(writing) Come and Get Ready for NaNo!

[vg_ford]

If you happen to be in the New England area on October 18th, come join us!

National Novel Writing Month Workshop @ your librarytm .

Interested in writing a novel, but not sure how to start?

Have an idea, but not sure what to do with it?

Looking for a plot to fit the characters in your head?

Come join urban fantasy author Val Griswold-Ford for a day-long writing workshop on Saturday, October 18, 2008, as we gear up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. The program will be held in room 2 of Memorial Hall from 10:00am-3:00pm. This will be a hands-on, writing intensive day as Val takes you through a crash course in getting ready for NaNo. From worldbuilding, plotting and characters to how to find the time to get your word count in each day, this workshop will help get you ready to attack that 50,000 word goal on November 1.

Please bring an idea and enthusiasm! Also, bring at least a notebook and a pen (laptops are welcome but not required).

Val Griswold-Ford is the author of the award-nominated novel Not Your Father's Horseman and the co-editor of the award-nominated series The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy. She is a full-time author in addition to having a full-time day job and is all too familiar with the problems trying to find the time to write.

This program is program is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the Townsend Public Library at 978-597-1714.

Comments

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Fooey! I'll be in the area, but busy with other plans. Ah well... :(

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Bummer! :( You can't make a little bit of time to come over? :(

Feel free to pass this along if you know anyone in the area who would like to go!

[time-testudinem.livejournal.com]

So this is what you and ivy_librarian were talking about the other day! Very cool idea for a program. I don't write, but if I wasn't going to RI that day, I would show up just to hear people talk. Hope all goes well.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I might be putting the coursework up here on the site, possibly, so you'd at least get to read it!

[viverra2.livejournal.com]

Silly question -- State? Town? "New England area" covers quite a bit of territory and there are a lot of Memorial Halls. Best I can figure is that 978 area code is outside of Boston somewhere.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

LOL - not a silly question!

It's going to be in Townsend, MA - up near the NH border.

[aislinn-sca.livejournal.com]

Awesome workshop! So glad I was able to attend! :)

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you were able to too - it was fun! (And that reminds me, gotta ping ivy_librarian to set up that write-in!)