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Save your seat for
the Pitch Slam!
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Are you ready? At the Writer’s Digest Annual
Conference Pitch Slam, you’ll be able to choose from
more than 50 literary agents and editors
who are actively searching for the next big thing across all genres—including
fiction, nonfiction, children’s, young adult and more. Advocate for your book
in a high-energy environment, and you might just become another Pitch Slam success story.
We’ve already confirmed agents from the following agencies, and will be
adding more in the next few weeks:
- Andrea
Hurst Literary Management
- Corvisiero
Literary Agency
- DeFiore
& Company
- Diana
Finch Literary Agency
- Donald
Maass Literary
- Emma
Sweeney Agency
- FinePrint
Literary Management
- Folio
Literary Management
- Jennifer
De Chiara Literary Agency
- L.
Perkins Agency
- LCS
Literary Services
- LKG
Literary
- P.S.
Literary Agency
- Stonesong
Literary
- Corvisiero
Literary Agency
- Rita
Rosenkranz Literary Agency
- Sarah
Jane Freymann Literary Agency
- The
Stringer Agency
- Talcott
Notch Literary Services
- Triada
US
- Writers
House Literary Agency
- Zimmerman
Literary Agency
If you’ve decided this is the year for you
and your book to take the next big step, don’t hesitate. Finalize your 2019
registration today and lock in your Pitch Slam slot.
Use the promo code
WDC19PITCHSLAM to save $50 off your full registration.
PS: Not familiar with the Pitch Slam? Learn more about how it works.
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It takes courage and
commitment; a supportive community helps, too.
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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 wrote and produced the
book while also building her new leadership training and executive coaching
business after leaving her day job at IBM.
After the positive reception of my TEDx Talk, I received many invitations
from conferences and organizations asking me to speak to their employees.
These requests were impossible to balance in addition to my leadership role
at IBM. At that time, I didn’t have the courage to resign from my position,
but something urged me to have faith in my ideas and embark on a new
adventure.
So, after resisting for a year and a half, I left my job to build my business
and write Breaking Vases. Now I am an international keynote speaker, a
leadership trainer, and an executive coach. I initially debated whether or
not I should get my company off the ground first or write Breaking Vases
first. Staying ever true to my adventurous and zealous character, I decided
“Why not both!” So I built my business during the day and wrote Breaking
Vases late into the night and on weekends.
Sure, I had no life. Every free moment I had was spent at home with my door
locked working on Breaking Vases, but it was exactly what I needed in
order to pour all of my heart and energy into the book. I liken the end of
the process to being in labor. I don’t have children, but I thought, “I’m
sure this is close to what it feels like: so painful, and yet so joyful.”
Then Breaking Vases was born, and I still remember the first time I
held the first copy in my hands. I felt like a new proud mother. Now, I can
clearly see how the messages of transformation, empowerment, and
self-discovery, have intertwined into my business.
Read the full interview...
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The Writer's Digest Annual Conference program
covers the fundamentals of craft and the business of being a writer—from
traditional and self-publishing paths, promotion and marketing strategies,
and managing a sustainable career.
Whether you're a novelist, journalist, memoirist, or screenwriter, you'll
find an insightful and educational mix of sessions covering the business side
of being a writer, from writers who know the business of writing.
We’re excited to
bring the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference back to New York City this
summer—August 22–25, 2019—and we’d love to have you join us.
As a subscriber to WD’s
newsletter, use the promo code WDC19NL and save $50 off registration!
Don’t miss out. Reserve your space today!
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Enter by May 1,
2019. Win cash and prizes.
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What’s up for grabs?
National recognition, a nice cash prize, coverage in Writer’s Digest and
more!
- $8,000 in cash
- A feature article about you and your book in the
March/April 2020 issue of Writer’s Digest
- A paid trip to the ever-popular Writer’s Digest
Conference
- AND more!
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What does your
perfect writing conference look like?
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The schedule for the Writer's Digest Annual
Conference is now live!
Taking place in New York
City the weekend of August
22–25, you can customize the writing weekend of your dreams
by mixing and matching sessions
across five different tracks of instruction covering the craft of fiction,
nonfiction, and screenwriting; the business of publishing; and managing your
writing career.
FEATURED SESSIONS
WRITING LESSONS FROM
10 YEARS OF INTERVIEWING BESTSELLING AUTHORS
Former WD Editor-in-Chief—and successful author of the book club
favorites Almost Missed You, Not That I Could Tell, Forget
You Know Me—Jessica Strawser
distills a decade of collected wisdom into the all-time best insights into
the creative process, the writing life, the craft of writing and the business
of publishing.
WRITING FIGHT SCENES,
BATTLES AND BRAWLS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Fight Write author Carla Hoch will
teach you what to consider before writing a fight scene, including how a
character’s reason for fighting impacts the style, speed and severity of the
fight, and how the location is more important than who is fighting.
STORYTELLING IN
NONFICTION: WHAT EDITORS CAN (AND CAN’T) FIX
Electric Literature contributing editor Jennifer Baker
will demystify what editors can (and can’t) help writers with in the
exploration and the publication of their nonfiction work, including examples
of the editorial process from pitch to revision.
ADAPTATION: FROM
BOOKSHELVES TO BIG SCREENS
WD Senior Editor and screenwriter Jeanne Villette Bowerman
covers how to cut down a full-size novel into a two-hour story as well as
discuss Hollywood’s take on intellectual property.
THE BOOK MARKETING
AUDIT: A PLAN OF YOUR OWN
Kilby Blades—indie
author and social media marketing columnist for the RWA Romance Writer’s
Report—will help you identify your author brand’s strengths and
weaknesses, choose tactics that align with your career trajectory, and teach
you how to analyze, and optimize, your marketing results.
Look for even more sessions and speakers to be announced in the coming weeks,
but lock in your best price TODAY—discounted hotel rooms are first come,
first served.
Are you ready to make the commitment to transform your writing career this
year? Join us this summer!
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Become a VIP member
today and save 73% off retail!
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Exclusive Writer's
Digest VIP members have access to year around savings. Whether you are
looking to improve your writing, get published, or simply fuel your passion,
the VIP program is for you. Become a member today and start saving!
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One-year subscription to Writer's Digest
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Access to THREE online instructional
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20% off Writer's Digest Competition entries
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What VIP Members Are
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"I have been
writing fiction for years now and I have to say, I really like the VIP
program because it gives me a variety of tools to improve my writing. One
day I can choose to read the latest issue of Writer's Digest magazine, and
the next I can opt to listen to a well-known author talk about how to get
published. Being a VIP has helped me really focus on my work and learn a
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They answered the
phone. What’s next?
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As the summer blockbuster season officially
kicks off this weekend, Barri Evins shares screenwriting secrets every
novelist should steal to improve their craft, including the power of
outlining. Plus, we have tips on getting started, having courage and
overcoming shame, getting the most out of a writing conference, and a
telephone-inspired prompt. Happy writing! —Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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Screenwriting relies
heavily on structure to keep an audience engaged from start to finish.
Scripts have only a few pages to draw a reader into the world and make them
eager to follow the hero on their journey. Then they have about 100 more
pages to take them on an entertaining, engaging, escalating, suspenseful,
surprising, fresh, visceral, meaningful ride with a tightly crafted
narrative. Tall order indeed.
Aspiring writers are keen students of centuries-old dramatic structure,
dating back to Aristotle. They are constantly advised to plan their stories
in detail before they begin to write. In fact, in my ScriptMag column and my
blog, I frequently beseech writers to outline before they begin to write.
Outlining creates a roadmap for your story. It also allows you to explore and
experiment while your story is still in an early form to create the best
possible version. And it is far easier to rework a few pages than to rip
apart a completed work in an effort to elevate it to the next level.
Outlining is a great tool for novelists. It can help make your first draft
closer to your finished draft. But the highest purpose of outlining is not
merely to chart the path from “Once upon a time” to “Happily ever after.” Read More...
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No matter the genre,
editing is essential. Author Audrey Wick and editor Julie Sturgeon give
readers a behind-the-scenes peek at the process of editing the first chapter
of a manuscript. Read More...
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"I had no story
idea, nothing burning I wanted to say. I wasn’t even particularly in love
with fiction at that time. I just wanted to make something." William
Kenower explains why all writing is an act of courage Read More...
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Journalist-turned-writing
coach Greta Solomon explains that writer’s block can come from factors such
as the fear that your draft won’t live up to your expectations, and offers an
exercise to help stop this creative drain. Read More...
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You’ve decided to go
to a writers’ conference. You’ve paid the registration fee and booked your
travel. Now, how do you make the most out of the three days dedicated to
furthering your career? Christine Conradt has 12 useful tips. Learn More...
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The person whom you
or your character has been trying to talk to for ages finally answers the
phone... Cassie Lipp's latest prompt asks: what happens next?
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Authors is the premiere online course designed to help you maximize book
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in-depth instruction for authors at every level. Learn inside secrets from
Rob Eagar, a top Writer’s Digest instructor and one of the most accomplished
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