EASTON, Pa.—Greater Lehigh Valley Writers’ Group (GLVWG) will hold its monthly meeting from 10 a.m. – noon on Saturday, October 25, 2025. The meeting is offered in a hybrid format—in-person at the Palmer Branch of the Easton Library, 1 Weller Place, Palmer, PA, and online via Zoom.

Membership business will be conducted from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. From 11 a.m.-12 noon, author Juilene Osborne-McKnight will present “Goal, Motivation, and Conflict”. Using familiar literary and film examples, this discussion will differentiate goal from motivation and will look at how conflict arises from each.  A group workshop exercise that will focus on creating conflict out of goals and/or motivations will follow.
Osborne-McKnight is the author of the best-selling journalistic history The Story We Carry in Our Bones: Irish History for Americans, now in its fifth printing.  Her newest work (2025) is Storyteller: Irish Myths Legends and Folktales for Americans. She is Professor Emerita from DeSales University where she taught Irish studies and creative writing and served as Chair of Humanities. She is a seanchaí or traditional storyteller in the ancient Irish tradition.

Osborne-McKnight will continue the deep dive into “Goal, Motivation, and Conflict”, an afternoon workshop scheduled for 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Using familiar literary and film examples, this workshop will differentiate goal from motivation and will look at how conflict arises from each. Registration is required for the afternoon workshop. Cost is free for members; $15 for non-members payable via AccuPay.

Email glvwg.vebmeister@gmail.com to receive the Zoom link. For more information or to register for the events, go to greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org; “GLVWG Events”.

New members are always welcome.

About GLVWG: GLVWG aims to provide its members with a network of support and resources in the field of writing; to act as a central information point for activities in the field of writing and the publishing industry; and to advance the writing interests of its members. For more information, visit https://greaterlehighvalleywritersgroup.wildapricot.org.

Information provided to TVL by:
Sara Karnish