A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life Our Current Reading Material For A Guide For writing Instruction In The Writers Group. We are reading the first … Continue reading Monarch Writers August 29th Meeting – Reading “A Swim In A Pond In The Rain” – First Section
Anne Sexton The Poet of IgnorancePerhaps the earth is floating,I do not know.Perhaps the stars are little paper cutupsmade by some giant scissors,I do not know.Perhaps the moon is a frozen tear,I do not know.Perhaps God is only a deep … Continue reading Anne Sexton – ‘The Poet of Ignorance’ – From the Paris Review
This month (July heading into August 2022) the Monarch Writers are looking at some readings on revising our writing, with an excerpt from a book called, what else — ‘On Revision’ subtitled ‘The Only Writing that Matters’. We’re currently reading … Continue reading SOME PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO THE ALSO INTUITIVE AND CREATIVE ART OF REVISING YOUR WRITING
Hey Monarch Writers, This upcoming Monday we will meet at the usual time at Bread Co on Chippewa 5:30 pm till around 8/9 and wrap up our discussion of the guide book ‘Viewpoint: Key to Fiction Writing’ by Francis Fugate. … Continue reading Viewpoint Part V: Using Viewpoint as a Yardstick // Concluding discussion of pov in craft… for now
For the next couple weeks of Monday meets on the 30th of May to June 6th we will be discussing point of view some more. More relating viewpoint to the important story element of character. Continue reading studying viewpoint part 4: ‘letting others intervene’ – pov & character
This is the theory / fundamentals reading we will open with for our Monarch Monday Meet on May 16th 2022 at the Bread Co on Chippewa at 5:30. We will discuss this for the first hour or so, and then … Continue reading Reading for Next Meet – Choosing Your Point of View – From ‘Viewpoint: Key to Fiction Writing’ by Francis L. Fugate
The group is looking at ‘point-of-view’ in writing again this coming meet, and we will have a reading available to members in our shared google drive soon if you want to follow along with the next section. In the meeting … Continue reading Monarch Monday Meets – 5/16/2022 – ‘Viewpoint: Key to Fiction Writing’ (Continuing Reading the Book by Francis Fugate)
This week we are reading a very short story called ‘Reginald On House-Parties’ by Saka (aka H.H. Munro) – let’s take a look at this author’s biography: from WIKIPEDIA Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known … Continue reading Author of the Week – Saki (AKA Hector Hugh Munro / H. H. Munro -18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916)
A few weeks ago we discussed a piece on short story craft from John Cheever ‘Why I Write Short Stories’ which alluded to short stories being a cultural affair with a place in society and a meaning for history and … Continue reading Story / Reading of the Week For The Monarch Writers – For 4/18/2022 We are Looking At – Reginald on House-Parties By H.H. Munro (Saki)
Prompts by Melissa Donovan from Adventures in Writing – 1200 Creative Writing Prompts Write about a historical natural disaster that caused death and destruction to a small number of people and therefore never received national or international attention. Continue reading Prompt of the Week 4/11 – 4/18 For Next Monday Meet – Small Natural Disasters You May Not Have Heard About
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