Here are the latest tutorials upcoming with Writers Digest:
Final Deadline:
March 1st
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A Special Offer from our Trusted Partner
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All of last year's
ScreenCraft Fellowship winners signed with managers!
That's right - all three of last year's winners signed with Hollywood
literary managers and agents at CAA, Plattform and Circle of Confusion. And
they pitched at major studios and production companies. We're looking for
our 2018 winners. Apply before the extended final deadline on March 1st.
Up to four recipients of the 2018 ScreenCraft Film and TV Screenwriting
Fellowship will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to meet
at 5 major
studios (including NBC Universal, Warner Bros, Sony
Pictures, Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox) as well as with acclaimed
producer and former studio executive Lawrence Grey, who has engineered
many notable script sales, including TWO script sales for over $1 million
each!
“Aspiring
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To apply, simply submit your feature film script or original television
script, along with an optional cover letter.
Join a growing community of visionary screenwriters with meaningful
connections to Hollywood mentors.
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Our writing online workshops cover every
aspect of writing, from how to get started all the way to getting your
writing published. Writer’s Digest University features writing classes online
for every skill level of writer and our professional instructors are dedicated
to helping you achieve your writing goals.
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Courses Starting
This Week:
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New - Pitch an Article: Write for Today's
Marketplace
Instructor: Estelle
Erasmus
In today’s competitive marketplace, it’s important to catch an editor's
attention. It all starts with a pitch. This intensive two-week course will
teach you how to craft a good pitch letter and do it well.
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New - Fearless Writing
Instructor: William
Kenower
In this workshop we’ll look at several techniques you can you use to keep
yourself in the creative flow and out of the trouble and misery fear always
causes. Unlock your full potential today!
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12
Weeks to a First Draft
Instructor: Mark
Spencer
In this workshop you will be able to finish either a decently developed half
draft (of half of your novel) or a rough “in-progress" full draft. If
you want step-by-step guidance, this is the course for you!
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Pulp
Fiction
Instructor: Philip
Athans
Are you wanting to tell a unique story? By studying the pulp tradition, we'll
learn storytelling techniques that transcend the pulp genres.
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Writing
Online Content
Instructor: Naveed
Saleh
This course will teach you how to effectively write online articles of all
types including news, feature articles, opinion articles, alternative story
forms (listicles, charticles, Q&As, and more), and blog postings.
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Professional
Copyediting: Tools of the Trade
Instructor: Kim
Catanzarite
This workshop's sessions will include an online lecture and grammar and usage
instruction, writing samples featuring the grammar and usage discussed,
practice exercises for the student to attempt on her own, and an edited
writing assignment that will be submitted to the instructor for private
review.
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Advanced
Blogging
Instructor: Naveed
Saleh
Have you been blogging for a while, and in need of the inspiration and ideas
to take it to the next level? In this course you will leave with the know-how
to build your blog into something extraordinary!
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 200 Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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Learn tips and
tricks from Andrea Somberg
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In this webinar,
Andrea will reveal the strategic questions that every agent asks, helping you
position your project for optimal success. She will reveal the steps to crafting
a query letter that will yield results and multiple manuscript requests. She
will also discuss the steps to finding an agent that will help you realize
your dreams.
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All registrants
are invited to submit a query letter for critique. All submissions are
guaranteed a written critique by Andrea Somberg. Andrea reserves the right
to request more writing from attendees by e-mail following the event if she
deems the writing excellent.
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How to make your
query stand out
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What content
you’ll need to include
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How to allow your
unique voice to come through
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How to write a
stand-out bio if you don’t really have experience
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Writers wanting
PERSONALIZED feedback from an agent
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Writers who are
getting ready to query agents
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Writers who want
to learn what makes and agent request their pages
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
1:00 p.m. EST
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Instructor: Andrea
Somberg
Andrea Somberg represents a wide range of
fiction and nonfiction, including projects for adult, young adult, and
middle-grade audiences. Her clients' books have been NY Times and USA
bestsellers, as well as nominated for several awards.
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 200 Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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Put your fears
behind you and write with confidence
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If you love to write
and have a story you want to tell, the only thing that can stand between you
and the success you’re seeking isn’t craft, or a good agent, or enough
Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but fear. Fear that you aren’t good
enough, or fear the market is too crowded, or fear no one wants to hear from
you. n this workshop you will learn several techniques to keep yourself in
the creative flow and out of the trouble and misery fear always causes.
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To identify the
mother of all writing fears.
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The only two
questions a writer should ever ask.
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How to listen to
your unerring guidance.
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Why paying
attention to how you feel is important.
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Anyone who feels
stuck.
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Anyone who thinks
they don’t have enough time to write.
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Anyone who thinks
the market is too crowded or that you have to be lucky to succeed.
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"Fearless
Writing was an invaluable resource in helping me get out of a non-writing
rut. The exercises were great in getting me to clarify my obstacles, and
Bill's advice and feedback were both insightful and useful." -MF
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Thursday February 15 - March 15
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Instructor: William
Kenower
In addition to William's writing books he’s
been published in The New
York Times and Edible
Seattle, and has been a featured blogger for the Huffington Post.
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Additional Courses Starting February 15
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
INVALUABLE FEEDBACK
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F+W, 10151
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Plus, tune into the
Writer's Digest Podcast!
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In our "Breaking In" column in Writer's Digest
magazine, we talk with debut authors -- such as Tomi Adeyemi, San Diego-based
author of Children of
Blood and Bone -- about how they did it, what they learned and
why you can do it, too. This is an extended interview with Adeyemi, who
appeared in the February 2018 issue. Read More...
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Belated Blume Day: Take one of these Judy Blume book titles, fill in the blanks,
and use it as the premise for a short story or scene. It does not need to be
relate to the original story in any way:
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than 7 years of experience writing and editing, and the online content
director of Writer’s Digest.
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 200 Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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Nobody knows craft
like WD, and these speakers have our stamp of approval.
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Jordan Rosenfeld | Enrich Your Writing With Vivid Imagery
In this workshop, you'll use examples from
contemporary literature to tease apart metaphors and similes and make them regular
tools in your writing toolbox. You'll bust clichés and learn how to write
fresh images that say the same thing, only better. Plus, you'll spice up dull
scenes and learn how to use images thematically, to plant subtext, create
foreshadowing and build tension in any story.
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Steven James | What No One is Telling You About Character Development
Multi-dimensionality for all characters
(including antagonists and protagonists) depends on varying their status.
Characterization is brought out by showing how a character acts in
relationship to other characters. Learn how to understand the dance of
submission/dominance that every relationship has—and how situational,
positional and relational status define every character in your novel.
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Gabriela Pereira | Perfect Your Plot, Structure Your Story
In this session, Pereira will teach you how
to create a strong, flexible outline that’s custom-designed for your style,
your process and your story. You’ll leave knowing how to use your outline to
perfect your plot, deepen your characters and guide your story from draft to
done.
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 300 Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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A written critique
of your query is included
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In this webinar,
Andrea will reveal the strategic questions that every agent asks, helping you
position your project for optimal success. She will reveal the steps to
crafting a query letter that will yield results and multiple manuscript
requests. She will also discuss the steps to finding an agent that will help
you realize your dreams.
|
All registrants
are invited to submit a query letter for critique. All submissions are
guaranteed a written critique by Andrea Somberg. Andrea reserves the right
to request more writing from attendees by e-mail following the event if she
deems the writing excellent.
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How to make your
query stand out
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What crucial info
needs to be included that is often overlooked
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How to allow your
unique voice to come through
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How to write a
stand-out bio if you don’t really have experience
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Writers wanting
PERSONALIZED feedback from an agent
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Writers who want
to grab an agent’s attention
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Writers who want
to learn what makes and agent request their pages
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
1:00 p.m. EST
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Instructor: Andrea
Somberg
Andrea Somberg represents a wide range of
fiction and nonfiction, including projects for adult, young adult, and
middle-grade audiences. Her clients' books have been NY Times and USA
bestsellers, as well as nominated for several awards.
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 200 Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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Create female
characters that resonate with your audience
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In this 38-minute presentation, author
Philippa (Pip) Ballantine looks at some of the current crop of female
characters in speculative fiction, identifies what makes them work, and how
they fit into the wider world of the novel. She considers the cultural aspects
of their nature, and delves into building powerful many faceted women. Read More...
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Writer's Digest. She lives with her Corgi/Dachshund (Dorgi), Dori, and three
kitties. Follow her on Twitter @sueajohnsonco.
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F+W, 10151
Carver Road, Suite 200 Blue Ash, OH, 45242 USA
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Make Your Script Stand Out!
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The first stop,
after you submit to a production company or studio, is Coverage, an analysis
and rating of your script by a professional reader who's been trained to spot
exactly what Agents, Managers, and Producers are looking for. Standard
Coverage includes a one-page graded score sheet that evaluates the major
elements of your screenplay. Also included are the Development notes, which
are an extensive report of your concept, structure, pacing, dialogue and more.
With Coverage with Development Notes, you get invaluable feedback on your
Feature Film, Movie-of-the-Week or Television script, in a format that
mirrors the same process occurring in the studio ranks.
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