| March 21, 2017, VOLUME 23, ISSUE 7 |
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| If you're reading this, chances are you're a writer. If so, you've probably been asked odd and unanswerable questions by non-writers like "Where do you get your ideas?" I find it disturbing that they don't know. Perhaps they are novices in the realm of thinking, and have searched, in vain, for ideas in liquor stores or the entrails of sacrificial goats. I suggest that the next time you have this question thrown at you, just cite Whitman at them: "Writing should be the settlement of dew on the leaf." Then pat them on the head, and walk away. DDC |
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GENERAL MEETING
Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 7 p.m.
Providence United Methodist Church
2810 Providence Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28211
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Program for March meeting
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Combined meeting with WNBA
Small Press Submissions
Tuesday, March 21st, 2017, 7 p.m.
Providence United Methodist Church (Upstairs Room 214)
2810 Providence Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28211 |
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LAST CHANCE to Support CWC by Shopping Online at Barnes and Nobles through March 2nd!
Any purchases made online at
bn.com/bookfairs using the book fair number 12077293 at checkout from February 26th - March 2nd will support CWC.
For every eligible item that is purchased online at Barnes & Noble on behalf of the Charlotte Writers' Club, Barnes & Noble contributes up to 12% of the purchase price to the Charlotte Writers' Club.
The CWC Book Fair at Barnes and Noble February 25th was a success. Check out the news coverage from some of area authors that was LIVE on Monday February 20th. CLICK HERE to view news coverage. |
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Photos from February 21st Club Meeting with Tommy Tomlinson
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Kakalak 2017
Kakalak
, one of the premier publications featuring writers from our region, is open for submissions beginning March 1st for art and poetry by Carolinians or about the Carolinas. Deadline is May 15. For information and guidelines click
HERE.
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Playwriting Workshop: Led by Marla Brown
April 22, 2017 - 10am - 3pm
Warehouse Performing Arts Center
9216 Westmoreland Road
Cornelius, NC 28031
Please come to Cornelius for a playwriting workshop, on Saturday April 22, 2017, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. From Page to Stage is
a practical approach to writing a 10-minute play, a staple of the current theater scene.
Bring a sack lunch and whatever you use to compose: pen and paper, laptop or tablet. The fee for the workshop is $55 for Charlotte Writers' Club members and $60 for non-members. Go to the WORKSHOPS page to pay.
Preregistration is required. Contact Connie Fisher at [email protected] for more information. CWC North is sponsoring this event in cooperation with The Warehouse PAC.
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Short Story Workshop, Led by Byrn Chancellor, English Prof. UNCC
Saturday, April 1, 2017: 10am- Noon
Providence United Methodist Church
Room 104
Cost: $30 for Charlotte Writers' Club members, $40 for non-members.
Go to the WORKSHOPS page to pay. To register, click on the [email protected] email link on the CWC Workshop page. That link will create an email for you to send to register.
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For the general meeting on April 18, the guest speaker will be Irish poet Adrian Rice.
September 2017, Flash Fiction workshop
November 2017, Nonfiction workshop
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Membership in the Charlotte Writers' Club entitles you to participate in workshops, critique groups, contests, and guest speaker programs. The cost is a modest $35 per year for singles, $
50 for couples, and $20 for students.
We welcome writers in all genres and forms to join our Charlotte-area literary community. Your membership in the Charlotte Writers' Club helps support writers, readers, and literacy at a critical time in our nation's and our city's history. Join here.
To Join or Renew click this
Membership Link and follow the instructions.
Charlotte Writers' Club
P.O. Box 220954
Charlotte, NC 28222
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Providence United Methodist Church
2810 Providence Rd.
Click
here for a map of the location.
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(CWC Members Only)
Closed
Announce Winners: April 18, 2017
Short Story from
750-1500 words.
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May 16, 2017
Poetry of fewer than 50 lines; haiku excluded.
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
- Robert Frost
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
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Willa Cather
I can't write five words but that I change seven.
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Dorothy Parker
There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write.
-Terry Pratchett
Fiction is about stuff that's screwed up.
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Nancy Kress
Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
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Truman Capote
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good.
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William Faulkner
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