Please join us for our November monthly meeting - our last Zoom meeting (we hope!) before we return to in-person meetings (remember those?)
Our very own celebrated and talented Sarah Archer headlines November's meeting with her discussion, "Structure, Marketability, and Other Screenwriting Secrets."
Please join at 6:30 for a half-hour of reconnecting with fellow writers, and reminiscing about the "Zoom era" and its impending sunset. The meeting will start at 7:00 as our president calls us to order with a welcome and brief announcements. Club business and member announcements will follow Sarah's discussion.
Yes, the meeting is still being held via Zoom - : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83291815127?pwd=Qi9iVy8wMFB4TjlFYzFEL3FOMWYxZz09
Meeting ID: 832 9181 5127
Passcode: 002472
Sarah Archer
Structure, Marketability, and Other Screenwriting Secrets
From her experience writing both screenplays and fiction, Sarah Archer has learned that there is a whole lot of overlap, lessons, and practices all writers can use to improve their work. She'll talk with us about crossing over, how she utilized skills she developed as a screenwriter in writing her first novel, The Plus One. She will discuss the importance of building a story structure, showing vs. telling, writing with economy, and hooking readers/viewers early. Additionally, Sarah will do a deep dive into the process of outlining from brainstorming to a final, marketable product in mind, and chaining scenes together to drive momentum, all while encouraging creative liberty along the way. She'll draw on examples from The Plus One as well as other novels and films.
Sarah Archer's debut novel, The Plus One (2019), was published in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan, and is currently in development for television. Archer is a Black List Screenwriting Mini-Lab fellow who has had material produced for Comedy Central, has published fiction and poetry in numerous literary magazines, and has placed in competitions including the Tracking Board’s Launch Pad. After working in TV and film development in Los Angeles, she moved between six cities in three countries over the course of a few years. She lives in the Charlotte area and is a member of the Charlotte Writers Club.
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
