Category: workshop
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October 2025: Megan Cline
Megan Cline conducted a writing seminar for Cisco Writers Club members and guests. Cline is an instructor at Tarleton State University and the co-founder of the literary magazine The Bosque River Review. During the seminar, Cline explained how what we consume (reading, listening, watching, and even eating) affects our creativity. We ended with a writing assignment…
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July 2025: Priscilla Bettis
At the July meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, author, poet, and CWC member Priscilla Bettis led a poetry workshop focusing on the contrapuntal poem form. Everyone left with two poems: an individual poem and an interleaved poem written with a partner. The result included both humorous and thought-provoking verse. Thank you, Priscilla!
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December 2024: First Page Critiques
Cisco Writers Club members and friends gathered at the Connect Spot in the Myrtle Wilks Community Center for first page critiques. Everybody brought something to read aloud or to pass out. There was poetry, non-fiction, theology, and fiction. Writers gave one another helpful advice and encouragement. We need to schedule another critique session for 2025!…
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October 2024: Helen Cozart
November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. That means October is prep month, or Preptober. At the October meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, author and CWC member Helen Cozart led a workshop guiding us through four writing pillars: idea, character, world-building, and plot development. We are all better prepared to write our next…
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December 2023: Children’s Fiction Authors Workshop
At the December meeting of the Cisco Writers Club, Authors Marilyn Kay Brooks and Marilyn Kay Pineda (together known as their pen name “Marilyn Kay”) gave a workshop to aspiring children’s fiction authors. Participants learned how to write a story that will inspire young minds. They gave workshop attendees advice on tuning into a young…
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April 2023: Poetry Workshop
Two Cisco Writers Club poets hosted a poetry workshop at the April meeting of the Cisco Writers Club. The theme of the workshop was poetry for those who are scared of poetry. Everybody walked away with a poem they had written, and even though it wasn’t a requirement of the workshop to share, participants were…
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August 2022: Helen Cozart and NaNoWriMo
On August 4, 2022, Cisco Writers Club member Helen Cozart brought us information about National Novel Writing Month, affectionately called NaNoWriMo, that has happened every November since 1999. It’s an international program to help writers finish in one month the draft of a novel or other manuscript of 50,000 words. Writers sign up beforehand and…
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August 2017: Tex Thompson
The lone grammar-ranger, Tex Thompson, saddled her horse and started her long ride west, visiting 9 cities in 17 days. Cisco was one! As always, she explains the nuts and bolts in a fun, charismatic way. Her premise here: “It’s a truth every interviewee knows: there’s nothing more tragic than missing out on your dream…
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July 2017: Children’s Writing Workshop
Cisco Writers Club Sunday held a WordLaunch Workshop July 9 for kids ages 6-15. The workshop began at 1:30 at the Prosperity Bank community room, 418 Conrad Hilton Avenue in Cisco. It ended at 3:00 with a snack for the kids. There was a $10 fee for the class, but parents got in free! The…
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July 2017: WordLaunch Workshop
The Cisco Writers Club WordLaunch Workshop Series proudly presented Fiction Addiction: Writing Short Stories, led by CWC President Bokerah Brumley. In this two-part class, Bokerah showed how to whittle down characters and narrative to create a short work that’s ready to query and submit. Bokerah shared resources and options for the short story writer, as…
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