May's hybrid meeting--IN PERSON at the Boulder Library Main Branch **ground floor Boulder Creek Room** & ONLINE (see link when you register)--is *Butcher* by Joyce Carol Oates (USA, 2024) on Sunday starting at 2:30 pm (for 2 hours).

Dr. Silas Weir, the mid-19th century “Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,” is woefully under-educated and ill-prepared to deal with women’s health issues. Humiliated by his ineptitude, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where the title of Oates’s 62nd novel reveals its chilling meaning. Not a tale for the faint of heart.

We are Writers Who Read. We use Literary Forensics to dissect a recent novel (published within the past 18 months) with the goal of uncovering how the author has utilized their skills for effect. Storytelling is an art, but it's not a mystery. Every writer must address the following:

* Structure, Timeline, Pacing, Suspense, Omission
* Point of View, including Voice, Character, Place
* Language, Tense, Imagery, Metaphor, Symbols
* Motivation: Making a story pop - generating a thrill
* Why this story? And why now? Industry considerations

We ask that all attendees read the entire book in advance of the meeting, and come bearing their discoveries of how the author has addressed each of the five points above.

More information about other Writers Who Read meetings and our **WwR Podcast** can be found at: https://WritersWhoRead.com

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Writers Who Read LIVE!: Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates

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Monthly zoom meeting for a critique group focused on literary fiction -- for this purpose, defined by excluding mystery, science fiction, memoir, western, romance, thriller, children's, young adult, middle grade, erotica, fantasy, creative nonfiction, horror, poetry, graphic novels, or essays.
Five writers will give feedback on each other's 2,000-3,000 word stories or excerpts each month. Documents to be shared for review one week ahead of time.

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**Please do NOT post Zoom links publicly.** We don't want Zoom bombers.

Do you want to write to publish a book, but are confused by all the advice out there about the right path to seeing your book in print? Do you want to know about how to sell your book once it is published as well as how people get it on a major best sellers list?

Should you find an agent? (And how do you do that?) Should you go to publishers directly? Should you self-publish? Should you go print-on-demand? Yoinks! It seems like publishing is the new wild west.

While publishing is easier than it's ever been, it's also more confusing. The former gatekeepers no longer hold all the keys, but there are also a lot of people out there selling counterfeit ones. How do you figure out what the best way to do it is when all you really want to do is sit down and write?

BWA has a handful of people who know the ropes, from published authors to those of us who work in the seedy underbelly of the industry. Wanna know what we've done and what's worked?

Then this is the meeting for you.

(Note: The above is a generic introduction to our group. Each month's talk is different by different writers we've found who have expertise about important publishing topics. I will update this copy to reflect each month's meeting as soon as I can for each. For specifics for each meeting, please continue to check back. 😁 )

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