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Fiction III: Revision
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
You’ve finished your first draft, put it aside, and after a suitable time, read it over. Maybe you’ve come across passages where the story flows and you’re thrilled by what you’ve created. Yet, you’ve also found passages that make you cringe: boring paragraphs of description, scenes of dialogue that don’t move the story, characters who fail to fully develop, and so on. For better or worse, this is how it should be (or at least how it...
8 sessions
How to Publish Now
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
This one-day presentation will educate writers on the world of self-publishing. Specifically, the presentation will review manuscript preparation and the costs of editing and proofing, compare the services offered by the leading Print on Demand (POD) publishers, recommends suitable publishers based on a cost versus benefit analysis. Participants of this workshop will learn how to select a reliable publisher at a minimal cost.
Characters We Love...or Love to Hate
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Learn how to breathe life into your fictional characters—protagonists, antagonists, and supporting cast. Make them so believable readers will bond with your paper people! This workshop will teach you practical, effective ways of looking at characterization suitable to all genres. Spend a morning over coffee and pastries with professional writing coach and author, Kathryn Johnson.
The Power of Image: Learning to Write from Playing
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
The Power of Image: Learning to Write from Playing Video Games Ezra Pound says that “the natural object is always the adequate symbol.” Visual storytelling mediums such as movies, television shows, and video games are using the natural object to do quite a bit of storytelling in a small space. Games like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Gone Home use environmental storytelling to give us pieces of characters’ lives without prose or explanation. ...
Before You Write Your Story
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Envision your story and discover its meaning before you actually put it on the page. Using pre-writing activities, including storytelling, participants will learn to see their story from different angles. This workshop features active engagement with the elements of Story more than listening to lecture. At the close of the workshop, participants will have a strong draft, a credible character, and a sense of the story's "aboutness." Bring one...
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How to Write a Book Review that’s Not Boring
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Learn how to write a book review that reads like an essay, going beyond simple recitation of plot to artfully deliver a critical assessment. This workshop will guide participants through how to structure the review; the introductory paragraph (the hook); coherent plot summary; criticism; and a strong conclusion. By the end of the workshop the participants will have incorporated their writing and critical reading skills to produce a compelling review...
5 sessions
Perfect Pitch to National Publication
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
How do you research and hone an idea well enough to get it through the static and into a national publication. Successful writers share queries and the negotiations that led to publication in Bloomberg Businessweek, AARP, Pacific Standard, New York Times Sunday Business, and more. This workshop will look at both the pitches and the resulting articles; how each approached its market; and the writer's experience with the editor.
Copy Edit and Proofread Like a Pro
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Learn the marks and methods used by professional editors and proofreaders. Perhaps you're considering copy editing as a profession, need help deciphering your editor's marks, or just want to be a more helpful member in your writers group. Through in-class and home exercises, this course will equip you with tools, knowledge, and plenty of practice to become a great copy editor or proofreader.
6 sessions
Creating Your Book for Children
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Having a children's book published in today's tough market may seem like an impossible dream. But, in reality, getting your book idea into shape and into print can hinge on just the right advice from a pro. Do you need an agent? Should you connect with an artist? What about self-publishing? In a DC-area exclusive one-session workshop, nationally-known author Peter Mandel will pass on the insider's tips writers need to know in order to create a marketable...
How to Impress an Editor from Page One
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Like it or not, your literary work is often judged based on first impressions. Join workshop leaders from three literary magazines for a hands-on session to ensure success for your short stories and essay submissions. For this class, writers will submit the opening page from one of their stories or essays to share with two editors and a publisher of Potomac Review, Delmarva Review, and Little Patuxent Review. The three will present best practices,...
Technical Writing Introduction
Learning Tree International @ 1801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Successfully conveying complicated content to end users — both internal and external — is vital and can greatly enhance the value of products and services. This training course provides a complete process for planning, writing, and editing technical documents, including assessing the needs of users, selecting document formats, and making effective use of graphics. You Will Learn How To: Write effective technical documents, manuals, and white...
4 sessions
Mission Driven Storytelling: Make the Most Impact
General Assembly @ GA Washington D.C. (Remote Online), Washington, DC 00000
Mission Driven Storytelling: Make the Most Impact on Social Media Digital storytelling is one of most impactful strategies currently used to further missions and increase growth. Learn how to master the art of your story and further your cause through videos, photos, writing, and various content mediums. See examples of some of the most impactful digital stories out there today, and learn free resources for how you can easily and affordably design...
Poetry Titles
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Do you struggle to find a good title for your poems? Many poets do. A good title will expand the range of a poem, and deepen the reader’s experience. Join us to explore what makes a good title, and learn how to maximize such crucial “real estate” in your own poems. For class, please bring: a notebook, and 3 copies of two typed poems that you’ve written for which you would like to generate a better title.
A Crash Course in Prosody
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
Why do so many poems being written today sound like prose broken up into lines? A familiarity with prosody, the study of the patterns of rhythm and sound in poetry, is essential if you want to make your poems sound more musical. In this class we will review the basics of meter and scansion and learn how to discover and develop rhythmic patterns that can then be used to underscore meaning and emotion, even in free verse poems.
The Poetry Game
The Writer's Center @ 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815
The Poetry Game is an interactive game that makes it easy and fun to write a poem, whether you are an experienced poet seeking a new technique to generate poetry, or you haven't written a poem in decades. The focus is on creativity; sharing is optional and work will not critiqued or judged. Everyone wins. The game involves a wide variety of prompts, a supportive and encouraging environment, and an attitude of warmth, fun, and poetic camaraderie....
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