Children's Book Writers & Illust - May Meet: Activities to Give Your Idea Legs
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SCBWI Austin Monthly Meetings are free for anyone to come! Have you always been interested in writing or illustrating a children's book but don't know where to begin? Come take a sneak peek at our organization and meet like-minded and creative individuals striving for the same goal! We meet free every month with a new topic to help you further achieve your kid-lit dreams. To become an official SCBWI member please visit: https://www.scbwi.org/**, to learn more about the Austin Regional Chapter please check out: https://www.scbwi.org/regions/austin
Note: Meetup's free account will only allow 10 attendees. But because this event is free to the public there is no limit. Please come check us out!
About the May Monthly Meeting
Location: BookPeople (Third Floor)
Come with ideas, leave with inspiration. Author, poet and Typewriter Rodeo member Rebecca Bendheim and author and filmmaker Marissa Macy both struggle with having too many ideas and no clue where to start. This presentation will include a host of brainstorming and plotting exercises along with opportunities to share that will help writers and illustrators figure out which ideas most excite them, what form those ideas could take, and what steps to take first to go from idea to finished manuscript.
Marissa Macy is an author, filmmaker, and improviser based in Austin, TX. Her debut middle-grade novel, SPELLS TO MEND BROKEN HEARTS, is set to be released in fall 2026 by Scholastic. In addition to her fiction, Marissa has been making DIY films since 2011, including the award-winning film BED EATER: THE MOVIE and the forthcoming feature EASY DIGGING. If she’s not lost in a story, Marissa can be found recommending movies to people at We Luv Video, a non-profit video rental store that she helps manage.
Rebecca Bendheim is a poet, middle school teacher, and author of the middle grade novels WHEN YOU'RE BRAVE ENOUGH and HOW TO TAKE A RISK, forthcoming from Viking. She holds her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and types poems on Texas NPR and around the country with Austin's Typewriter Rodeo poetry troupe.
This event will be led by your SCBWI Austin Regional Team: Anna Alsup, Nataly Allimonos, and Tiffany Shih.