Barrie Writers' Club Public Meeting

Provides a supportive environment where members share their work, offer insights into the work of others, and enhance knowledge to improve their writing skills.

Non-members are welcome to drop-in, however please register if you wish to be critiqued (see contact name below). This group meets the 2nd Monday from 6:30-8:30pm and 4th Monday from 6:00-8:30pm, holidays may affect dates.

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Holiday periods may affect meeting dates, please check the events calendar for any changes.

Second Mondays: Critiques. Non-members please register by contacting thebarriewritersclub@gmail.com, to be critiqued in the first hour. Drop-ins welcome but may not be critiqued. Last hour members will be critiqued.

Fourth Mondays: We will be discussing a topic of choice.

• September 28: Calling all writers! If you've been hitting a dry spell in your writing (better known as writer's block), come and join the Barrie Writers' Club for a spontaneous prompt-writing session to kickstart your creativity. And even if your work is flowing, prompt writing can always spark new ideas. Whether you write novels, short stories, non-fiction, poems, memoirs, essays, or anything else, we can help bring your inspirations to life.

  Newcomers are welcome to bring in short pieces for critiquing as well.

• October 26: The Seven Core Elements of Successful Story Telling. The presentation will cover the seven core competencies of successful fictional story telling which include four basic elements, two narrative skills and a unique aspect difficult to define, but no less important. All must be present for the story to work. These include:
  • The Concept which is the idea or seed for the story.
  • Character, a hero we identify with and root for.
  • Theme, or what the story means, illuminates about real life, and makes us think/feel.
  • Structure. What comes first and next in the story and why.
  • Scenes, the connected series of which build the story. Essentially, the building blocks.
  • Writing Voice, the way of delivering the story on the page to the reader.
  • The Art of putting all the above elements together which is unique to the author and difficult to define, but apparent to the reader and an integral part of the works appeal.
• November 23: Coming soon
• December 14: Coming soon

To join this meeting virtually email Marilyn Lamb: marilyn-lamb@hotmail.com 

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