Madison

Area Contact: Bobbi Dumas madison@wisrwa.org

All Madison meetings are at the Middleton Library from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. with optional lunch trip afterward.

Saturday, November 22
9:30 to Noon
Middleton Library Meeting Room
Characterization

Chris Merrill will speak on using your character's back stories to generate story ideas, and using the personalities of characters to double check your plot's structure.

December Meeting: Madison Area Holiday Party, Date TBA

Meetings Location:
The Middleton Public Library
7425 Hubbard Avenue
Middleton, WI 53562

Directions: From US14-US12 West take EXIT 251 toward SPRING GREEN/LA CROSSE. Turn left (at the bottom of the ramp) onto UNIVERSITY AVENUE. Turn right (South) on PARMENTER STREET. Turn left onto HUBBARD AVENUE.

Heather Kauffman Logan, Angie Tyler, Ann Curtis,
Meagan Hatfield, Ann Voss Peterson, Lori Devoti

Milwaukee

Area Contacts: Maureen Welli (maureen.welli@gmail.com) and Ilona Fridl (lockup48@aol.com)

We meet the third Saturday of each month (except, December, June, July) at 9 a.m. to 11a.m. in the Community Room at MayFair Mall. Each month we have a special topic and the opportunity to purchase gently used books and barrow tapes and cds on writing. For more information please contact Ilona Fridl at lockup48@aol.com or Maureen Welli at maureen.welli@gmail.com

Date: Saturday, November 15
Time: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Place: Mayfair Mall Garden Suites Community Room
Program: TBA

As usual there will be coffee and refreshments. Also gently read used books to purchase and tapes to borrow. As per our last meeting we are beginning a writers' library so if you have a book you would like to donate to this new library we will be gladly take those as well.

Milwaukee Christmas party.

(Greater Green Bay Area) GGBA

We meet every first Wednesday of the month, from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at The Golden Corral (2590 Holmgren Way, Green Bay, WI 54304, 920-884-9480) Lunch first, program follows.

November 5:  WisRWA multi-published authors, Barbara Raffin, w/a Roxi Romano, Bob Rogers, w/a Jean Barrett, and Jeannine VanEperen will offer critiques on members' pre-submitted first five pages of a manuscript.  Please contact Stacey at snetzel@wildblue. net for specific submission information.

December: Christmas Party: date to be determined.

CHIPPEWA FALLS/NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

Area Contact: Peg Strand ( peglet@clearwire.net )

Usually meets the third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. at the Chippewa Falls Public Library. Please contact Peg to confirm meeting place and time.

November 11 (Tues), 6-8 p.m.
Topic: Peg Strand will touch on some of the 29 Most Common Writing Mistakes and How To Avoid Them. Held at Avalon Restaurant meeting (and eating!) room, Park Avenue.

December 13 (Sat) 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Christmas Party and gift exchange at Deb Waite's home, south of Eau Claire.
Topic: Classic Plots and Twists by Wanda Hanson.

Chippewa Falls represented at Write Touch 2004

WAUSAU

Usually meets the third Saturday of every month from noon to 2 p.m. at The Terrace Room in the 2510 Restaurant located at 2510 Stewart Avenue.

Saturday, November 15, 2008, noon – 2 p.m.

Terrace Room at 2510 Restaurant located at 2510 Stewart Avenue, Wausau

Speaker Peg Rosin presents THE SENTENCE. “Doing the sentence helps you define the parts of your book, quickly determines if your goal is large enough, your stakes high enough, and your bleakest moment dark enough. It shows you where you need to strengthen your novel. It will also give you your hook, blurb, and a basis for your synopsis.”