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SUMMARY:Sunday Focus September 2023
DESCRIPTION:Creating Convincing Characters | Anne Cleary\nWhat makes a well-rounded\, believable character who your readers will love to love (or to hate!)? Come along and hear some tips\, tricks\, and techniques to make your characters pop off the page. \nAnne writes novels and short stories and is keenly interested in the intricacies of human character and what makes people tick. She has won numerous competitions and features in magazines and anthologies\, including Mindfood\, Seven Deadly Sins\, Guilty Pleasures and The Four Seasons Project. \nIn 2017\, Anne won the Franklin Writers’ National Short Story Competition\, and in 2021 came second as well as Highly Commended. She was awarded second place in the 2022 Short Stories Unlimited (Australian) competition and Highly Commended in the 2022 Graeme Lay Short Story Comp. \nA committee member of Tauranga Writers\, Anne also compiles the weekly newsletter Writing Matters. \nSunday\, 17th September 2023\, 2:00-4:00 pm\nGreerton Library \n$15 ($10 for Tauranga Writers members) \nCash only please\, as EFTPOS is not available at these meetings. \nFor information about Tauranga Writers see our website\, join our Facebook page\, or contact taurangawritersnz@gmail.com.\nSunday Focus Sessions are usually held every third Sunday (except for this one in October) in the Heremanuhiri Room at Greerton Library from 2-4pm.\nWork in Progress meetings are held on the first Thursday at the Wesley Methodist Church on 13th Avenue from 7-9pm.
URL:https://taurangawriters.org.nz/event/sunday-focus-september-2023/
LOCATION:Greerton Library\, 139 Greerton Road\, Tauranga\, Bay of Plenty\, 3112\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Sunday Focus
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SUMMARY:Sunday Focus November 2023
DESCRIPTION:Love\, Sex and Erotica\nIn this R-rated talk\, Mollie Smith – pseudonym Molly Lachaussee – will discuss writing love\, sex\, and erotica\, give tips on how to avoid purple prose\, delve into the fascinating world of kink\, and how to make consent sexy. \nMolly Lachaussee is a proud Cajun with a Kiwi bent. When she’s not working full-time\, spoiling her husband\, keeping her house from burning down or chasing around after animals on their lifestyle block\, she’s in front of the computer\, making all her fantasies come to life (much to her husband’s horror). \nShe’s the immediate past president of the Romance Writers of New Zealand\, and a past president and current newsletter editor of the Rotorua Writers Group. \nSunday 19th November 2023\, 2:00-4:00 pm  \nGreerton Library \n$15 ($10 for Tauranga Writers members) \nCash only please\, as EFTPOS is not available at these meetings
URL:https://taurangawriters.org.nz/event/sunday-focus-november-2023/
LOCATION:Greerton Library\, 139 Greerton Road\, Tauranga\, Bay of Plenty\, 3112\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Sunday Focus
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SUMMARY:Writers on Writing - Women of Words
DESCRIPTION:WOMEN OF WORDS: Poetry on the page and on the Stage\nFi Be Sullivan has a substantial body of work\, poetry and prose\, performed and published in the UK\, Australia and New Zealand. She has a published novel\, Allotted. And In 2023 Fi Be published Integrity\, a selection of her poems. Fi B presented NPD 2024 last year in Tauranga City Library as a combination of workshop and poetry readings. She is working her magic there again this year. \nJenny Argante has been a creative writing tutor and a professional editor for over 40 years. Working in the Cracks Between was published by Oceanbooks\, and in March 2025\, Red Hen Books will publish a collection of poems on flight\, both literal and metaphorical. Her work has appeared in Takahe\, Poetry NZ\, North and South\, and Landfall. \nAs a forerunner to National Poetry Day 2024\, writers Fi Be Sullivan and Jenny Argante are combining forces to share their experiences of writing\, reading and performing poetry. Learn what makes a good poem and\, occasionally\, a great poem\, and how to present yourself effectively at poetry readings\, in performance\, or on the page. \nWe encourage you to bring a poem\, your own or a favourite from a New Zealand poet\, for sharing on the day \nSunday 18th August 2024\, 2:00-4:00 pm  \nGreerton Library\, Chadwick Road \n$15 ($10 for Tauranga Writers members) \nCASH only please\, as EFTPOS is not available at these meetings. \nContact taurangawritersnz@gmail.com for information about our website or to join our Facebook page. Work in Progress meetings are held the first Thursday of every month at the Wesley Methodist Church on 13th Avenue from 7 to 9 pm. Writers on Writing is held every third Sunday in the Heremanuhiri Room\, Greerton Library\, 2 to 4 pm.
URL:https://taurangawriters.org.nz/event/wow-women-of-words_aug-18/
LOCATION:Greerton Library\, 139 Greerton Road\, Tauranga\, Bay of Plenty\, 3112\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Events,Writers on Writing
ORGANIZER;CN="Tauranga Writers":MAILTO:taurangawritersnz@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Writers on Writing - Writing Short Stories with Attitude
DESCRIPTION:Writing Short Stories with Attitude!\nJoin award-winning author Anne Cleary for an interactive\, info-packed workshop where she will help you unlock the secrets to writing great short stories. \nAnne’s writing has won or been placed in multiple competitions\, including Australia’s Short Stories Unlimited and the New Zealand Society of Authors’ Graeme Lay Competition. Her work has also featured in various anthologies\, magazines\, and e-publications.  \n \n\n \n \nSunday 20th October 2024\, 2:00-4:00 pm \n \nGreerton Library\, Chadwick Road\n \n$15 ($10 for Tauranga Writers members)\n \nCASH only please\, as EFTPOS is not available at these meetings.\n \n \nContact taurangawritersnz@gmail.com for information about our website or to join our Facebook page. Work in Progress meetings are held the first Thursday of every month at the Wesley Methodist Church on 13th Avenue from 7 to 9 pm. Writers on Writing is held every third Sunday in the Heremanuhiri Room\, Greerton Library\, 2 to 4 pm.
URL:https://taurangawriters.org.nz/event/wow-writing-short-stories-with-attitude_oct-2024/
LOCATION:Greerton Library\, 139 Greerton Road\, Tauranga\, Bay of Plenty\, 3112\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Events,Writers on Writing
ORGANIZER;CN="Tauranga Writers":MAILTO:taurangawritersnz@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Writers on Writing - Writing Suspense
DESCRIPTION:Writing Suspense\n \nHeather Reyburn’s books have it all: suspense\, memorable characters\, nature\, history\, and happy endings. The author started publishing in her mid-60s and has already created a niche following for her work – 13 books over three series\, with a fourth series setting sail in June. Whatever your genre\, Heather will share her tips and tricks to help participants create plot tension using twists\, foreshadowing\, cliffhangers\, red herrings\, character jeopardy\, and more. Heather grew up in rural NZ but now lives in Queensland. She will be sharing her knowledge with us after returning to Aotearoa for the Ages of Pages Book Fair in Hamilton. \n  \n  \n  \nSunday 27th April\, 2:00-4:00 pm \nGreerton Library\, Chadwick Road\n \n$15 ($10 for Tauranga Writers members)\nCASH only please\, as EFTPOS is not available at these meetings.\n \n \nContact taurangawritersnz@gmail.com for information about our website or to join our Facebook page. Work in Progress meetings are held the first Thursday of every month at the Wesley Methodist Church on 13th Avenue from 7 to 9 pm. Writers on Writing is held every third Sunday in the Heremanuhiri Room\, Greerton Library\, 2 to 4 pm.
URL:https://taurangawriters.org.nz/event/writers-on-writing-writing-suspense/
LOCATION:Greerton Library\, 139 Greerton Road\, Tauranga\, Bay of Plenty\, 3112\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Events,Writers on Writing
ORGANIZER;CN="Tauranga Writers":MAILTO:taurangawritersnz@gmail.com
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