WRITERS MEETING Fellow Class Members and Writers, The Southern California Writers Association invites any interested members of Raymond’s class of writers to our monthly meeting this Saturday morning at 10 AM, as our student guest, we are happy to host you. The meeting includes hearing a great writer and also enjoying a great meal with Orange County writers. We have a fantastic speaker, DP Lyle, who in addition to having written many books, including the Samantha Cody and Dub Walker thriller series, has won many awards, and is an expert on “character motivation.” He is an amazing man, who has worked with tv shows from “House” to “Royal Pains” to “CSI:Miami,” and more, and you can read his info below. He is also a cardiologist and heart specialist and works with many police departments on forensic issues. Additionally, he hosts a radio show on SUSPENSE network. As a first time visitor, we host your meal, and you will make contact with many writers, most are published, from all fields, and in addition to a great meal and great information, you can make great contacts. Several of your class members are members. If you are interested in coming, please let me know by Thursday if possible. My email is: lorenzo212@yahoo, and my phone is 714 580-5072. He will speak first on The Psychology of Character Motivation: Understanding the Whys of Character Thought, Action, and Dialog, and also allow time for a lively forensic Q&A session. The strength of every story, regardless of genre, lies in the characters that populate the fictional landscape. Developing full, realistic, and believable characters requires an understanding of the psychological drives that push them to act and react. Why do people love, hate, envy, loath, and need one another? Why do they steal, cheat, batter, and kill? Why do they argue, lie, deceive, threaten, and comfort? The session will begin with a discussion of the basic psychology that drives character behavior and move to the forces behind conflict and conflict resolution---the driving force behind thought, action, and dialog. We will look at the conflict-driven character arc of famous protagonists and antagonists. It should be a great morning! Hope you can come. Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Claim Jumper Restaurant 18050 Brookhurst Blvd, Fountain Valley, CA (Banquet room on bank side of building) D.P. Lyle – the Scoop This month, we are so happy have with us, author D.P. Lyle, who has worked with many novelists and writers of such popular tv shows as Law and Order, CSI:Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Cold Case House, Medium, The Glades, Pretty Little Liars, and many more. He has been nominated for the Edgar and Agatha Awards for mystery fiction, and also is a specialist in Character Motivation. (He also is a cardiologist MD who has practiced in OC for more than 30 years.) He is host of Mystery and Science Radio show on Suspense Network. He is an expert on character motivation, and what shapes them, and he will speak on that issue to us, in addition to sharing a lively Q & A on the issues. Our stories have to be populated with characters that have motives that move them and we can identify with. He will richly reward us with insights into helping us develop our characters and raise them to be outstanding. And as a special interest, noted hypnotherapist, Murray Kaufman, will give a brief demonstration of how he has worked with many writers from Hollywood to the publishing canyons of NYC - that should be a great insight and a treat for us! The Psychology of Character Motivation with D.P. Lyle, MD, on March 15th D. P. Lyle, MD is the Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Silver Award winning and Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Scribe, and USA Best Book Award nominated author of many non-fiction books as well as numerous works of fiction, including the Samantha Cody and Dub Walker thriller series and the Royal Pains media tie-in novels. His essay on Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island appears in Thrillers: 100 Must Reads and his short story “Even Steven” in ITW’s anthology Thriller 3: Love Is Murder. He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, Judging Amy, Peacemakers, Cold Case, House, Medium, Women’s Murder Club, 1-800-Missing, The Glades, and Pretty Little Liars. He was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama where his childhood interests revolved around football, baseball, and building rockets in his backyard. The latter pursuit was common in Huntsville during the 1950’s and 60’s due to the nearby NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center. After leaving Huntsville, he attended college, medical school, and served an internship at the University of Alabama; followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas at Houston; then a Fellowship in Cardiology at The Texas Heart Institute, also in Houston. For the past 35 years, he has practiced Cardiology in Orange County, California. He is the co-host, along with Jan Burke, of CRIME AND SCIENCE RADIO, a twice-monthly program on SUSPENSE RADIO. He will speak first on The Psychology of Character Motivation: Understanding the Whys of Character Thought, Action, and Dialog, and also allow time for a lively forensic Q&A session. The strength of every story, regardless of genre, lies in the characters that populate the fictional landscape. Developing full, realistic, and believable characters requires an understanding of the psychological drives that push them to act and react. Why do people love, hate, envy, loath, and need one another? Why do they steal, cheat, batter, and kill? Why do they argue, lie, deceive, threaten, and comfort? The session will begin with a discussion of the basic psychology that drives character behavior and move to the forces behind conflict and conflict resolution---the driving force behind thought, action, and dialog. We will look at the conflict-driven character arc of famous protagonists and antagonists. The meeting is held in the Banquet Room on the left side of the building. To learn more about the SCWA Organization* and become a Member, please visit ocwriter or pick up an application at our next meeting.
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