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Catherine Brennan and Tim Yao led this highly interactive workshop at the beautiful, new Santori Library (Aurora Public Library system), facilitated by Cassie.
Ref: Powerpoint slides
This interactive workshop covered many topics, including:
- why you might want to write your novel in November
 - how you can develop a framework for your novel
 - why you want to finish in November
 - tools you might want to consider
 - strategies for succeeding
 - how to avoid getting derailed by
- writer’s block
 - plot bunnies
 - mid-month slump
 - not finishing in November
 
 
There were three writing exercises:
- try out a word war (writing to one of three pictures)
 - visualization exercise (describe a place using all five senses but leaving out people)
 - add a person to the mix
 

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