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Critique Meetings
Sundays 3 p.m.
Panera Bread @ Stapleton (Quebec & I70)Peer Pressure Writing Nights
Thursdays, 6 - 8 pm
River Point Panera,
near Santa Fe & Hampden.
3702 River Point Parkway, Unit A
Sheridan, CO 80110
Mondays, 7 -9 pm
Northglenn Atlanta Bread
I25 and 104
Back of Northglenn Shopping Center
Next to Old Navy
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Between Kingdoms - Outline - Michelle Norton Steps: 3 / 14 (21%)
Blue Tiger by Rachel DuChenewords: 50,339 / 150,000 (34%)
Heart of Gold - by Kathleenapprox words: 79,423 / 85,000 (93%)
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Tag Archives: fiction
What to Pay For
In a writing career, there are a million people who stand ready to tell you what to do. Some of these people want money, in the form of up-front cash for advice, or for the cost of how-to books, or … Continue reading
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Short Story Challenge Results
The Spring 2010 Short Story Prompt Challenge was a huge success. A total of nine submissions were posted, and we discovered a lot. There were some interesting correlations. We had three retold fairy tales and several not-so-happy endings. Many of … Continue reading
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A Place to Start
It’s said among savvy published writers that newbies have a tendency to start about two chapters in. In other words, they write an unnecessary prologue, first chapter, maybe even second chapter, and then the action of the story begins. So … Continue reading
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Best of the Genre ‘To Read’ List?
So if you could pick one… only one… genre fiction book out of all the ones you’ve read, with an eye toward showing someone who only reads genreless fiction (if there is really such a creature)… What book would it … Continue reading
Our Process
Hey, everyone! I wanted to tell you about our process at a typical meeting of the DFW group. We’re not formal, tend to giggle a lot, and have a great deal of fun. Here’s how our critique process goes. We … Continue reading