“The Long and the Short of Writing and Editing an Award-Winning Novel”
Recently, WNBA-SF members Alice Wilson-Fried and Laurel Anne Hill were the program speakers at the California Writer’s Club Peninsula Branch meeting I attended and their presentation was outstanding. The material was incredibly informative about their individual paths to publication, but their delivery was professional as well as fresh and entertaining. I must admit that when Laurel passed around a bright red boat anchor I was more than puzzled about how this would fit into the presentation. She kept us guessing until the very last five minutes when she explained that she used it as an exercise on how to describe your characters with human characteristics whether they are inanimate objects, or extra terrestrials. Alice’s gift for story telling was very apparent when she was talking about the difference between preaching and teaching. Congratulations to both of them on a job well done! I can’t wait until we can have them bring their expertise to a WNBA-SF program. Oh, by the way – Alice’s path to publication was seven years and Laurel’s was seven months. We can learn a great deal from these award winning writers! I look forward to hearing more from them soon.
Mary E. Knippel
co-president, WNBA-SF
member, California Writer’s Club
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