Flagstaff Writers Connection is a big fan of NaNoWriMo. We host multiple write-ins in the month of November and encourage everyone to write their novel in the 30 days of November.

Now Flagstaff Writers Connection wants to introduce a new October tradition: 

Ready, Set, Write

Everyday in the month of October we will host a Zoom with 1-3 writing exercises to get you ready to write a whole novel in November. You do NOT have to be a contestant in NaNoWriMo to join the fun. Exercises will be geared to all kinds of story development at all speeds.

We will cover:

• Brainstorming an Idea
• Filling in the Plot Points
• Character Development
• Setting and Worldbuilding
• Terrible Endings
• Twists and Reversals
• Important Scenes
• Problem Solving/Getting Stuck

Sessions will be everyday at 12:15-12:55 on this Zoom Link. 

Meeting ID: 975 7936 9345

Passcode: 5WS8M3

Bring paper and pen or a computer for writing. If you miss a session the sessions will be posted HERE.

Companion Workbook

Get ready to smoke the competition!

Fantastic Writer's Salon

What can we, as writers, learn from a fanciful children’s movie?

At the height of Potter Mania, 6 hr after Deathly Hallows was published, it sold 5000 books a sec. Deathly Hallows sold more books in the first day than any other author that YEAR.

Fantastic Beasts, Rowling’s first foray into screenplay writing, grossed $814 million worldwide. The film was nominated for 5 BAFTAs (British equivalent of an Academy Award), including Best British Film, winning Best Production Design. In this country the movie took two Academy Awards,winning Best Costume Design, and becoming the first Wizarding World film to win an Academy Award.

Clearly, J. K. Rowling resonates with a large audience of people. I believe that's because she is one of the most complex and layered writers of our time. I mean to convince you today that the more you dig into her work, the deeper the meaning, the more complex and interesting her work becomes.

Join us on Sunday, November 18 to watch the second installment in the Fantastic Beasts saga, Crimes of Grindelwald. We will hold a writer's salon at 2:30 pm at Nancy Brehm's house, 925 Sinagua Heights Dr. in Flagstaff.

I'll give a brief presentation about the peculiarities of Rowling's writing and things to consider while watching the movie. I'll cover how Rowling hooks you with:

• Genre Bending Worldbuilding
• Confirming your Postmodern Beliefs
• Masterful Narrative Slow Release.

Rowling has been called the most important Christian writer since C. S. Lewis. I'll talk about how she delivers meaning:

• Meaningful Resonance
• Ring Composition
• Subversion of stories we share in common
• Characters and elements that symbolize larger concepts
• Literary Alchemy
• Dante's Divine Comedy

At 4 or 4:30 pm we will watch the movie together.

After the movie we'll meet back at Nancy's house for BBQ sandwiches, while we discuss the film.

Please RSVP at authorCAlexSmith@gmail.com if you think you're coming so we can get an approximate head count. You can let us know right up to and including Sunday the 18th.