Meetings

Join SCWA on the third Saturday of each month for an exciting opportunity to learn about the writing industry. Novelists, screenwriters, journalists, agents, and marketing experts provide information on the art, craft, and business of writing.

Writing the Killer Crime Novel
or
How to Increase Your Odds of Getting Published!

Are you an aspiring writer who is serious about becoming a novelist! Critically acclaimed author Joe Ide discusses:

• Ingredients that make one story compelling and another fall flat.
• Methods for creating dynamic characters and dialogue that’s sharp, smart and entertaining.
• Building action scenes, as well as the basics of rewriting.
• Publishing field: the gatekeepers, who they are and what they expect.
• What publishers are looking for and what they’ll reject out of hand.
• Other practical questions like:" I’m about to write a 300-page novel; how do I start?" "Prologue or no prologue?" "I’m stuck. What do I do now?" "How do I write twists and turns?" "What am I looking for when I’m rewriting?" "How do I develop my 'voice'?"

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