Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Salem Chapter Tuesday Night Critique Group Canceled Tonight!!

I hope this reaches anyone who planned on going tonight in time. Because of the snow, we've decided to cancel the Salem Chapter Tuesday Night Critique Group tonight. We'll be meeting again the first Tuesday in February.

Sorry for the short notice!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Call for Submissions!

Gold Man Review is open for submissions!

Gold Man Review, Salem’s literary journal, is now open for submissions from residents of the State of Oregon. To review submission guidelines please go to
http://www.goldmanpublishing.com/.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Salem Chapter has New Email

Salem Chapter's new email is now WWSalemChapter@gmail.com. Please update all your address books.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Want to Write for the Salem Chapter?

Then we’re open for your submissions!

The best way to learn about writing is from each other so the Salem Chapter is willing to post any writing tips, writing articles, writing how-to’s from anyone willing to share their advice and we will attribute the post to you.

If you’d like to share a poem and/or a piece of flash fiction, we’re open to that too!

The nitty-gritty:
Submissions MUST be your own original work and please make sure it is as polished as possible as we will post “as is.” If you’d like to submit to the Salem Chapter, please send your submissions as a .doc or .rtf attachment along with a short bio and/or picture of yourself to salemchapter@aol.com
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For more information, please click on the "Submit to Salem Chapter!" page above.

The Best Writing Advice Ever

Happy New Year!

We hope that 2012 is a productive writing year for everyone and, as we start sharpening our pencils and dusting off our laptops at the Salem Chapter, we wanted to share “the best writing advice I’ve ever had” from 11 of our Salem Chapter members.

1) Always be willing to kill your babies (this can be characters
and/or paragraphs of brilliant writing that doesn’t fit the story).
2) Write to see how it ends.
3) Decide what you want and go for it.
4) Bite the bullet and send it over (agents/publishing houses).
5) Always remember that you’re writing for someone.
6) Write 100 words a day no matter what.
7) Keep reading and read extensively.
8) Most of writing is rewriting—you can’t wait for inspiration.
9) The answer is always on the page.
10) Start with action (because there went the first 90 pages of my
story).
11) Changing POV can help you get in touch with your characters.