{"id":116334,"date":"2026-02-17T19:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116334\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:47:13","slug":"writers-group-monthly-meeting-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/116334\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer\u2019s group monthly meeting \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published February 17. 2026 11:15AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Greater Lehigh Valley Writers\u2019 Group will hold its monthly meeting from 10 a.m. \u2013 noon on Saturday, February 28, 2026. The meeting is offered in a hybrid format\u2014in-person at the Palmer Branch of the Easton Library, 1 Weller Place, Palmer, and online via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Membership business will be conducted from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. From 11 a.m.-noon, author and English professor Jeffrey Voccola will present \u201cCreating the Story Arc.\u201d How do we bring our story ideas to life on the page? With so many components at play\u2014plot, character, narrative, active scenes of dialogue\u2014the writer can easily become overwhelmed. But mapping out the story can provide clarity and focus. At this craft talk, discussion will focus on finding direction through the narrative arc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Voccola teaches several writing\/editing\/publishing courses at Kutztown University. He is the winner of the 2018 Blue Mountain Novel Award for Kings Row. His stories have appeared in The Woven Tale Press, 2 Bridges Review, Fox Chase Review, The Cabinet, Noctua Review, Cottonwood, Beacon Street Review, Folio, and others. His essays have been published in Inside Sources, The Las Vegas Sun, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Voccola will present an afternoon workshop, \u201cCharacter and Point of View\u201d, from 1 to 3 p.m. We all love a good plot, but ultimately stories are about people. To become fully immersed in a piece of fiction, readers must understand and connect with the characters. Voccola will discuss character development and using point of view to keep the reader engaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Registration is required for the afternoon program. Cost is free for members; $15 for non-members payable via AccuPay. Any person under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for any GLVWG event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Email glvwg.vebmeister@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. For more information or to register for the events, go to greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org; \u201cGLVWG Events\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">New members are always welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published February 17. 2026 11:15AM Greater Lehigh Valley Writers\u2019 Group will hold its monthly meeting from 10 a.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-116334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}