Minutes
Below you find the minutes and agenda for regular Imaginative Fiction Writers Association meetings and keep track of what’s going on month to month.
2024 Minutes:
March 2024: IFWA 24 03 – Minutes Skills Session: Craig DiLouie – Confessions of a Midlister
February 2024:
January 2024:
2023 Minutes:
September 2023: IFWA 23 09 – Minutes Skills Session: The Short Story Form
August 2023: coming soon
July 2023: coming soon
June 2023: IFWA 23 06 – Minutes Skills Session: Limina Inaugural Symposium 2023 – Website Circulation
May 2023: IFWA 23 05 – Minutes Skills Session: Pantsing: the Undiscovered Country
April 2023: IFWA 23 04 – Minutes Skills Session: Filter Words and Their Affect on Mood & Voice
March 2023: IFWA 23 03 – Minutes Skills Session: Goodreads for Authors
February 2023: IFWA 23 02 – Minutes Skills Session: Self-Editing
January 2023: IFWA 23 01 – Minutes Skills Session: Decoding Greatness
2022 Minutes:
December 2022: IFWA 22 12 – Minutes Skills Session: Finding Beta Readers
November 2022: IFWA 22 11 – Minutes Skills Session: Tax Information for Writers
October 2022: IFWA 22 10 – Minutes AGM Minutes: IFWA 22 10 AGM Minutes 2022 Skills Session: Anatomy for Writers
September 2022: IFWA 22 09 – Minutes Skills Session: On the Shoulders of Giants – Critiquing the Masters
August 2022: IFWA 22 08 – Minutes Skills Session: Bad Words
July 2022: IFWA 22 07 – Minutes Skills Session: Thematic Values (Michael’s Notes)
June 2022: IFWA 22 06 – Minutes Skills Session: Historical Misconceptions
May 2022: IFWA 22 05 – Minutes Skills Session: Creativity First
April 2022: IFWA 22 04 – Minutes. Skills Session: Writing Prompts
March 2022: IFWA 22 03 – Minutes Skills Session: Relationship of Science to Sci-Fi (YouTube Video)
February 2022: IFWA 22 02 – Minutes Skills Session: Fuzzy Logic
January 2022: IFWA 22 01 – Minutes Skills Session: Liz Grotkowski – Driving Pace
2021 Minutes:
December 2021: IFWA 21 12 – Minutes Skills Session: Engaging Readers with Theme, Symbolism, and Figurative Language
November 2021: IFWA 21 11 – Minutes Skills Session: Simple Tricks for Tightening Sentences and Better Prose
October 2021: IFWA 21 10 – Minutes Skills Session: Chaos Theory Presentation
September 2021: IFWA 21 09 – Minutes Skills Session: Internal Narrative
August 2021: IFWA 21 08 – Minutes Skills Session: Military History in Fiction
July 2021: IFWA 21 07 – Minutes Skills Session: Three Pipelines for a Successful Author
June 2021: IFWA 21 06 – Minutes Skills Session: Reading Aloud
May 2021: IFWA 21 05 – Minutes Skills Session: Game Theory
April 2021: IFWA 21 04 – Minutes Skills Session: Emotion in writing
March 2021: IFWA 21 03 – Minutes Skills Session: Political-Economic Geography and Map Making (see Skills Page for presentation)
February 2021: IFWA 21 02 – Minutes Skills Session: How Far Is Your Reach?
January 2021: IFWA 21 01 – Minutes Skills Session: IFWA presentation – your brain on writing
2020 Minutes:
December 2020: IFWA 20 12 Minutes Skills Session: Resonance in World Building
November 2020: IFWA 20 11 – Minutes Skills Session: Productivity
October 2020: IFWA 20 10 AGM Minutes 2020 Skills Session: The Importance of Story
September 2020: IFWA 20 09 – Minutes Skills Session: Reading on Zoom (in Minutes)
August 2020: IFWA 20 08 – Minutes Skills Session: Live Book Readings (in Minutes)
July: 2020: IFWA 20 07 – Minutes Skills Session: Contracts and Copyright
June 2020: IFWA 20 06 – Minutes Skills Session: Anatomy of Violence
May 2020: IFWA 20 05 – Minutes Skills Session: BookLandingPages
April 2020: IFWA 20 04 – Minutes Skills Session: How to Pitch
March 2020: IFWA 20 03 – Minutes Skills Session: The Near Future Genre
February 2020: IFWA 20 02 – Minutes Skills Session: Writing / Editing by Algorithm – the Potential Impact of AI on Writing and Editing
January 2020: IFWA 20 01 – Minutes Skills Session: The Proverbial “First Page”
2019 Minutes:
December 2019: IFWA 19 12 Minutes Skills Session: Scrivener Basics
November 2019: IFWA 19 11 Minutes Skills Session:Sensory Immersion – Rex Leniczek
October 2019: IFWA 19 10 AGM Minutes 2019 Skills Session: IFWA CRITIQUE PRESENTATION
September 2019: IFWA 19 09 Minutes Skills Session: Increasing Your Word Count
August 2019: IFWA 19 08 Minutes Skills Session: Marketing Skills Session
July 2019: IFWA 19 07 Minutes Skills Session: Crowdfunding (Podcast)
June 2019: IFWA 19 06 Minutes Skills Session: Deep POV
May 2019: IFWA 19 05 Minutes
April 2019: coming soon Skills Session: Theme
March 2019: IFWA 19 03 Minutes
February 2019: IFWA 19 02 Minutes Skills Session: Creating Magic Systems
January 2019: IFWA 19 01 Minutes
2018 Minutes:
December 2018: IFWA 18 12 Minutes Skill Session Notes: Business Plans for Writers
November 2018: IFWA 18 11 Minutes Skill Session Notes: Human Genetics
October 2018: IFWA 18 10 Minutes
September 2018: IFWA 18 09 Minutes Skill Session Notes: Productivity IFWA
August 2018: IFWA 18 08 Minutes (rev) Skill Session Notes: Assertiveness for Fiction Writers
July 2018: IFWA 18 07 Minutes
June 2018: IFWA 18 06 Minutes
May 2018: IFWA 18 05 Minutes
April 2018: IFWA 18 04 Minutes
March 2018: IFWA 2018 03 Minutes
February 2018: IFWA 18 02 Minutes
January 2018: IFWA 18 01 Minutes
2017 Minutes:
December 2018: 2017 12 Minutes – December 2017
November 2017: 2017 11 Minutes – November 2017
October 2017 (with AGM): 2017 10 Minutes – October 2017
September 2017: 2017 09 Minutes – September 2017
August 2017: 2017 08 Minutes – August 2017
July 2017: 2017 07 Minutes – July 2017
June 2017: 2017 06 Minutes – June 2017
May 2017: 2017 05 Minutes – May 2017
April 2017: 2017 04 Minutes – April 2017
March 2017: 2017 03 Minutes – March 2017
February 2017: 2017 02 Minutes – February 2017
January 2017: 2017 01 Minutes for January 2017
2016 Minutes:
December 2016: 2016 12 Minutes – December 2016
November 2016: 2016-11-minutes-november-2016
October 2016 (AGM): 2016-10-minutes-october-2016 (w Treasurer’s Report)
September 2016: 2016-09-minutes-september-2016
August 2016: 2016-08-minutes-august-2016
July 2016: 2016 07 Minutes – July 2016
June 2016: 2016 06 Minutes – June 2016
May 2016: 2016 05 Minutes – May 2016
April 2016: 2016 04 Minutes – April 2016
March 2016: 2016 03 Minutes – March 2016
February 2016: 2016 02 Minutes – February 2016
January 2016: 2016 01 Minutes for January 2016
2015 Minutes:
December 2015: 2015 12 Minutes for December 2015
November 2015: 2015 11 Minutes (w skills)
October 2015 (AGM): 2015 10 Minute