The January monthly meeting will be via Zoom due to increasing concerns about the Omicron variant.
If you registered from the announcement sent on Jan 3, PLEASE RE-REGISTER HERE so we can ensure you are aware of the change.
The Zoom link to join on Jan 18: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83291815127?pwd=Qi9iVy8wMFB4TjlFYzFEL3FOMWYxZz09
We will open the virtual gathering at 6:30 p.m. for social time. The formal meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. as our president calls us to order with a welcome and brief announcements. Club business and member announcements will follow the presentation by our guest speaker for the evening, New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda, who will guide us on the right way to tell our stories.
Finding the Right Way to Tell Your Story
You have a story. You've been thinking about it for a long time, turned it over and over in your head, sketched out the characters, added detail as the months go on. But is having “the story” enough? Are you sure you've found the right way to tell your story? Megan Miranda contends there are five or ten different ways to tell the same story, each of which will reveal something unique as the structure, perspective, or themes change. All of her books have taken a different structural approach. All the Missing Girls, the story of two young women who go missing a decade apart, is told in reverse. The story in Fragments of the Lost circles around found objects, while the chapters in The Girl from Widow Hills are interspersed with news clips that create suspense and drive the story forward. Megan's most recent book, Such a Quiet Place, uses a community bulletin board to heighten tension and reveal another layer of the setting. Recognizing the importance of finding "the right way," she often rewrites projects to make sure she has found the best possible way to tell any given story—and she will share her secrets with us.
Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, The Perfect Stranger, The Last House Guest,The Girl from Widow Hills, and most recently, Such a Quiet Place. She is also the author of several books for young adults, including Fracture, Hysteria, Vengeance, and Soulprint. She grew up in New Jersey, attended MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children.
Return to in-person meetings
We want to return to in-person meetings as soon as feasible. To help us get there, if you have not already done so please provide proof of full vaccination - copy or take a photo of your vaccination card and email it to membershipcwc@yahoo.com. You’ll have to provide it only once and you'll be on our VIP List. As you arrive for meetings, we will check you off the list as we try to keep everyone healthy.
We look forward to seeing you at the virtual meeting!
