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SUMMARY:REPLAY | The Magic of Micro Prose: Find Your Story in 300 Words or Less
DESCRIPTION:Unlock your storytelling potential and share your words with captivating brevity.\n\n\n\nREPLAY INCLUDES : VIDEO\, CHAT SCRIPT\, AUDIO FILE\, SLIDES\, HANDOUT\, AND TRANSCRIPT & MORE \n\n\n\nMicro prose—stories told in 300 words or less—provides an opportunity for more\, not less. Learn how this short but versatile form can amplify your creative nonfiction work (memoir and personal essay) and even poetry and fiction.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at examples of micro in the world\, how you can begin writing micro right away\, and submission opportunities as you ready your work for the world. Darien will share her methods for drafting and crafting micro prose\, and lead an in-class exercise so you can try it for yourself.  \n\n\n\nIf you’ve ever been curious about micro\, now’s a great time to add this powerful form to your writer’s toolbox. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN about micro prose and its storytelling superpowers\n\n\n\nEXPLORE micro prose possibilities for creative nonfiction\, fiction or poetry projects\n\n\n\nCONSIDER submission and publication options for your own micro prose work \n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who …\n\n\n\n\nwant to explore new ways to generate material\n\n\n\nare interested in learning more about short-form writing\n\n\n\nare ready to experiment with different ways of telling a story\n\n\n\nwant to publish short work as they write toward longer projects\n\n\n\nwant to deepen their literary craft\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\nDarien Hsu Gee is an international bestselling author published by Penguin Random House and the third Mark Twain Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the University of Connecticut\, following Alexander Chee and Justin Torres. Her work spans genres\, from novels translated into eleven languages to award-winning micro prose and poetry collections. She is the executive editor of Nonwhite and Woman: 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World (IPPY Silver Award) and the author of Allegiance (IPPY Bronze Award)\, Other Small Histories (Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship)\, and Writing the Hawaiʻi Memoir (Ka Palapala Poʻokela Award of Excellence). \n\n\n\nA recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation grant and a Vermont Studio Center fellowship\, Darien teaches creative nonfiction at UCLA Extension and Hugo House. She also leads specialized micro prose workshops through her platform\, Writer-ish\, and publishes two Substacks: Writer-ish\, focused on the art of micro prose\, and Drafts\, Deals & Detours\, a real-time look at the working writer’s life. \n\n\n\nHer service to the literary community includes board work with Short Reads and Flash Fiction Institute. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\nBecause the replay is delivered instantly upon purchase\, all sales are final. \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 | Blurb Clinic: The 150 Words That Hook Agents\, Editors\, and Readers
DESCRIPTION:Write your book’s “blurb”—the sharp\, versatile pitch for submissions\, promotion\, and marketing that defines what your book is and why it matters.\n\n\n\nAll Genres \n\n\n\nWhether you call it “jacket copy\,” an “extended pitch” or the meat of your query\, your book’s blurb is critical. This short piece of persuasive copy determines whether someone reads on\, requests the manuscript\, or buys the book. Just 150 words do a lot of heavy lifting: positioning your book in the market\, introducing your protagonist and stakes\, and making a promise that reading will be worth the commitment.  \n\n\n\nBut many writers get stuck with blurbs that sound generic or interchangeable with another author’s book. Shortcuts\, AI\, and borrowed language won’t sum up the heart of 100\,000 words. You have to step inside your book and ask what it is truly offering—and then stress-test whether or not your manuscript delivers on that promise. \n\n\n\nWhen I finally arrived at the right 150 words for my own memoir/reported nonfiction project\, everything fell into place. I received thoughtful\, encouraging passes instead of crickets\, and in a very short period of time\, two offers of publication. As I wrote and revised\, the blurb became a microcosm of my story’s logic and the reason someone would choose my book over anything else in front of them. \n\n\n\nAgents are looking for the blurb in your query letter (and will use it to sell your book to publishers). Editors are looking for the blurb in your book proposal. Marketers are looking for the blurb in your materials. And most importantly\, your readers are looking to be fulfilled by the blurb’s promise. They want to read your book; give them every chance to be excited. This session shows you how to make those 150 words count. \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\nDEFINE what a blurb is (and is not) and see how it functions across queries\, proposals\, websites\, and sales materials\n\n\n\nANALYZE real blurb examples to see how a clear\, compelling story or concept is expressed in 150 words\n\n\n\nSTRUCTURE a blurb for yourself that introduces the protagonist/author\, stakes\, and take-away (without summarizing the entire book!)\n\n\n\nIDENTIFY and AVOID common pitfalls that weaken blurbs\, including generic language and over-reliance on trends\n\n\n\nEVALUATE whether your blurb makes a promise your manuscript actually delivers on\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is ideal for writers who are …\n\n\n\n\nnot getting responses from their query letters or book proposals\n\n\n\nplanning to self-publish and needing strong sales copy for online retail pages and author websites\n\n\n\nfinished with their manuscript and need to articulate what the book is about\n\n\n\nstruggling to describe their book clearly\, concisely\, and in a compelling way\n\n\n\ngetting stuck in the weeds of their book and need to refine the premise\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\nMichelle Cutler is an award-winning screenwriter\, storytelling coach\, and developmental editor specializing in true stories and memoir\, as well as an enthusiastic teacher. She has written more than 1\,700 advertising campaigns for global brands\, humanizing brand copy for short form content. She holds an MFA in film from NYU and a diploma in advanced creative writing nonfiction from Cambridge. She is currently writing I WON’T LET YOU DIE ALONE\, a reported memoir from the trenches of modern elder caregiving for Bloomsbury. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\nBefore the replay is sent\, you may request a refund less a $10.00 processing fee. 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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