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Note: An emergency prevented Janet from sharing at May’s meeting. However, she’ll teach her workshop on June 28th.

Former journalist and language arts teacher, Janet Syas Nitsick, shares her insights on “Writing God’s Way.”

Janet authors Christian historical romances, and in her workshop she utilizes an interactive five-part approach to:

(1) Spur the creative flow and find respondents’ interests and talents
(2) Find God’s Purpose for Your Writing
(3) Find your unique voice; learn the difference between showing and telling; create believable characters
(4) Prepare for the enemy’s attacks
(5) Open Discussion/Feedback

Please join us for this informative session!

Learn more about Janet and her books at JanetSyasNitsick.com.

Please feel free to bring a snack and beverage if you choose. This meeting is open to all.

After the meeting we’ll gather for our relaxed Afterglow chat session at Village Inn, 7837 Dodge St.

We meet the fourth Thursday of the month
6:00-7:45pm at the W. Clarke Swanson Library,
9101 W. Dodge Rd. Omaha, Ne.
The meeting room is on the basement level. Park on the east side of the building and walk into the lower door.

The meeting room is on the basement level. Park on the east side of the building and walk into the lower door.

Techniques best-selling western novelist Stephen Bly uses when his stories are dragging:
  1. Shoot someone.
  2. Introduce an obnoxious character.  Choose the person who would annoy your character the most?
  3. Go to the quirk (a quirk in a character).
  4. Lose something. Your adrenaline flows when you lose something.
  5. Embarrass your protagonist. What’s the most embarrassing thing that could happen?
  6. Have protagonist kiss the wrong person.
  7. Put your protagonist in a hopeless situation. Then get him out of it.
  8. Have someone crucial to the plot disappear.
  9. Start a rumor about your protagonist. Go to the attic.
  10. Uncover something mysterious about the past.
Check out Stephen’s books and ministry at at Bly books. He also has a fun book for writers. Check it out.
Still Lionhearted, Kat