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Writer's Digest online writing workshops cover every aspect of writing, from how to get started all the way to getting your project published -- all from the comfort of your home! Our self-paced courses are now only $19.99, click here to browse and click here to view the live course calendar. Take 10% off your registration price with code STAYWELL10 Courses Starting This Week:  12 Weeks to a First Draft Instructor: G. Miki Hayden Dive into the world of writing and learn all 12 steps needed to complete a first draft. When you take this workshop, you will learn invaluable tips on writing a book and receive detailed instruction through weekly lessons and writing assignments. Blogging 101 Instructor: Dan Blank A key to success for any writer is having an online presence. Don’t know how to start a blog? Not sure what to focus on? Don’t fret! This online writing workshop will guide you through the entire blogging process. Horror Writing Intensive: Analyzing the Work of Genre Master Stephen King Instructor: Phil Athans It’s no accident that Stephen King is one of the world’s best-selling authors. He knows what scares us—it isn’t just kids and clowns. In this course, you'll look at those elements and even write your own story for instructor critique. Short Story Fundamentals Instructor: John DeChancie Whether you are a writing novice looking to cut your teeth or a published professional, the short story is a unique and challenging medium that offers you amazing opportunities. Throughout this four-week workshop, you will have feedback and support while you write and hone an entire short story from beginning to end. You'll leave with a polished draft of your story. The Art of Storytelling 101: Story Mapping and Pacing Instructor: Gloria Kempton Discover how the seven core competencies of storytelling—concept, character, voice, plot, theme, scene construction, and style—combine to create compelling narrative. Travel Writing Instructor: Jack Adler When you take this six-week workshop, you'll discover how to become a travel writer by exploring the different types of articles you can write and developing your own writing style. You'll learn how to keep readers captivated and how to garner interest from travel editors. Featured Course: Copyediting Certification Course Instructor: Kim Catanzarite April 23 - July 16 This workshop will provide training for aspiring copy editors in order to give them practical and marketable workplace skills. As a student in this certification course, you will progress from the fundamentals of grammar, form and composition to advanced copyediting skills. If you complete all the assignments and pass the comprehensive test, you will receive documentation from Writer's Digest of your completion of the Copyediting Certification Course. Upcoming Boot Camp:  Agent One-on-One: First Ten Pages Boot Camp with Talcott Notch Literary Services Thursday, April 23, 2020 As you may know, agents and editors won't give your work more than ten pages or so to make an impact. In this invaluable event, you'll get to work directly with an agent to review and refine the first ten pages of your novel. You'll learn what keeps an agent reading, what are the most common mistakes that make them stop, and the steps you need to take to correct them.  View Full Course Calendar Hate being tied to a schedule? Our Self-Paced Courses are Now Only $19.99! EXPERT INSTRUCTORS | CONVENIENT ACCESS INVALUABLE FEEDBACK | Privacy Policy Writer's Digest an Active Interest Media company 5720 Flatiron Parkway, Boulder, CO 80301 To unsubscribe from all AIM emails, click HERE Active Interest Media, 5720 Flatiron Parkway, Boulder, CO 80301, USA

Get ready to write a poem each day of April for the 13th annual April PAD Challenge, read 13 Stephen King quotes on writing, new creative writing prompts, and so much more!  Write a Poem a Day in April! Join poets from around the world in the 13th annual April PAD (Poem-A-Day) Challenge! Early each morning (US Eastern time) in April, Robert Lee Brewer will post a new poetry prompt and a poem to get things started on his Poetic Asides blog. (Find hundreds of creative writing prompts.) 30 days, 30 prompts, 30 poems. This free poetry challenge is open to all skill levels. Join the fun and poem along. Read the full article... MORE MOTIVATION Creative Writing Prompt: Exercise of Perspective Write a scene from an animal's perspective. What looks different from their perspective? Can the animal see what humans cannot? Read More... Christina Lauren: Write What Makes You Excited Something that continually surprises us—and maybe shouldn't—is how our process changes for every book. We don't sit down and do it the same way, every time. We've learned to be really fluid in the drafting and revision process, and this one was no exception, particularly since this book contains other types of writing, such as police reports, twitter posts, newspaper and magazine articles, and excerpts from the celebrity couples' book. It made the writing process feel fresh and engaging. Read More... This Week in Publishing 3/31—Nikolai Gogel born 1809 3/31—Charlotte Bronte died 1855 3/31—Octavio Paz born 1914 3/31—Slaughterhouse-Five published 1969 (12 Kurt Vonnegut Quotes) 4/1—Milan Kundera born 1929 4/1—Brad Meltzer born 1970 (10 Brad Meltzer Quotes) 4/2—Giacomo Casanova born 1725 4/2—Hans Christian Anderson born 1805 4/3—Washington Irving born 1783 4/4—Maya Angelou born 1928 (Analyzing I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) 4/4—Dan Simmons born 1948 4/5—Booker T. Washington born 1856 4/5—Carrie published 1974 (13 Stephen King Quotes) 4/5—Saul Bellow died 2005 9 Tricks to Writing Suspense Fiction Your heart is slamming against your rib cage, your fingertips are moist and you turn another page. The antagonist is setting up a trap. You wish you could do something to prevent the protagonist from walking into it, but you can't. You're helpless, totally at the mercy of the writer. All you can do is turn another page. If you've ever felt this way reading a book, then the writer has done a great job of creating suspense. If you continue to feel this way until the last page, the writer has also done a great job maintaining it. That's no easy feat, as you'll discover when trying to write a suspense thriller. But here are some hints to get you started. Read More... Robert Lee Brewer Robert Lee Brewer is a senior editor for Writer’s Digest and former editor of the Writer's Market book series. He is also the author of Smash Poetry Journal and Solving the World's Problems. Find him on Twitter at @RobertLeeBrewer

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