Writer's Workshops in Knoxville November 1st

Join SMRW on November 1st for a Series of Writing Workshops

Super Saturday & Booksigning: November 1, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. We encourage pre-registration, but will also accept registration the day of the event. The fee is $45 to attend all day, or $15 for an individual workshop. The booksigning will take place at Borders Turkey Creek after the workshops.

A Beginners Guide to Writing Fiction – This is a beginners' basics on writing. How to format a manuscript, terminology, the opening hook, and submissions. All of the participating authors will discuss common terminology pertinent to their subjects as they present. Leanne Tyler will discuss the importance of a good opening hook & why backstory is bad. Carolynn Carey will discuss grammar mistakes which send up red flags to editors & agents. Donna Wright will discuss point of view. Lauren Hope will discuss the query letter and synopsis, and why following the publishers’ guidelines is a must.

A Beginners Guide to Creative Non-Fiction: Authors Deborah Brent and Petrina Aubol will speak to freelance writing, memoirs, how to outline a proposal on a non-fiction book, the Cup of Comfort series, and travel and cuisine writing.

Writing for Young Adults and Middle Graders – It isn't "dumbing down" your manuscript for a younger audience. Juli Heaton and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb will take you through the plotting and writing for today's savvy middle and high school readers.

World Building – Author Jessie Verino will present a builder's guide; a set of blue prints to direct the writer of speculative fiction and instruct the writer on how to build a fully developed story world. Author Cheryel Hutton will present a “Creature Feature” of the different otherworldy characters who populate speculative fiction worlds. Author Kate McKeever will introduce the world of psychic characters and their abilities.

Plotting the Character Driven Novel – Michael Knight & Shannon Burke: F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "Character is plot; plot is character." This workshop will explore the relationship between these two narrative elements, particularly the ways in which plot often grows organically from a well-developed character and offer suggestions for incorporating and strengthening these elements in works-in-progress.

Ask the Authors Panel Discussion – We'll answer your questions on writing, submitting, getting published; the good, bad, and ugly of the publishing industry.

Go to smrw.org for more information.