Pikes Peak Writers May Events

Pikes Peak Writers Write Brain

May 24, 2017 — 6:15 to 8:15

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

The Devil is in the Details

Who: DeAnna Knippling

When: May 24, 2017 – 6:15-8:15 p.m. – Please note both a day AND time change from the normal.

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: Are you struggling with the details in your story? Are readers and editors telling you that your details are too thin, your dialog clunky, and your characters not believable? Are you struggling to make the readers of your stories as inspired by the movies playing inside your head as you are? Your problems might go back to what details you tell in a story, how you tell them, and when you choose to tell them. Learn how to start identifying and decoding the details in fiction that you can use to bring the movie out of your head intact.

Handouts will be provided with the presentation. Come with your favorite writing utensil and be prepared for some fun writing assignments.

About the Presenter: DeAnna Knippling is a professional writer, editor, and book designer living in Littleton, Colorado. She has written over twenty-five novels, mostly published under other people’s names, and a lot of short stories, mostly published under her own. She has been published in Black Static, Penumbra, Crossed Genres, and more. She needs a hot cup of tea, a bath, and a nap, although probably not at the same time. She often writes best in the middle of a) reckless challenges, b) with a timer in the background, or c) while telling people that she’s a terrible writer and should be removed from the word pool. You can find out more about her work at www.WonderlandPress.com.

Pikes Peak Writers Writer’s Night – May 29

Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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

Writers’ Night is two full hours of discussion, laughter, and fun with other location 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 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, spend an email to the host, Damon Smithwick, e-mail to the host, Damon Smithwick or call him on his cell phone at (719) 464-5336.

Meeting 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!