Workshops for Groups (continued)
Neurodivergent Writer's Circle:
Meet like-minded writers self-identifying as highly sensitive, ADHD, on the spectrum or gifted. We'll talk a little about our traits as we explore how our quirks and anxieties can play out on the page.
Submitting Your Writing 101:
Getting our work out there can feel like an overwhelming task. Where do we even begin? In this presentation, Gail offers an overview of the steps involved in getting your writing published, from finding markets open to submissions to writing a query letter. Whether you're ready to get your short work or your book-length project out there, Gail will offer guidance that will help you find a home for your project.
POV 101:
Choosing and maintaining point of view can be a challenge. In this workshop, we'll discuss POV options and how to avoid head-hopping.
Writers Writing about Writers Writing:
We often take the advice to “write what you know” too literally, making our protagonist a writer or researcher, like us. Through discussion and an exercise, Gail will talk about why this can be a problem and what steps we can take to make our protagonist a truly dynamic and active character.
Step Outside and Jumpstart Your Writing:
Whether we're reworking our project or starting a new one, we need to feed our muse. Stepping outside our comfort zone recharges our writing like nothing else. Gail will offer strategies for finding our stories out there in the big wide world, and for engaging our senses so we can engage our readers.
Interview to Build Your Story:
Interviewing adds depth to both non-fiction and fiction projects. In this workshop you'll practice your interviewing skills. Bring your notepad!
Engage Your Reader's Senses:
To engage readers, writers must engage their senses. Come prepared to engage yours in a fun writing exercise.
Develop Your Characters:
In our early drafts, characters are often passive and not always likeable. We'll discuss how to make your protaongist active, one your reader will fall in love with.
Thrills and Chills:
In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss writing both thriller and horror fiction, and how it's not always what you think. Bring your ghost stories!
Using Setting to Express Emotion:
In this workshop, we'll explore how to use setting and situation, and the objects found there, to convey character emotion.
Blue Pencil Sessions:
Bring a 2000-word sample of your manuscript to an online or in-person meet-and-critique event with award-winning author and writing coach Gail Anderson-Dargatz. Ask those pressing questions about craft or the publishing industry in this quick 20-minute session.
