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SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Exactly What Publishers Want From Authors: The Key Steps to Landing a Book Deal
DESCRIPTION:Master the steps to getting your book deal and stand out in a competitive market\n\n\n\nAll Genres \n\n\n\nWhat do publishers want? How do they decide which book to make an offer on? What are the many steps between you and a book deal? For aspiring authors eager to see your book on the shelves\, but puzzled by the mysterious process of getting published\, this seminar will uncover the intricate decision-making process that book publishers use to select manuscripts. \n\n\n\nBy the end of this seminar\, you will have a thorough understanding of the inner workings of the publishing industry and be equipped with the knowledge and tools to dramatically increase your chances of a deal. Whether you’re a first-time author or looking to enhance your publishing strategy\, this class will be your gateway to unlocking the doors of the literary world. \n\n\n\nAll registrations will receive a publication/query readiness checklist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this insightful three-hour live seminar\, you’ll learn to:\n\n\n\n\nUNDERSTAND the key factors publishers consider when evaluating submissions\, including market trends\, target audiences\, and profitability.\n\n\n\nEVALUATE manuscripts using industry criteria such as story originality\, writing quality\, and thematic relevance.\n\n\n\nNAVIGATE the decision-making process by understanding who reviews your manuscript and their role in securing a book deal.\n\n\n\nDECODE the financial side of publishing\, from advances and royalties to the approval criteria for publication.\n\n\n\nSTAY AHEAD of industry trends and insights that shape publishing decisions.\n\n\n\nANALYZE real-life case studies of successful books and what made them stand out.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar is ideal for writers:\n\n\n\n\nSeeking literary representation\n\n\n\nWho are self-published and looking to transition to traditional publishing\n\n\n\nWith finished nonfiction manuscripts who want to pitch directly to publishers without an agent\n\n\n\nWanting to gain a deeper understanding of the publishing industry\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\nWith over 30 years of publishing expertise\, Amy Collins has sat on all sides of the desk in the publishing world. As an agent with Talcott Notch Literary Services\, Amy champions a diverse range of authors—her clients have secured deals with top publishers across genres like fantasy\, romance\, horror\, and thrillers. Her non-fiction clients focus on cookbooks\, pop-culture\, lifestyle and humor.  \n\n\n\nA former book buyer\, publisher\, and sales director\, Amy blends her sharp market insights with an unwavering commitment to her clients’ success. Beyond representing authors\, Amy is a USA TODAY bestselling writer herself\, with several non-fiction titles to her name\, including It’s the Little Things (Simon & Schuster/Adams Media). She’s a trusted voice in the industry\, regularly featured in Writer’s Digest Magazine and a speaker at major conferences worldwide. \n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students:\n\n\n\n“I found Amy to be savvy about publishing\, down-to-earth\, and funny as hell.” – Nancy McMillan \n\n\n\n“I just want to say how much I have enjoyed this class. Your professional generosity is so refreshing and valuable. I think every single person in our class felt seen and personally guided. I know I certainly have.” – Pam O’Hara \n\n\n\n“This class was a gift not only to my career but to my spirit. As a writer who finds pitching and promoting myself anxiety-provoking\, I appreciated Amy’s breaking down the intimidating into a plan of small\, easily actionable steps. She is a generous teacher who inspires as well as she informs.” – Karen Novak \n\n\n\n“This session made me realize I didn’t hate pitching. I just didn’t truly understand its power and how to personalize it to my needs toward those I want to reach. Now I can’t wait to get started.” – Louis H. Mitchell \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the class\, you may request a full refund. \n\n\n\nPlease keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@craft-talks.com \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\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/seminar-exactly-what-publishers-want/
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | The Meaning in the Moment: Using Place\, Time\, and Detail to Power Your Scenes
DESCRIPTION:Learn to bring more immediacy and urgency to your prose by replicating how life feels in the moment\, crafting scenes that capture the texture of actual living. \n\n\n\nFiction & Nonfiction \n\n\n\nOur lives—and our characters’ lives—unfold in distinct moments – specific times\, particular places\, intimate details – rather than through explanatory passages and abstract interpretation. In this webinar\, we will practice bringing more immediacy and urgency to our prose by replicating how life feels in the moment\, and crafting scenes that capture the texture of actual living. \n\n\n\nWhether working with our own remembered lives in memoir\, or our characters’ constructed lives in fiction\, rather than “naming” a character’s emotional reactions\, let the reader experience the discrete moments that bring the significant feeling forward. We will look at examples from both memoir and fiction and discuss how to use the techniques in your work. Allison and Dinty will also “improvise” scenes\, writing in the moment to illustrate how details accumulate to create a whole. \n\n\n\nYou’ll leave with a better understanding of your craft\, clear ideas to enhance your scenes\, and prompts and nudges to get you started on new work or revision. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE how scenes can resonate more powerfully by replicating “real” life events\n\n\n\nDISCOVER ways to increase the immediacy and urgency of your story\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW deliberate craft choices create a powerful emotional connection\n\n\n\nWATCH Allison and Dinty improvise scene writing and editing live on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for:\n\n\n\n\nWriters sick to death of hearing “show don’t tell” and unsure how to act on that feedback\n\n\n\nWriters who have been told they “Explain too much.”\n\n\n\nWriters who’d like their work to immediately capture attention and engage agents\, editors and readers.\n\n\n\nWriters with a piece that’s been widely submitted and rejected\n\n\n\nMemoirists needing new ways to recreate intensity of feeling on the page\n\n\n\nNovelists struggling with their genre\, who need to embrace tropes while keeping them fresh.\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\nDINTY W. MOORE  is author of the memoirs Between Panic & Desire and To Hell With It\, and the writing guides Crafting the Personal Essay and The Mindful Writer\, among other books. He has published essays and stories in Harper’s\, The New York Times Magazine\, Georgia Review\, Kenyon Review\, Southern Review\, Short Reads\, and elsewhere. He is founding editor of Brevity\, the journal of flash nonfiction. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nALLISON K WILLIAMS is the author of Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro From Blank Page to Book. She’s helped writers sell to Big Five and literary publishers\, hit the NYT Bestseller list\, and sign multi-book deals. She’s guided essayists and humorists to publication in media including the New Yorker\, Time\, the Guardian\, the New York Times\, McSweeney’s\, Refinery29\, Hippocampus\, the Belladonna and TED Talks. As Social Media Editor for Brevity\, she inspires thousands of writers with weekly blogs on craft and the writing life. Allison works with literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction\, as well as essays\, short fiction\, and and social platform. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Western Michigan University and spent 20 years as a circus aerialist and acrobat before writing and editing full-time. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \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\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/webinar-the-meaning-in-the-moment/
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Structure Your Story: How to Keep Readers Hooked From Start to Finish
DESCRIPTION:Storytelling skill is the most challenging aspect of the craft of writing. Learn how to design a structure that will hold your readers and keep them turning the page.\n\n\n\nFiction\, Nonfiction\, Memoir\, Novel\, & Short Story \n\n\n\nStorytelling skill is the most challenging aspect of craft: the way the plot unfolds and how events create new energy and excitement for readers to keep going. For many of us\, these skills do not come naturally.  We have to train and practice. \n\n\n\nStructuring a successful project requires knowing where to start\, what to include\, and how to deliver a powerful\, memorable\, and compelling story with a meaningful resolution. In this webinar\, we’ll explore the basic principles of story design and present proven templates to help you re-think your approach to story design\, restart your project\, and save revision time. \n\n\n\nThis webinar is for novelists\, short story writers\, memoirists and nonfiction writers who are working on individual pieces or a book-length project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE ready-made\, easily customized templates that jump-start your story \n\n\n\nTROUBLESHOOT pitfalls that hold great stories back\n\n\n\nLEARN the six key scenes that make a story rivet your reader\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for Writers:\n\n\n\n\nStuck in a novel or memoir (especially if you’ve reached the murky middle!)\n\n\n\nStruggling with a large amount of material\n\n\n\nWho feel they have not yet mastered essential plot skills\n\n\n\nWho worry their work isn’t capturing attention\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\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\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\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/webinar-structure-your-story/
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | The Ideal Sentence: Your Voice\, Your Tone\, Your Pace
DESCRIPTION:Every beginning sets a tone\, establishes a voice\, and signals the quality of the language that is to come. Your beginning is one of your most important writing choices–learn to make it powerful.\n\n\n\nAll Genres \n\n\n\nWill that language be complex and tangled? Plain-spoken? Vanilla? Lavender? Will it zing like jazz or sing like a lullabye? Will it feel lethargic\, or will it clop\, or will it swashbuckle? \n\n\n\nIt’s always time to think about sentences—to explore the ways they work (and sometimes don’t)\, the ways we bend them to get closer to the truth\, and the ways we work on patterns and rhythms so that the pages remain alive.  \n\n\n\nProse from Hilton Als\, Michael Ondaatje\, Jean-Dominique Bauby\, Jia Tolentino\, Annie Dillard\, Olivia Laing\, Carmen Machado\, Terry Tempest Williams\, and Mark Richard will inspire us and lead our way. \n\n\n\nExercises presented will be focused on voice\, tone\, mood\, and pace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nREFINE your writing voices\n\n\n\nEXPERIMENT with mood\, tone\, and pace\n\n\n\nDEVELOP powerful new beginnings\n\n\n\nCREATE a better understanding of your writerly strengths\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who:\n\n\n\n\nare intent on capturing the attention of agents\, editors\, and readers.  \n\n\n\nare keen on perfecting their work.\n\n\n\nwish to build more dimension into their writing.\n\n\n\nWant to learn more about sentence craft and explore their writing voice.\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 our favorite presenters\, BETH KEPHART\, is the award-winning writer of memoir\, children’s books\, young adult novels\, and craft books. She is also a paper artist. Her new book\, her first novel for adults\, is Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday’s News: A Philadelphia Story. Please join her Substack journey at The Hush and the Howl. More at bethkephartbooks.com \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/the-ideal-sentence/
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SUMMARY:The Writers Bridge | Seven Minutes in PR Heaven: Build YOUR Promo Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Reach your readers–keep your soul.\n\n\n\nYou have limited time\, energy and $$$. What’s the best way to promote and publicize your work?Authors often struggle to break through the noise in today’s crowded market. Publicity can be one of the most powerful tools in a writer’s career\, yet many struggle with how to pitch themselves and their work effectively. \n\n\n\nFive authors from our community will pitch their current projects including Big Five\, small press\, and self-published books\, as well as Substack and writing courses\, to top PR Professionals\, and receive immediate live advice on what to do—advice we’ll all be able to use and consider for our own projects! \n\n\n\nJoin Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS)\, Sharla Yates (CRAFT TALKS) and special guests Tonya Todd\, Joylynn Ross and Jen Greybeal for this lively\, funny hour of frank talk about author platform\, audience engagement\, and just plain getting people to read your book. \n\n\n\nRegister at the link to get the Zoom link the day before the event and a reminder one hour before\, and join us live to network and ask your questions! Or\, subscribe on YouTube @TheWritersBridge to catch the replay. \n\n\n\n\nAn unprecedented opportunity to learn from two highly respected PR professionals\, Joylynn Ross and Jen Graybeal. \n\n\n\nWith only seven minutes to share their projects and receive feedback\, authors will learn the importance of a concise pitch and receive direct\, actionable advice to help them take their PR strategies to the next level.\n\n\n\nLearn the key areas authors should focus on when crafting a publicity campaign.\n\n\n\nGet insight into avoidable challenges that often stand in the way of successful media outreach.\n\n\n\n\nWhether you’re in the beginning stages of your PR strategy or fine-tuning an existing campaign\, get expert advice to elevate YOUR public relations efforts and boost your visibility. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all welcome! Sign up to receive the Zoom link the day before. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE TO GET THE REPLAY AND WATCH PAST SESSIONS here\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Subscribe on YouTube to get the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTonya Todd is an experienced moderator with a passion for empowering authors. Until October 2024\, she could boast being the most publicized author without a book. Now\,she shares her publications at workshops and conferences across the country\, while mentoring other writers\, teaching literary citizenship\, and promoting support of the arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJen Graybeal (she/her) is dedicated to empowering authors through encouraging feedback\, collaborative problem solving and gently-applied tough love. In ten years ofcoaching\, workshops\, and editing projects\, she has helped over a thousand authors create stories they are proud of and businesses that align with their individual vision of success.Jen is a Certified Creativity Coach with a degree in English\, an ever-expanding TBR pile\, and a furball assistant that is usually on her lap. Visit her website for client testimonials at  www.jengraybeal.com or follow her on Instagram\, Threads\, Blue Sky\, and TikTok:@JenTheEditor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoylynn Ross is an award-winning author\, editor\, literary consultant\, publishing coach\, literary educator\, and expert publicist with years of experience working with authors toboost their visibility and grow their brands. She has more than 40 publications in print and has sold over three-quarters of a million books. Her published works include the“New Day Divas” series\, If I Ruled the World\, An All Night Man and The Root of all Evil. Her children’s book\, The Secret Olivia Told Me\, received an American Library Association Coretta Scott King Honor. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllison K Williams has edited and coached authors to publishing deals with Penguin Random House\, Knopf\, Mantle\, St. Martin’s Press\, and numerous small presses. An expert in author marketing and community building\, her platform includes the Brevity Blog (80k+ followers)\, Instagram (10k+)\, a mailing list (12k+)\, and Facebook (5k+)\, with publications in the New York Times and appearances on NPR and CBC. Her book\, Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book\, sold on proposal. She leads the Rebirth Your Book writing retreats and co-hosts The Writers Bridge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharla Yates is the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight\, published by Stranded Oak Press (2017). She hosts a webinar series\, CRAFT TALKS for writers on writing\, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her nonfiction essay\, “Address” was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal writing contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award. She is the former Director of Education at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation and teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Allison@Idowords.net \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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/the-writers-bridge-seven-minutes/
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CATEGORIES:Writers Bridge
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Writing the Unknown: Imagination\, Invention\, and the Ethics of Filling in the Blanks
DESCRIPTION:How to responsibly craft scenes you or your protagonist didn’t witness\, don’t fully remember\, or can only speculate about—with clarity\, honesty\, and emotional truth.\n\n\n\nFiction & Nonfiction \n\n\n\nFirst-person POV in both memoir and fiction demands emotional truth\, but what happens when the main character simply doesn’t—or can’t—know what happened\, but the story still demands that certain information come through? In this craft-centered session\, we’ll explore techniques for threading in offstage action\, family history\, hidden truths\, and essential context—without breaking the voice or cheating the form.  \n\n\n\nMemoirists may need old family stories\, information from people they’re estranged from or are deceased\, or cultural context from before their birth. \n\n\n\nNovelists know that first-person fiction is intimate and immediate—but your narrator can’t be everywhere\, can’t know everything\, and might be naive\, biased\, or flat-out wrong.  \n\n\n\nWhether due to absence\, memory gaps\, or lost connections\, writers often face the challenge of telling stories that hinge on scenes the main character never witnessed or the memoirist can no longer verify.  \n\n\n\nThis special 2-hour webinar explores how to use informed imagination and clearly signaled speculation to bring in offstage information and uncover hidden truths without misleading your reader or losing consistency in POV. We’ll explore writing the unknown using speculation\, research\, deduction\, mysticism & faith. Through discussion\, examples from published work\, and a guided writing exercise\, we’ll learn how to responsibly fill in the blanks—and consider when doing so serves the memoir or novel and when it doesn’t. \n\n\n\nThis is a TWO-HOUR class\, with 20 minutes of writing time in the middle.  \n\n\n\n\n40 minutes – Learn five types of perhapsing\, see them in published work\, and understand why and how to create scenes and montages outside the protagonist’s direct experience.\n\n\n\n10 minutes – Q&A to fully understand and apply the information.\n\n\n\n20 minutes – Revise a scene to include perhapsing\, or write a few speculative paragraphs from scratch. Allison will continue taking questions in the chat. OPTIONAL: volunteer for live-editing and upload your scene as a Word doc or docx to a Google Drive.\n\n\n\n40 minutes – Allison will live-edit pages shared on screen\, noting where the writer is succeeding in the purpose of the scene\, and what revisions she suggests to make the prose even more effective. During live edits\, she’ll call out specific techniques and tips for everyone to apply to their own work\, right away. \n\n\n\n10 minutes – Q&A and planning your writing from here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE the challenges of uncertain or secondhand scenes\, backstory\, subtext and offstage action in first-person prose.\n\n\n\nDEFINE emotional truth in fiction and the ethics of invention in nonfiction.\n\n\n\nDEEPEN your narrative authority by signaling speculation on the page with language and structure.\n\n\n\nWRITE a speculative or secondhand scene using clear signals to the reader.\n\n\n\nDISCOVER what’s working with live-editing of volunteer pages and tips for everyone.\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop suits memoirists and novelists at all levels who want to use ethical imagination as a craft skill\, not a shortcut.\n\n\n\nYou’ll receive the slides and prompts to take this work into your manuscript \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\nAllison K Williams is the author of Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro From Blank Page to Book. She’s helped writers sell to Big Five and literary publishers\, hit the NYT Bestseller list\, and sign multi-book deals. She’s guided essayists and humorists to publication in media including the New Yorker\, Time\, the Guardian\, the New York Times\, McSweeney’s\, Refinery29\, Hippocampus\, the Belladonna and TED Talks. As Social Media Editor for Brevity\, she inspires thousands of writers with weekly blogs on craft and the writing life. \n\n\n\nAllison works with literary and commercial fiction and nonfiction\, and is familiar with the conventions of most genres. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Western Michigan University and spent 20 years as a circus aerialist and acrobat before writing and editing full-time. \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/writing-the-unknown/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:FREE WEBINAR| From Here to There: Simple Marketing Strategies for Writers Who Feel Stuck
DESCRIPTION:You don’t need a personal brand. You need a personalized path. Even if you’re the most marketing-skeptical writer\, this webinar can help you get unstuck\, find your people\, and build a platform in a way that feels like a natural extension of your work—and yourself. \n\n\n\nAll Genres \n\n\n\nMarketing is often framed as a hustle: build your list\, grow your audience\, get on every platform\, sell your work. But for many writers\, this can feel overwhelming\, confusing\, and a little gross. Let’s be honest: writing is hard enough. What if finding and connecting with readers was the fun part? Or at the very least\, what if your marketing efforts didn’t all feel like agony\, obligation & ick? \n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, we’ll walk through the six most common roadblocks writers face in building a platform—-and the spots where most writers get stuck\, spin their wheels\, or want to give up.  \n\n\n\nOver our time together\, you’ll learn simple\, sustainable strategies to build momentum\, and start showing up with less anxiety and more intention. Whether you’re launching a newsletter\, trying to grow your readership\, or just want to be less allergic to the idea of “putting yourself out there\,” this webinar will give you a map—and a little motivation—to move forward. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY six key roadblocks that prevent creative momentum\n\n\n\nLEARN how to define a personal “North Star” to guide and focus all your marketing decisions\n\n\n\nUNCOVER simple\, human strategies for building confidence and finding your audience\n\n\n\nSHIFT away from “content creation” to “creating connections”\n\n\n\nEXPLORE sustainable\, low-tech ways to stay consistent without burning out\n\n\n\nRECEIVE a list of practical tools\, prompts\, and resources to keep making progress long after the webinar ends\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for Writers who…\n\n\n\n\nwant to grow their audience without compromising their voice or values\n\n\n\nare overwhelmed by marketing advice and/or unsure where to start\n\n\n\nare “doing all the things” and still feel like nothing’s working\n\n\n\ncame to writing later in life and feel behind when it comes to platform-building\n\n\n\nare building toward publication but feel paralyzed by self-promotion\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\nStephen Knezovich is the co-founder of Short Reads and Ascender Book Services. He is also the marketing strategist for Off Assignment\, a collage artist\, and the curator of two newsletters: Read This and Gluu. Previously\, he spent 16 years as the director of marketing for the literary nonprofit and publisher Creative Nonfiction. And before that he was a fledgling graphic designer\, an occasional DJ\, an inept book reviewer\, an undisciplined fiction writer\, the interim GM of a (now successful) restaurant\, a film school dropout\, the founder of a fake fraternity\, a passionate (but decidedly not professional) skateboarder\, and an aspiring comic book illustrator. He lives in Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvania\, with his wife\, two kids\, and their giant dog. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \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/from-here-to-there/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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