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aGreenville Novelist Group A

All meetings are Saturdays from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm!
Hughes Main Library Upstairs Study Room
 

Schedule

Meeting Date
Extended Critique*
MIA

5/10/08

Cureton

Vandeputte, Boyer

5/24/08

Coyle

Vandeputte

6/7/08

Boyer

Vandeputte

6/21/08

Walker

Vandeputte

7/5/08

July 4th holiday weekend

 

7/19/08

Cureton

Vandeputte

8/2/08

Coyle

Vandeputte

8/16/08

Boyer

Vandeputte

8/30/08

Walker

Vandeputte, Boyer

9/13/08

Cureton

 

9/27/08

Vandeputte

 

10/11/08

Coyle

 

10/25/08

SCWW CONFERENCE

 

11/08/08

Boyer

 

11/22/08

Walker

 

12/06/08

Cureton

 

12/20/08

Vandeputte

 

01/03/09

Coyle

 

01/17/09

Boyer

 

01/31/09

Walker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Please send (email) pages to be critiqued to the other members of the novelist group at least one week in advance.

Rules of Engagement...
We will meet every other Saturday in the Hughes Main Library Study Rooms (upstairs) from 2:00 -  4:00pm.
 
We will limit this group's membership to eight.  When we consistently have eight in attendance, we will divide into two groups of four.
 
As critiquers, we strive to be kind but honest, recognizing that authors need encouragement as well as perspective.  As authors, we choose not to be defensive, recognizing that we can learn something from every new reader, even if we do not agree with the advice. 
 
We will do two types of critiques in this group: detailed and short
  • The detailed critique will be 20 to 30 pages of the writer's work.  The group will discuss the work for 30 minutes, during which the author may not speak.  The author may join in the discussion for the last fifteen minutes of the critique to answer questions, elaborate, ask questions, etc.  There will be one detailed critique per meeting.
     
  • The short critique will be 5 to 10 pages of the writer's work.  The group and the author will discuss each short critique for 10 minutes.  There will be no more than five short critiques per meeting.
     
  • The pages to be critiqued should be sent to all group members at least one week prior to the critique meeting to give the group time to read and critique prior to the meeting.
     
  • In the event of schedule conflicts on the day that you are scheduled an extended critique, you are responsible for swapping dates with other members of the group ahead of time.  Notify Sarah of the switch to have the webpage updated.
Any group member who finds something of interest in published books - a strong book opening, compelling descriptions, etc - can bring the example in and read it to the group. 
The idea here is to share these "finds" with the group in order to make all of our writing stronger.  We will limit these offered examples to one per meeting in interest of time.
 
If you are going to miss a meeting, please notify the group by email or phone.  Send an email to Sarah to be listed "MIA" for that meeting.
 

To send an email: Click on any of the underlined names.

Sarah Cureton

 Sarah is currently writing a mainstream fiction about a cross-cultural romantic relationship that takes place in the mid 1980's on a campus in the Deep South and the couple's reunion fourteen years later.
 

Nan Lundeen

 Nan is rewriting a boy-meets-girl magical realism novella with strong 'what's life all about' undertones.
 

Phyllis Gropp

 Phyllis is writing a mainstream fiction about two aging CEOs going tong and hammer.
 

Crystal Pitrois

 Crystal is working on a collection of short stories and a science-fiction novel. 
 
Jean Robbins Jean is working on a collection of short stories.
 
Kevin Coyle Kevin is working on an Icelandic Saga with an alternate history twist.
Brittany Vandeputte Brittany is writing a novel about a newly married couple who try to rehab a house without killing each other – or their marriage.
Melinda Walker Melinda is writing a Women’s Fiction about a young nurse struggling to prove herself to her family, while hoping to make a difference in her patients’ lives. Ultimately, she sees her own hopelessness in the eyes of a patient dying without faith, and reaching out to God, she finds new purpose and meaning.