Join us Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton, as Amanda McTigue, guest speaker for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch, presents “Writing Emotion: How Do You Catch a Cloud and Pin it Down?” An out-of-the-box thinker and speaker, novelist Amanda McTigue will help writers open the emotional content of … [Read more...] about September 17, 2016: Writing Emotion: How Do You Catch a Cloud and Pin it Down?
Past Meetings
December 17, 2016: Get Inside Your Reader’s Brain: The neuroscience of how to make readers laugh and cry
Join us Saturday, December 17, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, as Ransom Stephens, Ph.D. presents “Get Inside Your Reader’s Brain: The neuroscience of how to make readers laugh and cry.” Neuroscience is like looking under the hood to see how It works. When you know how readers process your writing, you can figure out what … [Read more...] about December 17, 2016: Get Inside Your Reader’s Brain: The neuroscience of how to make readers laugh and cry
July and August 2016
Tri-Valley Writers takes a brief summer hiatus during the months of July and August. Monthly meetings will resume in September. Critique groups, social media group, and open mic continue to meet during the summer, so please forge on with your writing. We look forward to seeing you in September. Write On! … [Read more...] about July and August 2016
June 18, 2016: Writers’ Legal Know-How
Join us Saturday, June 18, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton, as Attorney Larry Townsend, guest speaker, presents Writers’ Legal Know-How for the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch. Mr. Townsend will provide a road map for writers seeking to safeguard protection of their works and to avoid legal problems relating to … [Read more...] about June 18, 2016: Writers’ Legal Know-How
Nov. 19, 2016: What’s So Funny?
Join us Saturday, November 19, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton, 5115 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton, as local newspaper columnist and mystery author Penny Warner presents "What's So Funny?" Penny will show us how to add humor to our stories, even if we don't feel that witty, by offering tips on where to find humor (usually Walmart), steps on how to use it … [Read more...] about Nov. 19, 2016: What’s So Funny?
