Big Focus: Using Themes to Revise and Streamline Your Drafts
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Identifying thematic currents in a draft can illuminate your key ideas and guide the revision process. In this webinar, we'll explore how.
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Worldbuilding in Memoir: Creating Vivid Worlds that Captivate Your Readers
Virtual Event
“Worldbuilding” calls to mind fictional settings—Hogwarts, Gatsby’s mansion, Alice’s Wonderland—but creating a vivid world on the page is just as essential in creative nonfiction.
Getting Beyond the “I” : Exploring Point-of-View in Creative Nonfiction
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In personal essay or memoir writing, we can become imprisoned in the "I" point of view. Learn to break free and explore the varieties of point of view.
By the Seat of Your Pants: Using Spontaneity to Spark Success
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Harness the power of pantsing to fuel your creativity and propel your writing career.
Beyond Chronological: Exploring Nonfiction Shapes
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We default to writing our true stories as chronological narratives, but there are endless ways to shape a personal essay. Experiment with new forms and structures for your work!
MASTERCLASS | Essential Tools of Narrative: Scene, Summary & Reflection
Zoom Meeting
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Learn how the three essential tools of storytelling--scene, summary, reflection--work together to create a powerful narrative.
Breakthrough! Making Writer’s Block Your Friend
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Frustrated with the blank page? Stuck in a scene or book with no solution in sight? What if your block is actually the way in?
Depth of Field: Two Ways to Write Setting
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Learn to refine setting in fiction or nonfiction using observation and memory skills.
The Little Things: Exploring Sensory Detail To Bring Characters To Life
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Unlock the power of sensory detail to breathe life into your characters and create unforgettable stories that resonate with readers.
Great Beginnings : Capturing Readers, Agents and Publishers from Word One
Zoom Meeting
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Learn what makes your writing sparkle from word one, and how to express your own voice and style on the page while compelling readers to turn the page to find out what happens next.
Hybrid Publish or Self-Publish? : Choosing the Right Path for Your Writing Career
Zoom Meeting
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Get an unbiased explanation of self-publishing, hybrid publishing, and paid publishing services, to make the best decision for yourself and your book.
SEMINAR | Craft a Stronger Memoir: Identifying and Fixing the 5 Most Common Craft Issues
Zoom Webinar
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Most memoir manuscripts have the same five craft issues. Learn what they are and how to avoid them.