A Fabulous 2021, Zoom meetings becoming Zoom and Hybrid. Why not become a COFW Member?
1/16/2021
January
Date: January 16th 2021
Time: Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Jenny Crusie
Topic: Motif and Metaphor
Guest speaker Jenny Crusie will discuss motif and metaphor in fiction. Motif and metaphor are ways to deepen your story’s meaning without putting that meaning blatantly on the page. Through careful analysis of your completed first draft, you can find the things that you unconsciously put into your story and enhance them to create the kind of emotional subtext that draws a reader in without hitting her over the head with MEANING.
Time: Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Jenny Crusie
Topic: Motif and Metaphor
Guest speaker Jenny Crusie will discuss motif and metaphor in fiction. Motif and metaphor are ways to deepen your story’s meaning without putting that meaning blatantly on the page. Through careful analysis of your completed first draft, you can find the things that you unconsciously put into your story and enhance them to create the kind of emotional subtext that draws a reader in without hitting her over the head with MEANING.
2/13/2021
February
Date: February 13th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Donna MacMeans
Topic: The Other HEA: Grab Your Readers with Emotional Attachment
In order for a reader to care about a story, they must care about the characters. Learn how employing rooting interests in your stories that will create an emotional attachment– without the reader ever realizing how you manipulated their emotions.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Donna MacMeans
Topic: The Other HEA: Grab Your Readers with Emotional Attachment
In order for a reader to care about a story, they must care about the characters. Learn how employing rooting interests in your stories that will create an emotional attachment– without the reader ever realizing how you manipulated their emotions.
3/13/2021
March
Date: March 13th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Nikki Sloane
Topic: Slay Your Promos
Is your book the complete package? Join Nikki as she talks about nailing all the elements that will help capture new readers. She’ll discuss craft, release approach, and promotion/ad strategies.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Nikki Sloane
Topic: Slay Your Promos
Is your book the complete package? Join Nikki as she talks about nailing all the elements that will help capture new readers. She’ll discuss craft, release approach, and promotion/ad strategies.
4/17/2021
April
Date: April 17th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Kate McMurray
Topic: Better, stronger, faster first drafts.
Writing a good first draft in less time is not so much a matter of typing faster but rather of using your time more efficiently. If you know where you’re going before you start your journey, you’ll get there faster.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Kate McMurray
Topic: Better, stronger, faster first drafts.
Writing a good first draft in less time is not so much a matter of typing faster but rather of using your time more efficiently. If you know where you’re going before you start your journey, you’ll get there faster.
5/15/2021
May
Date: May 15th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Liz Pelletier
Topic: Growth Hacking a Bestseller
Join publisher and editor Liz Pelletier as she demonstrates a new and innovative way to develop, write, edit, and market a book with the greatest chance of making your next release a best seller.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting!
Speaker: Liz Pelletier
Topic: Growth Hacking a Bestseller
Join publisher and editor Liz Pelletier as she demonstrates a new and innovative way to develop, write, edit, and market a book with the greatest chance of making your next release a best seller.
6/19/2021
June
Date: June 19th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Gwen Henandez
Topic: Scrivener Lessons
Scrivener is excellent writing software for both plotters and pantsers. Want to find out what makes it so popular, or learn some new tricks? The author of Scrivener For Dummies will walk you through the basics and cover some of her favorite features.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Gwen Henandez
Topic: Scrivener Lessons
Scrivener is excellent writing software for both plotters and pantsers. Want to find out what makes it so popular, or learn some new tricks? The author of Scrivener For Dummies will walk you through the basics and cover some of her favorite features.
7/17/2021
July
Date: July 17th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting
Speaker: Beth Barany
Topic: NLP and Writing Great Novels
NLP, or neurolinguistic programming, is a tool that helps you write more, better, and faster. Used with respect and compassion, NLP is a gentle way to help you have what you want without having to “work” to be different than who you are.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting
Speaker: Beth Barany
Topic: NLP and Writing Great Novels
NLP, or neurolinguistic programming, is a tool that helps you write more, better, and faster. Used with respect and compassion, NLP is a gentle way to help you have what you want without having to “work” to be different than who you are.
8/14/2021
August
Date: August 14th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Jordyn Blanson
Topic: The Case for Diversity and Inclusion
This is a workshop that focuses on understanding what Diversity and inclusion really is, how it affects each and every one of us, and focuses on examining the way that we think about the world we live in.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Jordyn Blanson
Topic: The Case for Diversity and Inclusion
This is a workshop that focuses on understanding what Diversity and inclusion really is, how it affects each and every one of us, and focuses on examining the way that we think about the world we live in.
9/18/2021
September
Date: September 18th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and Hope Hotel (Building #823 in Area A), the Sabre-Phantom room, 10823 Chidlaw Rd., Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH 45433
Speaker: Juliette Hyland
Topic: Trope Your Way to a First Draft
In genre fiction tropes are marketing devices. Everyone has their favorite! But as writers you can use these tropes to build your characters, and conflicts – basically your first draft!
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and Hope Hotel (Building #823 in Area A), the Sabre-Phantom room, 10823 Chidlaw Rd., Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, OH 45433
Speaker: Juliette Hyland
Topic: Trope Your Way to a First Draft
In genre fiction tropes are marketing devices. Everyone has their favorite! But as writers you can use these tropes to build your characters, and conflicts – basically your first draft!
10/16/2021
October
Date: October 16th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Jeffe Kennedy
Topic: Sexual Tension – Getting Away from Wham, Bam, Thank you, Ma’am
High heat sex scenes are popular like never before. But what makes a scene go from ho-um to cold shower-worthy? The key is sexual tension.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Jeffe Kennedy
Topic: Sexual Tension – Getting Away from Wham, Bam, Thank you, Ma’am
High heat sex scenes are popular like never before. But what makes a scene go from ho-um to cold shower-worthy? The key is sexual tension.
11/13/2021
November
Date: November 13th 2021
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Patricia Sargeant
Topic: The Storyteller’s Toolkit
The Storyteller’s Toolkit is a plotting presentation that applies to all fiction genres and to authors in all stages of their publishing careers, particularly beginner and intermediate storytellers. The presentation will diagram premise, high concept, and conflict in a movie to demonstrate how the three elements work together to make a compelling story.
Presentation is free for members. If you are not a COFW member and wish to attend this presentation, registration will open October 17th.
Time: Networking at 12:00 pm, Business meeting at 12:30 pm, Speaker at 1:30 pm
Location:
Zoom meeting and The Forge Tavern 1375 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Speaker: Patricia Sargeant
Topic: The Storyteller’s Toolkit
The Storyteller’s Toolkit is a plotting presentation that applies to all fiction genres and to authors in all stages of their publishing careers, particularly beginner and intermediate storytellers. The presentation will diagram premise, high concept, and conflict in a movie to demonstrate how the three elements work together to make a compelling story.
Presentation is free for members. If you are not a COFW member and wish to attend this presentation, registration will open October 17th.
12/4/2021
December
Date: December 4th 2021
Time: noon
Location: Private Event
Topic: Celebration of all things COFW and writing romance
Time: noon
Location: Private Event
Topic: Celebration of all things COFW and writing romance