 5:2 February 2019
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TED Talks comes to GJ - March 9,Avalon Theater, 645 Main, GJ. Sellyour book or ideas. Further info atwww.ted.com/tedx/events/32623
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A totally new presentation by Jim Van Pelt who has givenworkshops for WCWF for several years and always gives 110%
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Top Ten Writing TipsNo Matter Where You are in Your Career
Writers Night Returns - Mar. 5New Venue: The Art Center
7th and Orchard, Grand Junction, CO • 5:30-7:30
The Board is happy to announce theadmittance of two new Board mem-bers: Carly Smith and Linda EvansHowever - we still need about four orfive more members. Join us!
March 16, WCWF joins with the OldBroads of the Wilderness to presentwriting to convince and advocate.Author and activist Stephen Trimblewill speak followed by break-outsessions and Q&A. If you want towrite a letter, editorial, poetry, essayor social commentary fiction as anadvocater for a social issue, this isyour event! 9-12 at CMU Ballroom
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How to Write a Great (and Not Schmaltzy) Love SceneOne of the hardest scenes to successfully write is the love scene. In your mind you may pic-ture a moving, romantic interlude, but down on paper, you find it reads like melodrama—orworse. This can spell disaster for your novel.
Establish believable reasons for your characters to fall in love
Many amateur love stories fail because the author expects us to automatically understandwhy two individuals care about each other more than mere animal instinct.
Give the characters something other than themselves to talk about together
One way to avoid the pitfall of writing schmaltzy dialogue is to give your lovers somethingimportant to discuss—a problem unrelated to their relationship that they must solve.
Limit the dialogue—the power is in what they DON’T say
In real life, people rarely say exactly what they feel, particularly when they feel vulnerable.Your story should reflect this human behavior. Actions arise from thought and feeling.
Delay the kiss...and the sex
Romance happens in the space between attraction and fulfillment. The longer you spread outthat space, the more romantic your scene or your story becomes.
– Adapted from an on-line article by editor Jessi Rita Hoffman. Read the entire article athttps://www.janefriedman.com/write-love-scene/
Writing A Love SceneThe Ten Essentials
1. Know your characters. 2. Keep the plot in mind. 3. Remember you're writing love, not sex.4. Avoid purple prose. 5. Throw in lots of sexual tension.6. Know your audience. 7. Don't forget the setting.8. Avoid clichés like the plague.9. Make sure the theme is expressed. 10. Incorporate the background. Try several versions of a scene until youfind something that flows. But rememberrules are made to be broken. – Adapted from an article by Anne MarbleRead the article at http://www.writing-world.com/romance/essentials.shtml
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At the Lithic138 South Park Sq., #202, Fruita, CO - Th-Sat, 12-8.Check out Lithic Book Store’s New Calendarof Events at
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Ridgway’s Open Bard Series, usually the firstThursday, promptly at 6:30 at the SherbinoTheater. Check for current info here.https://www.facebook.com/RidgwayPoetry-Series/
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Poetry Night - Wed., Feb. 13, 6pm. With LisaConnors and Jennifer Hancock, assistant pro-fessor of English at CMU. Find other events atmesacountylibraries.org.
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Aspen Poets Society reading and open mic isusually on the last Sunday of the month.
For more information Contact Lisa Zimet at(970)379-2136 or [email protected]
Poets & Writers of CMU
Poetry Reading at The Kiln Coffee Bar, 326Main, 7pm, last Tuesdays, open to the public,free coffee and tea. To participate, sign up withTammy at [email protected].
Check out all their offerings at: http://rmfw.org/events/free-programs/ws/
Talking Gourds TourFeb. 11 at Meadowlark House in Norwood,6:30pm. Informal Talking gourds gathering.Info call 970-729-1618
Feb. 12 at Telluride Arts Building, 6pm.Valentine theme is “first Kiss.” Read severalof your own original works on any subjector read from Rosemerry Wahtol-Trommer’strove of love poems.
https://www.tellurideinstitute.org/talking-gourds/.For other locations and times, contact ArtGoodtimes, [email protected]
Copeka Coffee, 1012 No. 5th, GJ, sponsors apoetry reading every Tuesday evening from6:30 to 8pm. 628-0878 for information.
WCWF Member Accomplishments
Join RMFW to keep up with the latest activities inwriting on the western slope. Take advantage oftheir on-line services, blogs, classes and the an-nual Colorado Gold Conference and contests.
Contact Terri Benson: [email protected]
What have you accomplished? As a WCWF member, you can reach ournewsletter audience of hundreds waiting tohear about your writing successes. Be an inspi-ration. Tell us what you’ve done! Send accom-plishments to: [email protected]
CMU Poetry Reading Feb 21. 7pm, 560 Salon,354 Main St. GJ. Readings by CMU poets.
WCWF wants to be part of your outreach tolocal and regional authors. Do you have alocal or regional writers’ event you want topromote here, please send information [email protected]
Fischer Prize and ColoradoCantor Awards for PoetryThe Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds po-
etry program is proud to announce its annualFischer Prize national contest with over$3000 in awards and travel stipends. And forColorado poets, that includes a special $500Cantor Award for the best poem by a Col-orado writer who enters the Fischer Prizecontest. Deadline for the contest is May 1,2019.
The Judge for 2019 will be Berkeley (CA)Poet Laureate Rafael Jesús González.
The Fischer Prize includes a $1000 firstprize award, plus a $500 travel stipend to at-tend the May 17-19 Telluride Literary ArtsFestival, where the awards will be made. Fivefinalists receive $200 each for their winningpoems, plus $100 stipend each to attend theMay event. In addition, a $500 Cantor Awardwinner will be selected from any Coloradopoet among the finalists, or one whose poemis selected as the best among the Coloradoentrants.
For contest rules visit Fischer Prize. Con-test deadline is May 1, 2019.
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General InformationPay your dues or make a donation atwww.westerncoloradowriters.org., orsend a check to WCWF, 740 GunnisonAve., Suite 205, GJ, CO 81501. Check outand like our Facebook page so that you'llbe even more up to date. Volunteers whocan help with PR, set up events, and liai-son with community groups are wel-come. You areWCWF.
Poets Read,6:30pm, Aspen,p.3
Poetry Reading, Copeka Coffee,6:30pm, p.3Every Tuesday
Poetry Readingat the Kiln, 7pm.p.3
Poetry Night, GJLibrary, 6pm, p.3
Prose CritiqueGroups, 1:30-3:30;6-8pm
Board Meeting11am, CFI, p.1
Report from the Board
The Board met Jan. 9, 2019, in the CFISolarium with members VirginiaJensen, Joe Skinner and Linda Skinner.
The board studied the financial reportgiven by Joe S. 2018 was a successfulyear financially in which we paid ourway with the help of grants, donationsand dues.
Plans were made to locate the WritersNight in the Art Center. Joe S. and Vir-ginai will meet with them.
Linda will make a presentation to theArts Commssion on how we spent theirgrant money this year.
We discussed upcoming events.
The Board needs new members.Attend the Feb. 13 meeting. Geteverything FREE if you join.
WCWF Board MembersChairman - Joe Wilcox
Secretary/Treasurer - Joe SkinnerProgram Director - Linda Skinner PR/Newsletter - Virginia JensenTo contact a board member email to:[email protected]
Prose Critique, 1:30-3:30
COMINGMar. 5 WritersNight at the ArtCenter, 5:30-7:30pm, p.1
LOVE "It's a very dangerous state. You are inclined to reckless-ness and kind of tune out ... everything that's been importantto you. It's actually not all that pleasurable. I don't know whothe hell wants to get in a situation where you can't bear anhour without somebody's company." — Colin Firth
Talking GourdsPoetry Reading, Telluride, p 3
ValentinesDay
“Literature—creativeliterature—uncon-cerned with sex, is in-conceivable.”
― Gertrude Stein
CMU PoetsRead, 7pm , p.3
Talking GourdsPoetry Reading, Norwood, p 3