Savannah Writers Group

The next meeting of the Savannah Writers Group will be Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at 7:00 PM at the Atlanta Bread Company in the Twelve Oaks Shopping Center in Savannah. We will be planning the next program, so please bring your ideas. If you would like to share your writing for feedback, please print enough copies of your piece and the critique sheet to go around (ten each is suggested). We look forward to seeing you there!

Hello all. Firstly, I wanted to thank SWG Member, Eddie Alban, for presenting his discussion called "Why Write" at our last meeting. One of the many topics that came out during the conversation was self-publishing. I didn't remember until after the meeting something I'd learned on that subject. The question was, why wouldn't a literary agent or book publisher be thrilled to see your self-published book? The simple answer is this one. I'm the agent. I'm looking at your book and it's shiny cover. Why would I publish something that has already been published? I don't think we get how final that word published is. Your book has an ISBN and everything. You've released it to the world, like a bird with a broken wing who you have nursed and given back to the wild. You saw it fly off into the blue yonder. It's gone. No one is going to catch it to release it again. It happens. Just not very often. This reminds me, too, how careful w...

Please join us Tuesday, February 12th @ 7:00 PM at the Atlanta Bread Company in the Twelve Oaks Shopping Center in Savannah. Savannah Writers Group member Eddie Alban will lead us in a workshop discussion  entitled, “Why Write?” We will be considering such questions as why we write, what we get out of writing, which forms and genres appeal to us the most, to sell or not to sell and much more. As usual, i f you wish to share some of your writing after the presentation, please bring enough copies of your writing and the critique sheet (if you desire feedback). We have been averaging eight to ten attendees, so ten copies of each  is suggested.

About the Savannah Book Festival Each year in the beautiful and historic city of Savannah, Georgia, dozens of popular and critically acclaimed authors join thousands of readers, book lovers, fans and aspiring writers for an annual world-class literary event, the Savannah Book Festival. OUR MISSION The Savannah Book Festival mission is to promote reading, writing and civil conversation by celebrating the written word and its role in improving the human experience. The Savannah Book Festival, Inc. is an independent non-profit corporation led by a volunteer board of directors. Authors Gregg Allman (Celebrity appearance & book signing) David Baldacci (Closing Ceremony) Dave Barry (Kickoff Ceremony) T.C. Boyle W. Bruce Cameron Claire Cook Bobby Deen Michael Duffy Richard Paul Evans James Farmer (Special Event Nov. 1, 2012) Mark Frost Kami Garcia Beverly Jenkins Joseph Kanon Heidi Squier Kraft Krysten Kusek ...

    Winston Groom , best-selling author of Forrest Gump , will introduce John C. Frémont , the "Pathfinder" of the West, the first Republican presidential candidate and the 2013 Georgia History Festival featured historic figure.   WHEN: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 6 p.m. WHERE: Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church              429 Abercorn Street, Savannah           The lecture is free to the public and a book signing will follow.     Winston Groom , whose recent works have explored 19th Century history, took the publishing world by storm when his 1986 novel Forrest Gump flew to the top of the New York Times bestseller list and stayed there for 21 weeks. It has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States alone, and millions more worldwide. He is the author of sixteen books, and as well as being a novelist is also a renow...

How is this for really handy? The Donald Maass Literary Agency has been Tweeting little prompts, which help polish and beef up your breakout novel. You can find the full list at their website . Let me re-post some stand-outs. What’s one way your MC tackles the big problem? Find another character who can do the same thing, or the opposite. Add. Find a dramatic event in your WIP.  Create a smaller version of it for another spot in the story. What’s the most wonderful thing about your story world? Find ten new ways and spots to delight in that. What do you like best about your MC?  How soon can we see that on the page?  How often?  Add more than you think needed. In your current scene, what’s the outcome? Work backwards until the reader is sure that the opposite will occur.  In your current scene, what’s the sharpest line?  Structure the scene to make that the *last* line.   What greater issue or question does y...

The next meeting of the Savannah Writer's Group will be held at the Atlanta Bread Company on Tuesday, January 22nd at 7 pm. Our own Sally Klein will conduct a mini-workshop about writing from your childhood, “Pulling Memories from the Distant Past” that promises to be fun, poignant, and self-revealing.