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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Writing Through Menopause: Navigating Our Changing Voices
DESCRIPTION:When what used to work no longer works\, rather than turn away from your creative practice\, turn inward with compassion. \n\n\n\nFor All Writers \n\n\n\nThe physical\, emotional\, and psychological effects of perimenopause and menopause touch every aspect of the life of the person living through it. For many\, this period feels like an unraveling\, a time when change is demanded in many different ways\, and our writing is not exempt.  \n\n\n\nWe may have changes in lifestyles\, schedules\, health\, or personal responsibilities that have required us to shift the ways we used to write. We may discover that we want something different than what we’ve been pursuing or that our current values are no longer aligned with our earlier years. Even the ways we use language may change. This can feel at best destabilizing\, at worst\, terrifying. Who am I becoming? What do I need to say? What do I no longer need to say? What if I have nothing left to say? \n\n\n\nIn an environment where artists are encouraged to “stay in their lane\,” creating similar content (especially if they’re achieving external success)\, we may be afraid to try something new or lose hope and connection to one thing that has always kept us tethered to ourselves: our writing. \n\n\n\nIn the natural pause and unspooling that comes with menopause and aging\, we can let the changes teach us their secrets and grow in unexpected ways—both with our craft and our content. Our writing voices\, interests\, and routines will change. Learn to move into those changes with ease and compassion for yourself and for your writing. Using gentle questions and generative prompts\, we’ll honor where we’ve been\, where we are\, and where we’re going next. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it live? No worries—a replay will be available to all registrants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXAMINE how peri/post-menopausal changes impact your writing\n\n\n\nEXPLORE ways in which you’ve changed as a writer during this season of life\n\n\n\nLEARN ways to be at ease with the natural pauses and changes in a writing life\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY a key shift in your own life story\n\n\n\nCONNECT that shift to your creative work\n\n\n\nREFLECT on questions to imagine new work and new ways of creating\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers…\n\n\n\n\nfeeling the impact of (peri)menopause on the way they relate to writing\n\n\n\ncurious about how (peri)menopause can be an invitation to new ways of storytelling\n\n\n\nwho feel disconnected from the writer they used to be\n\n\n\nwho are moving into a new stage in their work or life\n\n\n\nwho feel boxed in to being a certain kind of writer or working in a certain genre\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLaraine Herring’s memoir\, A Constellation of Ghosts: A Speculative Memoir with Ravens\, was released in 2021 from Regal House. She’s the editor of the anthology Becoming Real: Women Reclaim the Power of the Imagined through Speculative Nonfiction (Pact Press\, 2024)\, and a trilogy of writing books from Shambhala\, including Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice. She’s a retired professor of creative writing and psychology\, and has worked with writers for thirty years. She’s also an illustrator and a grief counselor\, and creator of The Grief Forest: a book about what we don’t talk about. She founded the online ‘zine Hags on Fire\, a place for women to share stories about menopause\, and co-designed The Imaginal Memoir Cave immersion program with Gayle Brandeis. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, Tiferet\, The Rumpus\, The Manifest-Station\, and many more places. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in Counseling Psychology\, and lives in the mountains of northern Arizona with many cats. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\nFULL REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | The Words That Start the Wave: Memoir Openings Designed to Move
DESCRIPTION:Great memoirs begin with a single\, unforgettable moment. In this session\, we’ll explore how to write an opening that pulses through your story—anchoring tone\, tension\, and truth from the first lines.\n\n\n\nFor Memorists \n\n\n\nIn this 90-minute webinar\, you will dive headfirst into the art of crafting an unforgettable memoir opening. Learn skills that allow you to deploy metaphor with precision in order to create depth for your story\, and study how the use of ordinary moments and crystal clear images set up patterns that will linger in the reader’s mind. Examine how sentences can be crafted to establish your singular voice and raise the stakes from the very first line. And gain experience in cueing the thrum of backstory—the invisible pulse of what has already happened\, which creates a powerful undertow that pulls your reader through the story.   \n\n\n\nBy the end of the session\, you will have a set of shiny new tools\, along with some insights and inspiration to create an opening that will hook your readers\, launching your memoir on a wave that will carry them from the first word to the last. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it live? No worries—a replay will be available to all registrants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXAMINE the key elements of a strong memoir opening \n\n\n\nLEARN to use those elements in your own work\n\n\n\nDISCOVER opening pitfalls—common reasons agents/publishers/readers don’t read on\n\n\n\nBALANCE backstory with the story that launches on page one\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who:\n\n\n\n\nAre uncertain how to start writing their memoir.\n\n\n\nHave a memoir in progress\, but are stuck.\n\n\n\nAre embarking on a revision of a current project.\n\n\n\nWant to capture the attention of readers—and hold them.\n\n\n\nAre receiving rejections without feedback.\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne of CRAFT TALKS’ most popular presenters\, for her insightful and inspiring webinars\, HEATHER SELLERS is the author of 11 books\, including four books on craft\, a memoir\, a children’s book\, a collection of short stories\, and four volumes of poetry.  She teaches in the MFA program at the University of South Florida\, and her work has appeared in The New York Times\, Reader’s Digest\, The Sun\, and The Best American Essays. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\nFULL REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Using AI for Writing Business Efficiency: The Practical\, Ethical Way to Spend More Time Doing What You Love
DESCRIPTION:If you’ve ever spent hours on tedious research or business tasks\, struggled to come up with marketing plans or marketing copy\, or felt intimidated by the rapidly evolving landscape around AI\, this session is for you.\n\n\n\nFor All Writers \n\n\n\nWriters and publishing professionals are suddenly awash in AI promises—“Outsource your editing to AI!” or “Use AI to automate your marketing!” —yet most of us are quietly wondering: Can these tools really help without compromising quality or ethics?  \n\n\n\nYes.  \n\n\n\nIf you apply your critical thinking skills and thoughtfulness to the process\, and if you’re willing to pay a monthly fee for the professional versions of today’s AI tools. \n\n\n\nIn this class\, publishing industry expert Jane Friedman demystifies the current AI landscape and shows through examples and live demos how to incorporate AI tools into your workflow so you can reclaim creative time and reduce time sinks. Drawing on other authors’ examples and her use\, Jane shows how to use AI responsibly\, with human oversight and respect for readers\, writers\, and the larger community. It is possible to use AI in a way that keeps your voice your own and your copyright intact. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it live? No worries—a replay will be available to all registrants. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY administrative and business tasks ripe for AI assistance\, especially marketing and promotion tasks\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW AI can be used as a research assistant\, with citations you can check—and how it can serve as another layer of protection against errors creeping into your work\n\n\n\nDISCOVER HOW AI can be helpful for brainstorming and idea refinement (it’s great at generating common\, boring ideas to work against!)\n\n\n\nGET methods of generating of quick first drafts using your own words\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW to prevent AI from training on material you upload\n\n\n\nGAIN a clearer sense of how to use AI with care and transparency\n\n\n\n\nWhat is not covered:\n\n\n\n\nUsing AI to generate images or video\n\n\n\nUsing AI to write longform articles or books from scratch (but short summaries? yes!)\n\n\n\nAn explanation of all the AI tools and features available today; instead\, Jane will focus on a handful of tools she uses and knows best\, primarily ChatGPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut isn’t AI illegal/unethical? While lawsuits are underway about the legality of how some of these models have been trained\, the courts have not yet made any decisions about whether that training was fair use (legal) or infringement. Even if the courts find that the models constitute infringement\, the most likely outcome is that financial remedies will be put in place. The AI companies will not suddenly be shut down or go out of business. AI technologies will continue to develop just as they always have and on a global scale. \n\n\n\nAI companies now legally license material from established media outlets and publishers\, including the largest New York publishers and educational corporations. AI is taught in schools\, used by professors\, and plays a role in nearly every business around the globe. It’s true that some people use AI in unethical or illegal ways. In fact\, Jane was personally affected by such use. But that’s not the same as the tool itself being unethical or illegal. This class will emphasize how to use the technology in an ethical\, legal manner. \n\n\n\nBut isn’t AI bad for the environment? The energy required to use AI is akin to any modern convenience. Here’s a ​big-picture overview​ from a former physics teacher about the environmental costs and a data scientist who cares about sustainability (and has published a book on the topic) who ​agrees​ with his conclusions: Cheat Sheet & Carbon Footprint.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for people who have little or no experience using AI tools and aren’t sure how to use them; those using AI who want to guard their copyrights and learn best practices; and authors in any genre or category.\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor nearly three decades\, Jane Friedman has helped thousands of authors build sustainable careers. She is the author of The Business of Being a Writer\, Second Edition (University of Chicago Press) and a frequent speaker at global industry events. Her expertise has been cited by The New York Times\, Publishers Weekly\, and Poets & Writers\, and her long-running newsletter\, The Bottom Line\, helps industry professionals stay on top of publishing trends—especially the evolving role of AI. With a background that spans traditional publishing\, digital marketing strategy\, and entrepreneurial authorship\, Jane offers a uniquely balanced perspective on harnessing technology without sacrificing craft or ethics. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\nFULL REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/using-ai/
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