Brush Up on Your First Paragraph! at Cattlemens Restaurant
12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
on Saturday June 15th, 2024 from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Following on from Melissa’s welcome presentation on personal essays, she returns on Saturday, June 15 to bring a special treat to attendees at the quarterly CWC luncheon. Come for fun and learning as author Melissa Hart gives suggestions on members’ first paragraph from a manuscript they are working on!
If you have a paragraph you would like Melissa to comment on, it will need to be submitted in advance. Note deadline below of June 8. For $15, your paragraph will be read aloud by a third party, followed by suggestions and a short discussion. Five minutes total will be devoted to each first paragraph submitted. Author will remain anonymous, so there’s no “outing” of anyone – all fun and learning.
Mark your calendar now for June 15. Brush up on a first paragraph if you’d like to submit for a live mini-critique. Following the meeting, member Susan Dlugach will offer a short session on poetry – what writers of all genres can learn from poetry.
Members with a published book or promo materials are invited to bring for the display table.
Members with books in need of a new home are invited to bring them to place on a table of free books Plan to have a good time as we all learn together!
Book your tickets for the event here.
![Melissa Hart](https://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/wp-content/uploads/Melissa-Hart-scaled.jpg)
If you want your work to be critiqued, you will need to register if here, and pay the critique fee of $15.
Reminders
What: Quarterly Luncheon, First Paragraph Blow-Up Live!
When: Saturday June 15, 11:30
- Social Hour: 11:30
- Membership meeting: Noon
- Melissa Hart & First Paragraph Critique: 12:45
- Post-luncheon special: 2 p.m.
- Susan Dlugach on poetry, what writers of all genres can learn from
- poetry. Donations appreciated.
Where: Cattlemens Rancho Cordova
Cost: Meeting Fee: $36, includes coffee, soda, meal, speaker, book displays, post-speaker.
What attendees should bring: A copy of your published book or promo items to put on the display table. Any books you’re ready to pass on to a new home for the giveaway table.