Career Development Grant

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,128
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Cary Plocher
Recipient Type
Individual
Status
Completed
Start Date
June 2019
End Date
May 2020
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
St. Louis
St. Louis
Project Overview

Career Development Grant

Project Details

(Nonfiction Book) Character Development for Intermediate and Advanced Writers: How to Create Believable, Memorable Characters A Case Study of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter.

Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications

Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Karen Savage-Blue: visual artist; Karen McManus: musician, administrator at Mesabi Symphony Orchestra; Sarah Waddle: program manager for the North House Folk School, arts educator; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2017 Regular Session, chapter 91, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage

2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,128
Other Funds Leveraged
$1,652
Direct expenses
$3,780
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

My goal is to complete a prescriptive nonfiction book on how to create believable, memorable characters in fiction, using J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as an in-depth case study. I'll know I have successfully completed my goal when my book is around 40,000-60,000 words long and has been revised based on feedback from beta readers.

Measurable Outcome(s)

I completed a third draft of my prescriptive nonfiction writing book, which details how to write a believable, engrossing novel by (1) identifying and explaining the most helpful screenwriting techniques for novelists and (2) exemplifying how to implement said techniques through an in-depth case study of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Proposed Outcomes Achieved
achieved proposed outcomes
Source of Additional Funds

Other,local or private

Project Manager
First Name
Cary
Last Name
Plocher
Organization Name
Cary A. Plocher
State
MN
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency