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Create Your Author
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FACT: Every author needs their own website, even
if they haven't published anything yet. Social media platforms come and go,
but having your own website is critical for building a platform, connecting
with fellow authors and industry professionals, engaging potential readers
and sustaining a long-term career.
In this live two-hour intensive webinar, digital media and publishing expert
Jane Friedman will teach you how to use WordPress to get your own website up
and running in a day or less—often in one evening! If you already have a
website or blog, you'll learn best practices to ensure you're getting the most
out of it.
The good news: you don’t have to know any code, understand technical jargon,
or have previous experience with websites or blogs. You also don’t need to
own your own domain or have a hosting service yet—although you'll learn the
importance of both.
Note:
This webinar will include training on Gutenberg, the latest version (5.0) of
WordPress. WordPress powers more than 20 percent of all websites in the world
and is the primary choice of professional authors..
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A few simple services that help you create
a codeless website, for free, in an hour or less (plus what services to
avoid)
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How to get started with WordPress, either
at WordPress.com (free) or through a hosting company
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An explanation of Wordpress themes and how
to choose one, either free or paid
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When you should hire a professional
designer or site developer
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Writers who have tried to use WordPress
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Writers who want to learn how to use
WordPress to build a new website
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Tomorrow, Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 1:00 PM EST
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Instructor: Jane
Friedman
Jane Friedman is the former publisher of
Writer’s Digest and the former web editor for the Virginia Quarterly Review
(VQR). She has been building websites using WordPress since 2006, and is the
sole designer and developer of her own website at JaneFriedman.com. Her
website enjoys more than 100,000 visits every month and has won multiple
awards as a best website for writers.
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
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New products,
webinars, and more!
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In this live two-hour intensive webinar, digital media and
publishing expert Jane Friedman will teach you how to use WordPress to
get your own website up and running in a day or less—often in one
evening!
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In this live 90 minute webinar, agent Katie Shea
Boutillier will share with you her secrets on query letters, book concepts,
author branding, and much more.
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The Author's Guide to Marketing on
Amazon
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How to Write a Page
Turner
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Just because picture books are short and sweet doesn’t
mean they’re easy to write! That's why Writer's Digest has built the
ultimate guide to writing and selling your picture book. With expert
advice from successful literary agents on perfecting your craft for
today's market, you will be sure to put your picture book on the map with
these seven resources!
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Inside the science
of story ideas
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This week, art and science collide in a
special excerpt from Fire Up
Your Writing Brain that reveals the superpowers already lurking
beneath your thinking cap. While you're here, take a tour of the writing
life, learn what Self-Publishing 3.0 is, and discover how to find the best
beta readers for your book.
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THE SCIENCE OF STORY IDEAS
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7 Ways to Awaken Your Brain's Creative
Superpowers
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Your brain is
capable of many things. Many of these things you likely take for granted
because they happen at an unconscious level or because they’ve become so
ingrained in how you function that you’ve lost awareness of what it took to
get to this phase and any eff ort you have invested. Still, your brain is
very active behind the scenes, and in terms of preparing to write, one of its
most important capabilities is cognitive processing.
[This
article is excerpted from Fire
Up Your Writing Brain by Susan Reynolds, from WD Books.]
Summoning Your Brain's
Ingenuity to Generate Better Story Ideas
The brain is not only designed to think, it loves to think—and there are specific ways
you can summon and maximize your brain’s ingenuity. Let’s begin by clarifying
the various abilities and functions the brain performs, and how each will
serve your writing.
1. Perception
Your brain recognizes and interprets sensory stimuli (what you taste, touch,
smell, feel, hear, see, intuit, and so on). Just think of how much "raw
material" this function contributes! The more your magnificent brain
perceives at a minute level, the better you’ll be able to write fabulous
scenes. Luckily you can both train your brain to be even more perceptive and
you can enlarge your hippocampus, where all those lovely memories are processed,
just waiting for you to call them up when needed.
2. Attention
Your brain has the ability to sustain concentration on a particular object,
action, or thought. It also has the ability to manage competing demands in
your environment. The more you train your brain to focus, and to sustain said
focus, the stronger these skills will become. Remember to limit distractions
when sharp focus is required—and to tackle one task at a time. Truly dedicate
yourself—and all the brainpower you possess—to the task at hand, such as
plotting your novel, and your brain will take your quest seriously and
"serve up" gems.
3. Short- and Long-Term
Memory
Your brain is capable of juggling short-term/working memory with limited
storage (it helps you juggle ideas and information while working—but usually
only about seven pieces of information at once), and long-term memory with
unlimited storage (that you can call upon when writing scenes and
characterizations culled from your own experiences, from stories you’ve read
in the past, or from your imagination). Obviously we have to call on our
memory in every level of writing; it’s crucial to our ability to craft
stories, empathize with characters, and re-create events to illustrate
emotional truths.
Read more here...
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WRITE IN SCOTLAND August 1-9. Enjoy encouraging workshops,
plentiful writing time, excursions to Edinburgh, the coast and
more. Scholarships available. Register early and save.
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How
do you know if you should quit your current writing project or keep at
it? Learn why quitting the "wrong things" may be the only way
to achieve your wildest writing goals. Read More...
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Writing
is a source of connection for many writers -- and anything but selfish.
In the words of William Kenower, "It's like practicing being
human." Read More...
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Scott
McConnell demonstrates the many ways writers can merge genres to come up
with an original premise for your TV show or feature film. Read More...
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On
April 13th and 14th, our 5th Annual Mystery amd Thriller Virtual
Conference will provide expert insights from SEVEN award-winning and
best-selling authors on the finer points of how to write within the
mystery and thriller genres. You can also pitch your novel via query
letter to a literary agent specifically looking for material in the
mystery or thriller genre. Learn more and
register...
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With
the brutal, thorough help of beta readers, you can achieve writing goals
faster and more efficiently. LS Hawker offers a definitive guide to
selecting and working with them. Read More...
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What
is Self-Publishing 3.0? Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) founder
Orna Ross explains the shift from the earliest iterations of
self-publishing to today's landscape with Self-Publishing 3.0. Read More...
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Breaking
Vases author and Self-Published Book Awards
Winner Dima Ghawi talks about finding the strength to tell her personal
story and how she produced the book while building her new business. Read More...
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Thursday's class
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Dialogue can be one
of the most interesting parts of a book to read, but only if it is done
right. Sharpen your writing skills and challenge yourself to craft engaging,
yet believable dialogue that will keep your readers interested. When you take
this online writing workshop you’ll discover how to write dialogue that
advances your story’s plot. Plus, examine examples, formats, and tips for
writing dialogue. Build your creative skills through weekly lectures, reading
and writing assignments, and group critiques. You can also expect to read Write Great Fiction: Dialogue
by Gloria Kempton. By the end of this workshop, you will have all the tools
and resources you need to create convincing dialogue.
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The mechanics of structure and punctuation
in dialogue
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What good dialogue looks like and the
proper format
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Character development and characterization
techniques that can be applied to fiction of any genre or length
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Techniques to improve your
dialogue-writing skills
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Writers who want to create realistic
dialogue between their characters that aids in the development of the plot
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Graduates of other beginner level
workshops
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Novel, short story, and creative
nonfiction writers
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"Gloria's
feedback is invaluable. She summarizes her feedback by the reader's
viewpoint. Her comments and questions help to strengthen your writing, and
she also points out where a job is well-done." -VN
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Thursday, February 28 - April 11, 2019
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Instructor: Gloria
Kempton
Gloria Kempton has two passions: writing and
working with writers. As the former editor of two magazines, acquisitions
editor at a publishing house, and a freelance novel and nonfiction book
editor at ten major publishing houses, Gloria understands what happens on
both sides of the desk. In her classes, you will find support and
encouragement, as well as honest evaluation of your work. You can count on
being asked a lot of questions that will help you get to the core of what it
is that you want to communicate in each piece that you write. Instruction is
individualized because you are unique and your writing should reflect your
unique voice.
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EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS
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Research, interview,
and explore the subjects that interest you
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Writing classes re-enforce the notion that
we must not write in a vacuum; our experiences in nonfiction, in particular,
remind us to not research in a vacuum—that we’ve got to get out into the
field, and beyond the archives. Here are some tips I’ve collected over the
years.
Reading the World
Whether I’m traveling to a new destination or investigating a story over
environmental protection or researching the life of an American Revolution
leader, I never assume I’m the first person to cross that border. Before I
leave the house, I read everything—or as much as humanly possible—that others
have written on the same subject. This has never “ruined” a trip, as some
sort of spoiler. Hardly. It simply provides a deeper understanding for an
original story.
We all have the capacity to put our own frame on events or stories; but in
the world of nonfiction, dealing with real facts and figures, it’s important
to review the work of writers who have done a lot of the heavy lifting and
primary research.
Online research engines like GoogleScholar, and access to primary documents,
including old letters and newspapers, have made our research quicker. But
never undervalue the slow stroll the stacks and archives in the libraries. I
often stumble on to unknown sources and books, as I pursue certain titles in
mind.
*Extra tip: This pre-game reading also includes a lot of unpublished
manuscripts, booklets, websites, local newspapers and correspondence of
non-professional writers—not just the major books on the shelves. There is a treasury
of stories and material in some of the most unlikely places.
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Looking for more
nonfiction tips? Not to worry, Writer's Digest University has the
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Research, interview, and explore the subjects that interest you. Then write
about what you've learned in Writing
Nonfiction 101: Fundamentals. Writing nonfiction is one way for beginner
and experienced writers to break into the publishing industry.
Throughout this 12-week workshop, you will get step-by-step instruction on
how to write non-fiction, read Philip Gerard's Creative Nonfiction:
Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life, and write articles, essays, or
a few chapters of your book. Register for this workshop and discover how fun
writing nonfiction can be.
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Course Starts February 28!
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