Milwaukee Writers Workshop

Tonight we reviewed the first ten chapters of Ziggurat by Erik Thelen. He was exceedingly appreciative of the group's efforts and felt the comments were very helpful. Some of the things the group stated as the novel's strengths were its tight plot and its quick, steady pace, the ease with which the narrator explained some dense subject matter, and the overall intrigue and mysticism. Some of the elements that needed work were the dialog, important information buried in long paragraphs and the need for some exposition regarding a six-year gap in the story.

On Monday, September 14th at 6:30 at the Tosa Library we'll be finishing up with Erik's novel. We'd love to see you there. If you're interested in reading Ziggurat, go to http://www.milwaukeewritersworkshop.com/story/ziggurat and download Parts 3 and 4.

And now for something completely different...I was told by a new member of the group that he thought the Novel Group was a closed sub-section of the MWW. I'd like to state emphatically, that is not so. We're open to anyone and are actively looking for novelists, readers and/or writers of any genre to fill out our somewhat eclectic group. The group is designed to work in much the same way as the short story group (read and critique for the good and the bad) but specifically for longer pieces. Our only rule is that you read and review two novels before the group will read and review yours.

We'd love to have you stop by on the 14th or the 28th to meet some eager, passionate, as-yet-unpublished writers, see the dynamics of the review session and maybe learn a thing or two about your own writing by reviewing someone else's work.