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Learn this neat editing trick to take your stories to the next level. Do you need to cut 500 words from your story? Or maybe your readers’ eyes are glazing over after reading a whole page of description or hearing the contents of a long meandering dream? On the other hand, did you neglect to mention in all that description that your story takes place in the suburbs and your main character is a chimpanzee?In this hands-on session, writer and editor Lisa Meltzer Penn shows how to “push” back what you don’t need and “pull” forward what you do to add depth, clarity, and meaning to your writing.
Lisa Meltzer Penn’s short fiction and essays have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, published in multiple Fault Zone anthologies, Traveler’s Tales: Spain, The Sand Hill Review, Fabula Argentea, TMI Project’s Alone Together pandemic series, Migozine, San Mateo County Library’s Story Café, and others, and won Best of Show at the 2021 San Mateo County Fair. Lisa is a recent recipient of the California Writers Club’s prestigious Jack London award, where she is a Past President and Founding Editor of the Fault Zone Anthology series. A New York trained editor and freelancer known for digging into the bones of a story to bring out the best in it. She is currently working on a novel. Find out more and sign up for her blog “Lisa Melts Her Pen” at: https://lisameltzerpenn.com.
California Writers Club-San Francisco Peninsula Branch members give presentations on the third Thursday of the month for anyone interested in writing. Writers Helping Writers resume for their third year giving excellent advice and pointers on writing, publishing marketing and more.
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Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Rd, Palo Alto, CA,Palo Alto, California, United States
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