Yesterday was the annual writing workshop for the Enid Writers Club. For the last few years, we’ve gathered at St. Matthews Episcopal Church thanks for Fr. John who is also a member of our club. It’s a perfect facility with room for speakers and lunch. Writers are a special group of people and we’re always ready to learn more about our craft.

The first speaker was Rene Gutteridge Rene says…. Rene has been a novelist and screen writer for 20 years and is the head writer for the Skit Guys. She’s involved with the Oklahoma Film Industry and has written for Hallmark. She talked about pitching your work and being confident about your writing. She is an inspiration and works hard at her craft giving herself time off when needed.

Laurel Thomas About – Write with Laurel talked about characterizations and how they make the reader feel about the story. She had great examples about making your story character driven and giving it depth. She’s written for inspirational magazines and is a writing coach.

Peggy Doviak About Peggy | Peggy Doviak is a certified financial advisor and writes both non-fiction and fiction. She has a new line of cozy mysteries but started teaching people to use their money wisely after her mother was cheated out of her life savings by a sketchy financial advisor. After three degrees in English, she went back to school and became a financial advisor herself. Now she’s branching out into fiction.

It was a great day and I loved learning something more about writing and meeting the new people who joined us. This is becoming an annual event and we hope to continue it. We ended the day with a panel discussion with all the speakers until the Oklahoma weather threatened and we adjourned early. Rain and storms across the Sooner state made for sketchy travels, but that is Another Story for another Time.

What are you reading/writing/creating this week?