Wednesday — April 9th
6:30–8:30 p.m. at the Frisco Public Library
8000 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, Texas (1st Floor Creativity Commons Room)

Agenda:

6:30 p.m. - Introductions

6:50 p.m. - Writing Activity 

7:10 p.m. - Presentation: Outlining Methods

7:40 p.m. - Q&A

8:00  p.m. - Critiques*

8:30 p.m. - Adjourn

*If you would like to have your work critiqued, please send your document to friscotx.write.club@gmail.com prior to the meeting and include the following:

• Title of your document 

• Your name

• Your email address (optional)

• Add line numbers to your document (Go to Layout, then Line Numbers, then Continuous)

• Limit your document to 500 words (approx. 2 pages) for time constraints. Each reader will be given 10 minutes to present and receive feedback depending on how many submissions we receive.

• If you are able to, bring 10-15 printed copies for the group to write down their feedback on. 

Upcoming Meeting Dates
Frisco Write Club meets the second Wednesday of each month.

• Wednesday, May 14

• Wednesday, June 11

• Wednesday, July 9

We are a friendly community of people who enjoy writing. Our members include people who range from beginning writers to published authors. All genres are represented including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's, and more. 

We gather once a month to share our work, offer thoughtful feedback, and discuss the writing and publishing processes. We meet on the second Wednesday of each month at the Frisco Public Library in Frisco, Texas.

Are you looking for an accountability partner, seeking supportive feedback on your writing, or wanting to learn how to publish a book? Join us for inspiration and education. Our encouraging, respectful members look forward to helping you on your writing journey.   

To join our writers club, please attend one of our monthly meetings. Information about each meeting can be found at the top of this page.

Click here to join our Facebook group.

• Everyone Writes a Line

• Share Examples from Great Writers (other than us)

• Craft Books / How-to-Write Books

• Genre & Subgenres Talks

• Overview of All Writing Genres - Bill 

• Translating Written Books to Audio 

• How to Digitally Market Your Book

• How to Write Dialog

• Using Personality Types for Character Development - Kathleen 

• How to Create a Story from Conception to Completion Before You Write the First Word - Bill E

Awards & Featured Authors: 

• • Linda Baten Johnson announced as winning author in 2021 Frisco Library Flash Fiction Contest (click here to see a video of Linda reading her Flash Fiction story)

Recently Published: 

• • Becky Ross Michael has 4 Fairy Tale Poems for Young Kids on the Empowered Parents website

  • In Search of My Society - Joseph Alummoottil

Publishing Soon: 

• • coming soon

• Ariel Slick - Ariel's services as a ghostwriter

• Becky Michael - Becky's blog with samples of her writing and musings about this and that 

• Bill Etter - Articles, blogs, and classes

• Carmina Esquivel - Carmina's website, info about her book, her bio and extras

• Fergal O'Donnell - Fergal's author website including chapters from his science fiction novel

• Jennifer Evans - Jennifer's services as a professional editor, her book, and tips for writing

• Kristina Brown - Kristina's website for suicide prevention.

• Linda Baten Johnson - Linda's biography, books, blog, and more

• M.L. James - Mona's blog  with the stories of this life gone astray.

• Morgan Kosinski - Morgan's blog with personal essays, book reviews,  erotic literature, and more

Recommended Services:

• Editors: JMFEditor.com (Jennifer Evans)

• Book Cover Designers: Freelancer.com

• Book Formatters: Fiverr

Writing Tools:

• Writing Software: Scrivener

• Reedsy - a community of over 1 million authors and 2,500 freelance professionals — helping bring more than 15,000 books to market each year

• Alliance of Independent Authors - a non-profit membership organization for self-publishing authors providing advice, guidance, and a range of resources

• Best & Worst Publishing Services from Alliance of Independant Authors

• DFWCon - an annual writers' conference that provides educational programs, workshops, access to literary agents, and professional networking opportunities; scheduled for Oct 23-24, 2021

• QueryTracker - a site for helping authors find literary agents

• Frisco Library - Events and resources for members of the Frisco community

Becky Bruning -  President

Brianna Jean Taeuber - VP of Operations/Memberships

Benjamin Maxwell - VP of Website Development and Technology

Carmina Esquivel & Mary Mellott - Co-VP of Social Events

Rich Blazevich, Fergal O'Donnell & Gary Thornberry - Presidents Emeritus