Meeting reminder - Jan. 2

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, via Zoom. New members welcome; meeting details below.

If you have something to share, please upload it to Basecamp or email it to me at oawc at aol dot com by 9 a.m.the day of our meeting. See you Saturday! ~ Ruth

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Time: Jan 2, 2021 10:00 AM Central Time

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Annual Gift Exchange - Dec. 19th

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19th via Zoom. Meeting details are in the Comments section.

Reminder: This is our annual gift exchange so we will not be doing any readings. Rather than give a physical gift, please be prepared to share a a link to a product or service. You will NOT actually purchase the gift, so you're only limited by your imagination.

Please note: the gift you "give" will be used as a writing prompt for the recipient, so be creative!

Editing By Listening

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club emphasizes reading one's work aloud. Your ears are able to pick out missing words that your eyes miss. If you get winded reading a single sentence, that might be a sign you need to shorten it. If your tongue trips over a phrase, you might want to reconsider your word choices. Reading aloud also helps establish a rhythm or flow - especially important when writing poetry! 

Most likely you will pick out things as you read your work to yourself, and then again as you read it to the group. 

Don't have a group to be your audience? The latest version of Microsoft Word has an option to read your text aloud. If you do not have that option, there are apps and websites that will also convert text to speech. Natural Readers.com is one of those sites.  While it is not truly a natural voice, it is better than most computer generated voices, and has setting for type of voice and rate of speech.

~ T. Cannon

Meeting reminder - Dec. 5

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 via Zoom. Invite is below.

If you have something to read for critique, please upload it to Basecamp or email it to Ruth at oawc at aol.com by 9 a.m. the day of our meeting.

New members welcome!

Topic: Oshkosh Area Writers Club

Time: Dec 5, 2020 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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