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Start Time: Friday, April 23, 2010 at 6:30pm
End Time: Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 6:00pm
Location: Camp Eden
Street: 11583 Camp Eden Rd
City/Town: Golden, CO

Description:
Join us for a weekend designed for encouragement, refreshment, fellowship, as we take an in-depth look into the Word of God and how we can be prepared to write His answer—to Christians and non-Christians, through fiction or nonfiction. Through Bible study and prayer times we will explore what God has to say about His Word and its relevance to us today.

Speaker: Margie Vawter
Topic: Prepared to Give His Answer

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REGISTRATION INFORMATION

There will be three registration options this year:

Option #1 – Overnight at Camp Eden. $55 members/$60 non-members
Option #2 – Overnight at Eldora Lodge*. $65 members/$70 non-members
Option #3 – No overnight. $25 members/$30 non-members

Registration begins February 5th and ends March 31st.

Registration deadline for Option #2 is February 28th, with a non-refundable deposit of $10 due at time of registration and the balance due by March 31st.

Late registration (April 1st-21st): Add $5 to Option #1 and #3 (late registration is not available for Option #2).

You may register online, by mail, or at your local ACFW Colorado meeting.

To register online, go to www.acfwcolorado.com/events and click on the online registration link. ACFW Colorado accepts PayPal.

To register by mail, go to www.acfwcolorado.com/events and click on the mail-in registration link. Download the form, print it off and mail it, along with a check made payable to
HIS Writers
PO Box 19741,
Denver CO 80219.

Brochure with complete details can also be downloaded at the above website.

The retreat is open to ACFW members and non-members.

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Camp Eden is located off CO Hwy 72 in Coal Creek Canyon in the Roosevelt National Forest.

Eldora Lodge is located about 1/4 mile west of the Camp Eden Rd turnoff. To view the lodge go to www.eldoralodge.com.

Register Now for Central Ohio Fiction Writers Workshop

Laurie Schnebly Campbell’s Workshop:
The Personality Ladder and Plotting Via Motivation
January 23, 2010
Time: 9-5
Holiday Inn, 7007 High Street, Columbus, OH

The session begins with tools that will determine each character’s personality — ideally in ways that bring them into conflict not only with other characters, but also with themselves.

Next we track the hero through the seven steps he needs to move through, covering the journey from Stasis through Triumph. Of course, every character has their own ladder to climb in parallel stages until they reach the final resolution together. (There’s even a ladder for the villain, although he rarely makes it to the top!)

Armed with a solid grasp of the characters’ personalities, we turn to plotting…which begins with motivation. External events might make a difference to the story, but they’re only one element of the plot. Because once we nail down any character’s motivation, it doesn’t matter what takes place in their world…they’ll create a plot from WHATEVER happens. There’s no need to prepare a story idea, character bios, goal
charts or anything else, because you’ll learn how to plot an entire book — and actually have it ready to type — by the end of this hands-on workshop.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN @ WWW.COFW.ORG

Cost: COFW members $40 Non-members $45 (fee for using paypal) Includes lunch

Hotel: $89 rate: 614-436-0700 or 1-888-HOLIDAY. Mention the Central Ohio Fiction Writers Workshop room rate.

We will be raffling a free registration for one of Laurie’s 2011
on-line workshops, an “I’ll Write Your Synopsis” certificate from Laurie, book basket.

Submitted by~
Laurie Kingery–Deep In the Heart Historical Romance
THE OUTLAW’S LADY, Steeple Hill LIH Aug.’09
www.lauriekingery.com