online: PERFECT PITCH
(Jan. 4-15, 2021, only for members of Sisters In Crime Guppies)SinCGuppies
Are you pitching your work at a conference? In an email? By letter, by phone, by chance if you run into someone browsing for a good book? The techniques will be slightly different for each situation -- and while writers tend to feel more anxiety when pitching face-to-face, it’s useful to have a plan of action for every possible scenario. Whether you’re pitching an agent, editor, interviewer, publisher or regular reader, learn how to make it a good experience for you both!
Writing Classes by Laurie Schnebly Campbell
online: NEW YEAR, NEW YOU
(Jan. 18-29, 2021)
https://rwasd.com/classes/ (
Whether it’s the first rejection, the 50th-book slump, or just not getting the story you want, frustration is part of every writer’s life. For some, it’s a nuisance; for others, it’s the end of a career.. For anyone determined to make 2021 a Better Writing Year, this class offers both practical and psychological techniques for dealing with rejection, writer’s block, frustration, motivation, and other issues that keep writers from loving their craft.
online: HIS & HERS MYERS-BRIGGS
(Feb. 1-12, 2021)
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Just about everyone has taken the Myers-Briggs quiz identifying their own personality type. It works equally well for characters who, even with their own individual traits, still show aspects of those various personalities in your novel. Naturally, each type has intriguing and attractive elements that make readers want to see more, as well as some problematic issues that’ll keep their story conflict coming…and going…and coming…
Zoom retreat: WINTER GATHERING
(Feb. 20-21) Already filled with eight writers, but ask BookLaurie at Gmail about the wait-list.
blog: PLOTTER + PANTSER = PERFECTION
(Feb. 26) writers in the storm blog
How to combine the advantages of each method…plus a free-class-prize!
online: PLOTTING VIA MOTIVATION
(March 2-27)
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Here’s what writers have said about the course in previous years: “I never thought I could plot my entire book from start to finish, but here it is. This is AWESOME.” / “This month has truly changed the way I think about writing. I wish I’d taken Plotting Via Motivation before giving up on my earlier novels.” / “Now that I look back in the notebook where I wrote all my homework, I realize I’ve got my book right here!”
Zoom: MAKING REJECTION WORK FOR YOU
(March 13, time tba) AgedToPerfection RWA
Zoom: REVISION HELL TO EDITING HEAVEN
(March 16, 7:30pm Central Time) Austin RWA
online: FROM PLOT TO FINISH
(April 5-16)
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For anyone who’s taken Plotting Via Motivation online or in person at some point, this group gets you plotting a brand new or already-begun book (using your completed 14-point worksheet) from start to finish. No need to prepare a new story idea, character bios, goal charts or anything else, because you’ll see how to plot an entire book -- and actually have it ready to type -- by the end of this hands-on workshop.
Zoom retreat: SPRING GATHERING
(April 17-18) Already filled with eight writers, but ask BookLaurie at Gmail about the wait-list.
Laurie's Bio:
Laurie Schnebly Campbell published half a dozen romances with Harlequin, including one that beat out Nora Roberts for “Best Special Edition of the Year,” before discovering the only thing she loves more than writing is working with other writers. So she started giving workshops every month, online and in-person, and now has a special area on her bookshelf full of books with acknowledgments from authors who’ve loved her classes.
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