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SUMMARY:The Writers Bridge
DESCRIPTION:Copyright\, Trademarks & AI Plagiarism\, Oh My!\n\n\n\n“That person stole my work!” But…did they? \n\n\n\nYou’ve seen high-profile complaints about stolen ideas\, stories and pitches—even naming traditional media outlets. You’ve also heard “that writer” complain that a big movie studio stole his totally-marketable\, billion-dollar idea\, and thought yeah\, right. \n\n\n\nMore personally\, maybe you’ve considered whether you can use a brand name in your novel\, or song lyrics in your memoir. Or wondered how confident you need to be in your recall of a scene to put quotation marks around remembered dialogue. Perhaps you’re moving skeptically away from—or towards—”generative” AI. (If ChatGPT helped with the research\, does it get a byline?) \n\n\n\nWith our expert guest\, intellectual property lawyer and author Lisa Rayne\, you’ll learn what you can and can’t do to protect your work and incorporate the work of others. We’ll discuss the key legal aspects of copyright\, trademarks\, and AI usage that authors should know and understand. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur special guest Lisa Rayne is an award-winning author\, an intellectual property lawyer\, and an advocate for the mainstream distribution of fiction that showcases multicultural protagonists. \n\n\n\nShe writes sexy contemporary and banter-laden historical romance featuring badass characters across the span of time. She’s won multiple Emma Awards and appeared on multiple Amazon bestseller lists. Her milestone historical romance centering Black protagonists\, Never Cross a Highlander garnered a coveted Publishers Weekly starred review and was lauded by Kirkus Reviews as “a flawless combination of modern-day issues and old-school romance.” \n\n\n\nAs a business and intellectual property attorney\, Lisa is passionate about helping creatives become savvy entrepreneurs. When she’s not writing (or working)\, Lisa spends her time serving as track mom to the youngest of her two daughters\, binge-watching planner flip-throughs on YouTube\, and plotting how to get one of her novels turned into a movie featuring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. To find out more\, visit lisarayne.com and connect with her on social media (@authorrayne). \n\n\n\nJoin your hosts Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS)\, Sharla Yates (CRAFT TALKS) and our special guest for this lively\, funny hour of frank talk about copyright\, ideas\, and publishing in an AI-aware world. \n\n\n\nFREE\, all welcome! Sign up to receive the Zoom link the day before. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnjoy past recorded sessions here\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS\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\n\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Looking Back\, Moving Forward: Writing About Grief\, Loss & Trauma
DESCRIPTION:Unsure how to start writing about grief\, loss\, or trauma? Stuck midstream? Wondering how honest to be?\n\n\n\nCreative Nonfiction \n\n\n\nWriting about grief\, loss\, or trauma can feel overwhelming. Where do you begin? How much should you reveal? And how do you shape painful experience into something meaningful—for both you and your reader? \n\n\n\nRobert Frost famously said\, “No tears for the writer\, no tears for the reader.” But turning raw emotion into compelling narrative requires more than catharsis. It demands reflection\, structure\, and the willingness to uncover what’s at the heart of the story. \n\n\n\nIn this 90-minute live webinar\, we’ll explore how acclaimed memoirists and essayists approach emotionally charged material—and how you can apply their techniques to your own work. We’ll look closely at the roles of conflict\, joy\, and meaning-making in shaping personal narrative and discuss strategies for writing that is honest without becoming unmoored. \n\n\n\nYou’ll leave with practical tools to deepen your creative nonfiction and move your work forward—with insight\, clarity\, and connection. We’ll also revisit Frost’s lesser-known companion quote: “No surprise for the writer\, no surprise for the reader.” \n\n\n\nThere will be writing in this webinar!  \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 nuts and bolts of craft in notable examples of memoir and essay about loss\, grief\, and trauma \n\n\n\nEXPLORE narrative balance of research\, memory\, and imagination\n\n\n\nDEVELOP confidence in your right to write your version of events\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is a great fit for creative nonfiction writers of all levels who are…\n\n\n\n\nSeeking to create a compelling story from the experience of grief\, loss\, or trauma\n\n\n\nInterested in crafting scenic writing\n\n\n\nCreating narrative from researched fact and individual memory\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\nJESSICA HANDLER is the author of the novel The Magnetic Girl\, winner of the 2020 Southern Book Prize\, a 2019 “Books All Georgians Should Read\,” an Indie Next pick\, Wall Street Journal Spring 2019 pick\, Bitter Southerner Summer 2019 pick\, and a SIBA Okra Pick. Her other books include Invisible Sisters: A Memoir and Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss. Her nonfiction has appeared on NPR\, in Tin House\, Drunken Boat\, The Bitter Southerner\, Brevity\, Creative Nonfiction\, Newsweek\, The Washington Post\, and More Magazine. She lives in Atlanta. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n FULL 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:SEMINAR |The Self-Editor’s Toolkit: 10 Tools\, Tips and Techniques to Develop Your Memoir or Personal Essay
DESCRIPTION:The triumph of finishing a draft is soon overtaken by wondering\, Now what do I do? Get the practical and creative tools you need to deepen and polish your work to its greatest potential.\n\n\n\nNonfiction and Memoir \n\n\n\nLive on Zoom | Saturday\, June 28 @ 2:00-5:00 pm  EDT \n\n\n\nAfter the joy of creating comes the picky process of self-scrutinizing\, taking stock\, and tuning up–essential steps in the writing process. Shifting from generative to reflective mode can be tough\, but there are simple\, straightforward methods to refresh your perspective and gain entry into what’s already on the page.  \n\n\n\nIn this three-hour seminar\, learn 10 techniques that creatively (and sometimes stealthily) re-engage you with the work\, including scaffolding\, housekeeping\, reverse outlining\, perhapsing\, tic lists\, set design\, flow checks\, and runway time. You’ll practice some of these methods live\, then pick from the toolbox to build a personalized action plan for revising your work that suits your writing style. \n\n\n\nUsing big-picture inventories and line-level search-and-destroy tactics\, deep conceptual inquiries and thoughtful worksheets\, you’ll gain greater clarity about how to refine language\, structure\, characterization\, and more\, and a new enthusiasm for self-editing. \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\nAPPROACH your work with fresh perspectives\n\n\n\nCLARIFY your aims for the work \n\n\n\nAPPLY simple techniques and inventories that instantly elevate your prose \n\n\n\nBRING more dimension and depth to your work \n\n\n\nPLAN a clear and understandable revision process for your draft\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar is ideal for writers who want to refine\, strengthen\, and deepen existing CNF and memoir drafts.\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLise Funderburg studied at Reed College and the Columbia University School of Journalism. Her work has appeared in The New York Times\, Threepenny Review\, Philadelphia Inquirer\, National Geographic\, Salon\, The Nation\, More\, and The Chattahoochee Review. \n\n\n\nHer latest book is Apple\, Tree: Writers on Their Parents (University of Nebraska Press\, 2019)\, a collection of all-new work by 25 writers\, which Publishers Weekly deemed a “sparkling anthology” in its starred review. Her previous book was Pig Candy: Taking My Father South\, Taking My Father Home (Free Press\, 2008)\, which was chosen as the Drexel University Freshman Read in 2012. Pig Candy fits into several genres—including narrative nonfiction\, memoir\, travelogue\, and biography—but essentially\, it’s a book about life\, death\, and barbecue. \n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students:\n\n\n\n“Great job of presenting new strategies to keep me writing!” \n\n\n\n“Very well organized and illuminating.” \n\n\n\n“I really\, really felt comfortable with Lise as a person guiding us…she was so relatable\, warm\, and committed to offering helpful advice.” \n\n\n\n“Lise helped me find my voice when I dove into writing to process some difficult and painful life experiences. She patiently walked me through early drafts that read more like diary entries than memoir\, and through her wise counsel\, I found a road map to give voice to my experience and rediscover the joy of writing.” \n\n\n\n“She created a wonderful roadmap to follow!”“THANK YOU!!! Loved this very thoughtful\, inspirational\, and informative presentation.” \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@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\nLocation
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