Want to know more about novels in verse and the value of white space? Join Central Florida author Melody Dean Dimick at the University Club, 841 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789, on Wednesday, July 11 at 6:30 P.M. Melody will present her  “Heart to Heart” talk for Rik Feeney’s Orlando Florida Writers Association (FWA) monthly meeting. She will read a few selected poems from her favorite novels in verse and her own FWA Royal Palm Award winning Backpack Blues: Inspire the Poet Within. Melody suggests writers consider writing a verse novel when characters and their emotions rather than plot are the drivers of their story. Attendees will learn: what a verse novel is and how to determine if writing in verse will work for them, the right questions to ask themselves in order to link poems into a complete story arc, and the value of white space to reach a target audience.