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Workshop October 8 – Finish Your Book in Three Drafts


Sunday, October 8, 2023

Time 9:30 – 3:30

Location Cattlemen’s, Rancho Cordova, 2409 Folsom Blvd.

Stuart Horwitz
Stuart Horwitz

Stuart Horwitz

Finish Your Book in 3 Drafts

Crafting Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction with

the Book Architecture Method

It’s the age-old battle between the outliners and the pantsers – those who meticulously script every writing session, and those who pilot solely by feel. Finding your unique approach requires a method rather than a formula. The Book Architecture Method has helped bestselling writers transform their messy manuscripts into polished books. Accomplished and aspiring writers alike will learn the secrets of how to painlessly create a complex narrative such as:

  • what “plotting” actually means, and why there isn’t one narrative arc but several
  • how to make sure your book has one “theme” – and one theme only
  • how to separate your work into scenes and use this disassembly to diagnose what’s going wrong with your manuscript
  • the secret to why some narratives feel like they are all coming together at an emotional pay-off while others do not.

This workshop will introduce writers to a process for organization and revision that includes in-depth exercises to be completed throughout the day so that attendees leave with a new perspective on their book’s core, its structure, and where the work of revision lies most clearly. The workshop assumes nothing of a writer’s previous knowledge of technique, nor how much of his/her manuscript is complete.

Stuart Horwitz is a ghostwriter, independent editor, writing coach, and founder of Book Architecture (www.bookarchitecture.com). His clients have reached the best-seller list in both fiction and non-fiction, and have appeared on Oprah! The Today Show, and in the most prestigious journals in their fields. He is the author of three acclaimed books on writing: Blueprint Your Bestseller: Organize and Revise Any Manuscript with the Book Architecture Method (Penguin/Perigee), which was named one of the year’s best books about writing by The Writer magazine, Book Architecture: How to Plot and Outline Without Using a Formula, which became an Amazon bestseller, and Finish Your Book in Three Drafts: How to Write a Book, Revise a Book, and Complete a Book While You Still Love It.

Horwitz holds degrees in literary aesthetics from New York University and East Asian studies from Harvard University. He is also an award-winning poet and essayist. He recently relocated to California with his family from New England, something he should have done years ago.

Seminar Details:

Where: Cattlemen’s Rancho Cordova, 2409 Folsom Blvd.,

When: Sunday, October 8, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30

Cost: $149, includes: plated lunch, snacks, coffee.

Early bird rate for CWC members: $129 price by September 1.

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Member Name Tags

ORDER YOUR NAME TAG TODAY!

  • 2” x 3” name badge, gold metal with black embossed lettering, includes club logo and branch name
  • Pin or magnet backing available
  • (Subsidized) cost to club member: $3.00
  • Full replacement cost for lost name badge: $10.00
  • Pay at meetings or mail a check to: PO Box 1231, Orangevale, CA 95662
  • Please provide the following information:
    • Full name as you wish it to appear
    • Choice of pin or magnet backing
  • You may  write the above information on the memo line of the check

Name tags will be purchased when we have a price point of 15 orders.

 

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All-Branch Speaker Calendar

Consolidated Meeting Calendar

 

A consolidated calendar of 22 branch speaker events is now available. Translation: when you join CWC, you get not a 2-fer, but a 22-fer! Link to the calendar: https://calwriters.org/events-month/

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Time to Renew Your Membership!

 

ANNUAL RENEWAL NOTICE 2021-22

California Writers Club, a Non-Profit Organization

 

Our membership period runs from July 1 to June 30 of each year. Timely renewal ensures your continuing membership in the oldest writing club on the  West Coast. Membership offers you:

  • Monthly speaker meetings AND monthly informal workshops;
  • Access to writing and publishing experts not usually available to local writers;
  • Reduced fees to events and seminars;
  • Your own biography page on the branch website, providing you with a link for pitches to agents and editors;
  • Four quarterly Bulletins from the State CWC;
  • Annual copy of California Literary Review;
  • Opportunity to apply for stipend to writing conferences;
  • Writing community, including critique groups, to help you work toward your goals.

Simple to Renew

A. Send a check for $45 (or $15 for students) to :

CWC Sacramento
P.O. Box 1231
Orangevale, Ca 95662

  • Please be sure that your name appears on your check.
  • Provide any changes in address, telephone, email, or genre in the past year.

or

B.  Renew online here  with a VISA or Mastercard.

 Renewals are due by September 30. Late renewals are subject to an extra $20.00 in addition to the $45.00 renewal fee.

Not Yet a Member But Thinking of Joining?

Now is the time to maximize your benefit of membership!

Membership Fee: $45 + One-time Joining Fee $20 = $65
High School/College Students: $15 + One-time Fee $10 = $25

Click here  to pay online for a new membership. Then download and submit this application form either by mail (see above) or via email to sacramentowriters@gmail.com.

(You may also send an application and a check to the P.O. Box.)

 

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Elk Grove Arts Commission Short-Story Contest

October 9, 2021

 
The Elk Grove Arts Commission will be doing a Short-Story Contest during our combined Book Fair and Writers Conference.
 
Here are some details of the Short-Story Contest: 
  • First Place – $200. Second Place – $100.
  • Fiction or nonfiction, 2000 words or less.
  • The Story must take place in Elk Grove.
  • Open to all – age 18 and over.
  • Manuscript must be in a PDF format, with cover page including title, author’s name, and contact information. Pages should include title, but not the author’s name. 
  • There’s an entry fee of $10, due with submission of the manuscript.
  • Fees must be paid by credit card only.
  • Deadline for submission is August 1, 2021 at 5:00 PM. No submissions accepted after Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 5:00 PM.
  • Winners will be announced on Saturday, October 9, 2021 during the Book Fair.
More information on how to enter this contest, submit your manuscript, and other information on the Book Fair will be available on the:
  • Elk Grove Arts Commission website at www.cityofelkgrove/artscommission
  • Elk Grove Writers Guild website at www.egweg.org.
  • May Edition of the Elk Grove Writers Guild Newsletter
 

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