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
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 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)
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
This week The Monarch Writers group will be meeting Monday in St. Louis, back in person and still going strong. We’re Looking at Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’ Comparing to ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ by Ursula K. Le … Continue reading This Week The Group Discusses Telling the ‘Same’ Story In Different Realizations
A character witnesses an event outside the realm of explanation, like an eclipse – or a miracle. Write their response, whether it be panic, or desire for explanation. Prompt provided by Cypress Butane Continue reading Prompt of the Week – 1/30/2022 – 2/06/2022 – The Cavemen Witness the Dragon Devouring the Sun
https://www.meetup.com/The-Monarch-Writers/events/283341093/ – Please RSVP to Be Sent Zoom Link Join our handful of regular Monarch Writers if you are feeling adventurous and RSVP and Zoom In for this discussion this Monday at 6pm, January 23rd, for a couple of hours … Continue reading Online Zoom Writers Group This Monday – RSVP On Meetup – Writers Critique Circle and Craft Discussion -Analyzing Ray Bradbury Short Story ‘The Fog Horn’
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