{"id":959,"date":"2017-01-03T00:36:06","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T06:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/?p=959"},"modified":"2017-01-03T00:36:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T06:36:06","slug":"meet-wtf-friday-january-13th-uptown-arts-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yayserver.com\/jessicaconoley\/meet-wtf-friday-january-13th-uptown-arts-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet WTF on Friday, January 13th @ The Uptown Arts Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m sure by now you know you\u2019re invited to the WTF stories for your earballs<\/em> reading on Friday the 13th<\/sup> from 7 p.m.\u20139 p.m. at the Uptown Arts Bar. (3611 Broadway, Kansas City, MO)\u00a0 I hope you can make it because I would like to see your face in real life.<\/p>\n

I realized some of my newer readers might not know what WTF is, though.\u00a0 WTF is my weekly writing and critique group.\u00a0 Let me introduce you to:\"WTF

Teresa Vratil <\/a>always makes us get to the heart of our story.\u00a0 She tells us to bleed on the page, go deeper, and forces us to get to the real substance of our work.<\/p>\n

Annie Raab<\/a> gives more homework than any teacher I ever had.\u00a0 She\u2019s one of the best read people I\u2019ve ever known and studies the craft of writing with a diligence and passion that makes us all work to even come close to her skills.<\/p>\n

Dawn Downey <\/a>can always tell when we\u2019ve stepped on our punch lines or buried our best work.\u00a0 She\u2019s a master excavator, digging away the words we hide behind so our story can really shine.<\/p>\n

Dane Zeller\u2019s<\/a> number one question is: \u201cWhat is your story about?\u201d And even though we\u2019ve been at this for more than a few years it\u2019s still the hardest question to answer.<\/p>\n

These are the four people who let me cry on their shoulders when I\u2019m ready to give up on this crazy writing world. Every single person in the group has made me a better writer\u2014and arguably a better person.\u00a0 They have mad talent, and I promise if you come to our show you\u2019ll love at least one story someone reads.\u00a0 Our styles and content are astronomically different, but together somehow it all makes sense.<\/p>\n

These aren\u2019t my only writer friends though.\u00a0 Turns out I\u2019ve got a bunch of them.\u00a0 You can learn more about other Kansas City writers on my blog<\/a> and many of them have been kind enough to let me interview them on my podcast<\/a> too.<\/p>\n

Happy New Year, and see you next Friday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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