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Category: Member Blog
Conference 2019
MWG Comedy Night!
New Member Benefit!
Missouri Writers Guild Members: So, you’ve finally done it! Completed your manuscript and think it’s ready to be submitted to a literary agent or publisher. But wait . . . have other writers and readers offered you feedback yet? Have you revised and rewritten and rewritten and . . . you get the picture? Well, […]
2018 Fall Contests
Guidelines for MWG Autumn 2018 Contest
Creating Tension with a Ticking Clock
How can you tell when a clock is really tense? When it’s all wound up. Creating tension by using some form of a limit is one of the easiest methods to ratchet up the tension in any manuscript, from novel to play to movie script. When many newer authors first hear about adding in a […]
Using Speaking Engagements to Build Your Base
One of the most feared things in the world is death, followed closely by speaking in public. Some folks equate the two as the same thing. Considering that most authors are solitary beasts that hide in their writing dens and poke keys and scribble lines that magically turn into stories, a suggestion that one should […]
Conference Classroom: Writing in Different Genres
Guy Anthony De Marco will be presenting a class on “Writing in Different Genres” during the fifth classroom session at the 2018 MWG Conference. With that in mind, we present the below essay that first appeared on The Fictorians, a writing collective of which Mr. De Marco is a long-time member. As a reminder, the […]
List of Winners – MWG Fall Fiction Contest 2017
List of Winners, MWG Fall Fiction Contest 2017 General 1—90: A Novel of Love and Baseball, Thomas Duggan 2—The Red Umbrella Society, Khrys Vaughan 2—Limestone County, Darrel Sparkman Historical 1—Destiny by Deceit, Patricia Wahler 2—Elephant, Laurence Lovan 3—Honor Among Outcasts, Ed Protzel Horror 1—A Rare Find, BH Skelley 2—In Dark Places, Guy […]
Poplar Bluff Municipal Library Hosting Local Author Fair
The Poplar Bluff Municipal Library is hosting a Local Author Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m on Saturday, March 3, 2018. More than a dozen local authors will be available to discuss writing, publishing and what a thriving local literary scene offers to a community. Participating authors are selling copies of their works. The […]