Shaping your life experience for the page -- Sheila Bender
In this hands-on workshop you'll get started with new material or refresh older material you've had trouble successfully putting on the page by learning to pair "write questions" with particular personal essay forms. You'll find organizational patterns that lead to vivid imagery, surprising
insight and much discovery for both reader and writer.
This session is also offered Sat., April 5, 2008 -- 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Networking for writers: "What I can do for you and
what you can do for me" -- Sophronia Scott
You can attend tons of writer's conferences and networking events, but how do you turn these events into fruitful gatherings where you've made great and lasting contacts? How do you come away with something more substantial than a stack of business cards? Sophronia will show you:
* How to effectively communicate who you are and what you want
* The makings of an effective two-way conversation
* What is productive networking
* The three best ways to maintain your new connections
* When to ask for what you want--and how to get it
This session is also offered Fri., April 4, 2008 -- 9 to 10:30 a.m.
The renegade writer's guide to
breaking into magazines -- Linda Formichelli and W. Eric Martin
Learn how to generate salable article ideas and write a killer query letter. Linda and Eric will use real queries that sold to show what works and what doesn't.
This session is also offered Sat., April 5, 2008 -- 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Book proposals and literary agents -- Tony Lupia
Tony will address what's needed for a solid book proposal and how to prepare it for submission. He'll also explain the process of getting a literary agent and the role an agent plays in publishing a book.
This session is also offered Fri., April 4, 2008 -- 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
TBD -- Carolyn Howard-Johnson
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This session is also offered Sat., April 5, 2008 -- 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
How to develop and use humorous anecdotes -- Shannon Olson
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This session is also offered Fri., April 4, 2008 -- 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
