Sara Biren ♥ Blog

  Four years ago this month, the wheels began to turn for our move to Wisconsin. This was 2020 at the beginning of lockdown, and moving during a pandemic presented many challenges. I'm still trying to find my footing and my place as a Wisconsin author. I'm getting there and taking steps to keep moving forward.  One thing that I've started this year is a new fiction writers' group at a wonderful independent bookstore in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Paper Crane Bookstore . Six (!) people came to the first meeting, and I'm absolutely thrilled. The Friday Night Writers range from published authors to writers who have a lot of ideas but aren't sure where or how to start.  I thought I'd dust off the old blog to discuss some of the craft topics we'll be talking about during the first portion of our monthly meetups.  As far as writing basics go, I'm jumping way ahead to discuss how to prepare your manuscript for your critique partners and wanted to share the infor