How to Exterminate That Passive Voice
The Writing Bug columnist April Moore provides an aggressive way to exterminate those pesky passive voices in your stories. Get your To Be Spray ready.
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Since 2007, Northern Colorado Writers has provided support and encouragement to writers of all levels and genres in Northern Colorado and beyond. Through monthly meetings, classes, networking & social events, the annual conference, the monthly newsletter and annual retreat, NCW helps new and established writers navigate their way to success. |
Start you year off "Write" with Write Away; A Year of Musings and Motivations for Writers. You'll find essays like "Staying Out of the Ditch and "Writing an Effective Query Letter for Magazines." http://www.amazon.com/Write-Away-Musings-Motivations-Writers/dp/0991062647
Avoid a Flabby Middle in Your Novel With Laura Pritchett
Join Laura Pritchett, award-winning author of the book Stars Go Blue:A Novel, as she teaches workshop attendees how to firm up the middles of their manuscripts to keep readers interested from beginning to end. The workshop takes place on Saturday, February 28, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Fort Collins Senior Center. Follow this link for more information on the class, the cost, and Laura.
NCW Podcast #3 With Todd Mitchell
Podcast #3 is a intense yet intelligent one featuring the award-winning author of the Young Adult novel Backwards, Todd Mitchell. In the interview with Rich Keller he discusses his influences, why he doesn't like to see death romanticized in YA novels, and why squirrels are our galactic saviors. Check this link to catch it all.
Time to Register!
REGISTRATION for the 2015 Northern Colorado Writers Conference is now open to EVERYONE! Don't wait until the last minute to sign up for this annual event. Click Here for more information.
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NCW Classes for 2015
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NCW's classes for 2015 are shaping up to be fantastic with award winning authors like Benjamin Whitmer and Laura Pritchett teaching classes on personal essays, fine tuning the middle of your novels, and writing for magazines. If that wasn't enough, Meryl DePasquale is holding a 10-week writing boot camp to kick your fiction or non-fiction manuscript in shape. Here is a quick one-page, printable reference of all the classes:
