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WW Online: Sharpen Your Wit with Tiffany Pitts
April 27, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
FreeAuthor Tiffany Pitts will discuss different ways humor can be used to deepen storytelling. She will break down comedic timing and how it is used to build or relieve tension within scenes, creating interest and gripping the reader. She will also look at ways it can be used to develop characters from one-dimensional names into complex heroes and villains. Participants should be prepared to take part in a short (3 sentence) writing exercise.
Pitts is an award-winning author of speculative fiction. She’s also a freelance travel writer focusing on the strangest places she can get her family to visit. As a native of the Pacific Northwest, she enjoys dogs, rain, and beer. In her down time, she’s the thumbs behind the Vacuum Cleaner Defense League, a German shepherd-led coalition for the eradication of vacuum cleaners (and sometimes brooms). She can be found online at the following:
Website: www.tiffanypitts.com; FB: https://www.facebook.com/tiffanypittsauthor; Twitter: @snickerpants; IG: @tiffany.pitts; Buy Links: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GI3DRT8 and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GLZ0OAS
We will be using Zoom for this online presentation. Join us on your phone or on your computer. You do not need to have video, but it is helpful if you do. Log in a little early – sometimes it takes a second to load the online meeting on Zoom. When you log in, you will be on mute until the speaker un-mutes participants.
On your computer or your smartphone use link https://zoom.us/j/995654281 to join. It will open an application. If you are new to Zoom, you can try it out ahead of time to test your audio and video at: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115002262083-Joining-a-Test-Meeting.
You can also phone in for audio only at (253) 215-8782 (US) and enter the meeting ID# 995 654 281. (You do not have a participant ID).
Willamette Writers on the River (https://willamettewriters.org/corvallis/) is the Corvallis Chapter of Willamette Writers. The Coastal Chapter of Willamette Writers (https://willamettewriters.org/coast/) usually meets in Newport.
Join us for this free, interactive, online evening.