Pikes Peak Writers March Events

MARCH WRITE BRAIN 

Mar 21, 2017 — 6:30 to 8:30

Location: 1175 Chapel Hills Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80920

What: Hack Your Reader’s Brain

Who: Jeff Gerke

When: March 21, 2017 – 6:30-8:30pm

Where: Venue@21c (upper floor, to the right if coming in the upper entrance) of Library 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80920

More Information: Bestselling fiction doesn’t happen because the writer gets all of the so-called rules of fiction right. It’s not about avoiding gerunds or -ly adverbs or head-hopping. People read a book from beginning to end because they’re carried away, fully engaged. They stay interested all the way through. In other words, they don’t get bored. But how do we do that? If only there were some way to tap into how to engage the reader’s brain. Well, there is! Come hear the neuroscience of reader engagement, and learn how to use it to catch your reader’s attention, utterly engage your reader, and keep your reader reading all the way to the end.

About the Speaker: Jeff Gerke writes fiction how-to craft books for Writers Digest. Past titles include “The First 50 Pages,” “Write Your Novel in a Month,” and “Plot Versus Character.” Jeff is a popular teacher at writers conferences across North America. He is a multi-published novelist and founder of an independent publishing house.

WRITER’S NIGHT

Mar 27, 2017 — 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Location: Kawa Coffee, 2427 N Union Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80909

Writers’ Night is two full hours of discussion, laughter, and fun with other local members of Pikes Peak Writers.

The direction of the meeting is decided by the participants and can include discussions about query letters, obtaining and working with an agent, writing conferences, or other specific points of the craft.  If nothing else, we talk about books!

If you have any questions, or if there is a specific topic you’d like to get on the agenda, send an e-mail to the host, Damon Smithwick, or call him on his cell phone at 719-464-5336.

Meetings are scheduled to start at 6:30 and run until about 8:30. These are drop-in meetings, so feel free to attend all or just part of them.

See you soon!

For this and all other Upcoming Pikes Peak Writers events, including the 2017 Pikes Peak Writers Conference check out https://www.pikespeakwriters.com/