by Web Editor | Aug 29, 2020 | Event, Speaker, Writing
Screenwriters have a secret. They know how to tell a compelling story. Top-grossing pictures rake in millions, even billions, of dollars. What’s their technique? At our next ZOOM meeting, Professor Scott Sublett reveals the wizardry of their success. “Plot,”...
by Web Editor | Aug 3, 2020 | Speaker, Writing
In the hands of an average person, a basketball is a source of fun and leisure. In the hands of LeBron James or Steph Curry, that same basketball can be used to generate hundreds of millions of dollars. Words are the same way. Everyone uses them, but a select few can...
by Web Editor | Jul 3, 2020 | Event, Speaker, Writing
You are nearing the completion of your manuscript. The countless hours you’ve poured into your passion project are finally bearing fruit. You feel ready to share your masterpiece with the world. But rather than the beginning of the end, your last writerly...
by Web Editor | Apr 8, 2020 | Speaker, Writing
Dear Scribes, I suspect you’re wondering: Why have I received my WritersTalk so late? Although JessicaMcDole, our talented newsletter editor, completed the April issue and sent it to the company inFlorida (that prints and mails it), they were closed for about a week,...
by Web Editor | Feb 14, 2020 | Speaker, Writing
CANCELED – No Meeting in March Dear Writers, In light of the COVID-19 virus, we are following the advice of the County of Santa Clara Health Department, and canceling the Monday evening meeting (March 9th) at China Stix. We are hopeful that we will be able to...
by Web Editor | Jan 28, 2020 | Event, Speaker, Writing
Few passages in a narrative are as cringe-inducing for both writer and reader as the notorious sex scene. But it doesn’t have to be that way. A well-written sex scene can add to the sensory vividness and emotional depth of a story without crossing into the...
