Writing Classes in Houston, TX

Corporate strategy execution depends upon developing and implementing the best solution in the workplace. Success factors however, rely upon basing the solution on the right requirements, drawn from a sound and robust Business Case. A well crafted business case document outlines the rationale for undertaking a business project. It should be a formal,...

Business Context You agreed to give another presentation for your group. Everyone said you did a good job, and you sense that you did too. But how can you be sure? Sometimes you struggle to find the right way to use your slides, and you’re unsure of what to do with your hands. You want to be an even stronger presenter and have more impact. Challenge...

In this WordPress training class, you will start with the basics of setting up WordPress and learn how to create and maintain a successful WordPress site.  Learn how to get started with WordPress, create new content. Learn to change what appears on a home page, blog post, and more. Learn to handle media uploads, audio/video players, and podcasting....

In this valuable program, you will learn: Understand How to Create a Back-Up File, Portable File, Accountant’s Copy, and Rebuild the Data Learn About QuickBooks® Product Technical Errors, Product Updates, the Resource Center and the Company Information Section Setting Up and Editing the Company File Preferences Customer Sales Tax Set-Up and...

This training course is dedicated to providing you with a flexible, high-performance learning system. This dedication has resulted in a unique and progressive training method. Unlike other training methods that focus on theory or high-tech training products that overwhelm you, this training method provides a simple approach to learning computer software....

This class is delivered by a live instructor and is specifically <br><br>designed to teach administrators, business analysts, or report writers how to utilize the basic and advanced analytic capabilities of Salesforce.<br><br>A student in this class will learn the basic Salesforce object model,...

SEO has always been someone else’s job, so you never had to worry about it. But somewhere in between your last promotion or switching companies, things changed. Now you need to know everything about SEO, ASAP. Where do you start? Right here. In our workshop: SEO for Dum Dums: The Science of Leads, industry expert and Chief Strategist at...

Class is focused on building character, writing dialogues, creating transitions, dynamics, plot points, etc.  This class is designed to prepare students to write visually and complete their screenplays. The class works with movie scenes and film screenplays to help students understand the application of screenwriting techniques. The class is...

Have you always wondered what it takes to be a restaurant critic? A food writer? A dining editor? In this day-long workshop, Houstonia Managing Editor Katharine Shilcutt will give you a top-level overview of food writing, covering a range of topics from how to set a scene and how to describe a dish to the ethics and guidelines of honest, thoughtful...

Mastering the elements of business writing has the power of impacting the trajectory of your career. Your writing enables stakeholders throughout your organization and the rest of the world to make judgements about you, your competence, your value to the enterprise and your “personal brand.” Rice University’s four meeting course will mix class...

Class is focused on building character, writing dialogues, creating transitions, dynamics, plot points,  etc.  This class is designed to prepare students to write visually and complete their screenplays. The class works with movie scenes and film screenplays to help students understand the application of screenwriting techniques.

Telling stories has been a part of the human experience for as long as there have been humans, but the experience of formalizing those stories into a work of written fiction can be a daunting process. In this workshop, we’ll examine the basics of good fiction: plot, character, dialogue, and setting. We’ll read and discuss both classic and contemporary...

Feeling stuck? Have you not written in a while? Does the work you have accomplished seem stagnant? Join your fellow writers in a friendly, open atmosphere in which creative freedom is celebrated. Using writing prompts, visual inspiration in the form of images and props, and fun freewriting exercises, we will unleash your creativity so that you can...

Want to write, but you’re not sure where to start? Come learn about the different genres and publishing opportunities available to you as a new writer. In this workshop we will explore an overview of the basic genres of creative writing, discover how to generate and maintain inspiration, and learn how and where to publish our manuscripts once they...

We recognize that while no single feature can capture the experience and identity of a human being, writers of color—of all levels, and from all genres and backgrounds—have the opportunity to thrive in workshop experiences where their many, varied voices are welcomed and seen to enrich the workshop’s diverse worldview. This means that we will...