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   Write ON! Writing Contest~

  THE SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE: GETTING TO KNOW YOUWrite On! Online is pleased to announce our latest series of contests, designed to encourage you to give those
writing muscles a workout. There will be an exercise for both the non-fiction and the fiction-writer … and a
winner in each category. Since any exercise can do wonders to get you in writing-shape, I encourage the fiction writers to try the non-fiction exercise and vice versa.GETTING TO KNOW YOUNon-Fiction: Choose someone you see frequently, but do not know very well: your mail carrier, a local store owner, your significant other’s best friend. Spend a few minutes, interview him or her, and write a 300 - 400 word profile. It can be personal or professional. Just take the time to learn something about that person and share it through your
writing. This is also a great way to practice interviewing skills and interpersonal communication.

Fiction: Choose someone you see frequently, but do not know very well: a bank teller, the barista at your favorite coffeehouse, your new neighbor. Study this person, and then write a 300 - 400 word character
profile based on what you see - or what you think you see. Who is this person? What does the body language tell you? What’s his or her story? Be as conservative or outrageous as you’d like. Just be creative and have fun! This is a wonderful way to create characters for use at a later time.PRIZES1st Place: Both winners will receive a medium-length (or 21,000 word) one-reader iScript, and have their stories published on Write On! Online 2nd Place: Both winners will receive a copy of

Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript by Chuck Sambuchino, compliments of The Writers Store 3rd Place: Bookkeeping Basics for Freelance
Writers by Brigitte A Thompson (Non-Fiction) Save the Cat !® by Blake Snyder (Fiction)  Submit your 300 - 400 word profile or character study in the body of an email to writeononline@yahoo.com by
Wednesday, September 30. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, in the
October Write On! Newsletter.

Welcome new songwriters Maddi Simmons, Simay Dilcan from Turkey who
e-mails “Sorry I only have 3 songs in English, all my others are in Turkish…”  We’ll just have to post a turkey song or two!!!  It’s coming on turkey time again.  And soul full (his song has Soul in the
title…) Gary Koehler from the US of A.Thanks to Phylis Marconi for keeping me inspired.

Thanks to the Melvin
Community Center for
donating all those cups.Thanks to the Suazo family for helping our S2SMelodic Director have a place to live in the USA.

RAVES & CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION

*Christopher Coppola, whom we met while making a MobiFlick at his PAH Fest Chicago 08, has been nominated to The
Huffington Post as  someone who uses New Media to change the world in a positive way.  Because of him, I now know how to edit video, have a Flip Mino that I use religiously and bought a HD camera.  He deserves Raves & Celebration!!! *Singer/Songwriter Sarah VonderHaar was chosen to be one of the artists included in a rewards program for Gogurt.  At www.gogurt.com you can download her songs All Mine &
Everything I’ll Be. 

*Our own Maestro Schroeter had his co-written song titled Heaven On Earth win 2 songwriting contests & the song will be performed at the second annual New York Peace Festival.*Ruth L. Ratny celebrates the 20th year anniversary of her Reel News newsletter out of Chicago.  A great read.  She also had her full length screenplay place as a finalist in the Chicago Screenwriters Network’s 1st Annual Screenwriting Contest.  Thanks for keeping us posted as to the film scene & KUDOS on the win!

*My own query letter won a 3rd place in the Teleplay category at the Write On! Query Letter Contest.  Thanks again Debra for the book & card.  Everyone send in a submission to the above writing contest.  Let’s give Debra, a Chicago native out in
California who is doing a good deed for us writers, a flood of submissions.

 The 12 Most POWERFUL WORDS To Use In Writing Copy:1. YOU 2. MONEY 3. SAVE 4. NEW 5. EASY 6. LOVE7. DISCOVERY 8. RESULTS 9. HEALTH 10. PROVEN11. GUARANTEE 12. FREEThese 12 words contain 10-100 times more value and
more ‘punch’ than almost any other word in the English language.  It’s communication with an IMPACT!

So when you write your band newsletter, promote your latest tour or CD or song—put these words in the headlines.

We need Holiday songs.  Please visit the website, LOGIN and
upload your holiday songs.  We’ll e-mail you upon receipt.www.Songs2Share.com  ~ Roberta