Serious about improving your craft? SCBWI's regional events provide opportunities for professional growth and help you connect with a supportive, creative community.
Tues Dec 3, 6-8pm, in person at Arvada Library 7525 W. 57th Ave Denver with Zoom option Revising your work (or critiquing others’) can be overwhelming. Without specific elements to look for, it’s easy to rely on “gut feel,” which is hard to articulate and harder to trust. Kelley J. P. Lindberg, award-winning author of YA and adult fiction, will teach participants to evaluate 17 aspects of storytelling to edit and strengthen any manuscript! Please bring a few pages of your WIP to exchange in groups and apply what you've learned. Questions: Contact the YA team at kdmwriter@gmail.com. Register via Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiNa4XVIi9bF8rNUv0PP75ite0brSp8_dRtI1R01_jCycjcg/viewform
Sat Dec 7, 11:00am-1:00pm at Sheridan Library, Thersa Dando Meeting Room, 3425 W. Oxford Ave, Denver We are so lucky to have author/illustrator and Co-leader of our Rocky Mountain SCBWI region, Stan Yan, to teach us about the illustration program Procreate (as requested by some of our members). Even authors can benefit from knowing some of what goes into crafting illustrations using this popular tool. Bring your questions! During the second half of our Connect, bring a work-in-progress to critique. For critiques, bring six-eight copies of a PB manuscript; the first five pages of a longer work, a query letter, illustrations, or similar. If you'd like, bring a festive snack to contribute to our holiday lunch, but come either way. RSVP: Please use this form to RSVP (may need to cut and paste link): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYaxtsT2XGxh4E2iErDe3m2vY-uUWBplD4CqgaujFQmZ06vw/viewform Contact Stacey Simmons or Jenny Crooks-Johnson at rmcdsouthconnect@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
Sun Dec 8, 1:30-4:30pm at Fire Station 19 (on Research, between Lexington and Chapel Hills) Join us for an informal get together celebrating the holidays and all we've accomplished this year. We'll play games, eat food, and have a book exchange. Bring an appetizer, drink, or goodie to share and an in-good-condition book for the exchange. (Book does not have to be new.)
Wed Jan 8, 6:30-8pm, location TBD with Zoom option Writing an effective synopsis is an essential skill for writers who submit their work to publishers. Join Lisa Kaniut Cobb, author of The Netahs YA fantasy series, to learn to craft synopses from elevator pitches to 500-word descriptions. We’ll also review submission guidelines and work together to make your synopsis fit the guidelines and get your writing noticed. Please bring a summary of your WIP. Questions: Contact the YA team at kdmwriter@gmail.com. RSVP form coming soon!