North
Florida Writers
April 14, 2009
Minutes
Call
to order -
President Margie Sauls called the meeting to order at
2:05 P.M.
Member/Visitor
introductions
- Members introduced themselves and what they’re currently writing. Margie welcomed Guest Shelly Kummings.
March
Minutes -
Secretary Kathy Marsh read the Minutes from the March 14, 2009 meeting. The
Minutes were approved as read.
Treasurer’s
Report -Treasurer
Howard Denson reported that there were no changes in the accounts.
Old
Business
Proposed extra critique sessions – Joyce offered her Green
Cove Springs bookstore as a location for members who would like an extra
critique session. It was suggested that
it be on an informal basis rather than scheduling a 2nd monthly
meeting. No vote was taken.
Howard
mentioned that additional critiquing opportunities were also posted on our
website.
Susanne
expressed a concern that our critiquing was at times more flattery than
helpful. A discussion followed about the
benefits of oral vs. written critiquing. Members expressed that all critiquing is
valuable as long as it offers the writer constructive criticism and that we
need to maintain that focus.
NFW logo – Margie suggested
that we revisit adopting a logo for our organization and announced that the motto
“Inspiring Writers” was decided on a couple of years ago. No action was taken.
Howard
announced that he reserved our meeting room through December.
Jo
Ann announced that there would be a Writers’ conference in August at UNF, but
the details have not been posted yet.
Margie
adjourned the business meeting.
Character
Chart discussion- Margie Sauls discussed the
importance of fleshing out characters in our writing. She passed around several character trait
charts that can be found online such as one on wirefire.com (Inspiration for Writers: Element of Craft
Tips and Techniques.
Critique
Session – Six members contributed chapters from novels to be critiqued.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 P.M.