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Writing Reboot - Winter 2021
Welcome!
Welcome to the Winter Writing Reboot
Please introduce yourself
How to Submit Your Writing to Me
25 Quick Writing Prompts
Downloads
Download Your Weekly Planners
Week One
Intro Video Part 1: Starting a Habit, Setting Goals, & How Not to Do Math (10:06)
Intro Video Part 2: What will you write this week? Plus Wild Card Days (6:17)
Video: The Evolution of Story Ideas (7:04)
Setting Manageable Goals
Assignment: Building from a Remembered Detail
Experiment: A Modeled Story
Download: Week 1 Goal Sheet & Schedule
Week One Discussion
Week One Share Space (optional)
Week 1 Live Session Replay
Week 2
Video - How to "Just Write" - Writing When You're Not Inspired (5:39)
Video - Developing Your Voice (11:00)
Devising a Better Outline & Reverse Engineering Your Novel or Memoir
Week Two Assignment & Share Space
For Further Reading - Running/Walking & Writing
Week Two Discussion
Week 2 Live Session Replay (59:38)
Week 3
Week 3 Live Session Feb. 17 Replay (60:56)
Video - Writing Truths that Transcend Form & Genre (18:23)
Video: Writing Through Rejection, plus Manuscript Pain Points (21:27)
Kishotenketsu & Beyond: Getting Outside Your Comfort Zone with Narrative & Lyric forms
Craft Video - Analyzing Inciting Incidents in a Literary Novel (16:39)
Week Three Assignment & Share Space
Week Three Discussion
For Further Reading
Week 4
Download - Week 4 Planner
Video - Thieves of Reality: Writing About Real People & Events in Fiction and Memoir (8:08)
Video - Intuitive Story Development (10:51)
Video - Writing Through the (Literal) Noise (2:34)
Craft Video - Creating a Worthy Antagonist (7:46)
Process: Getting Vulnerable: The Power of the Emotional Reveal
Tips: 5 Daily Habits to Energize Your Writing Life
Week Four Assignment & Share Space
Week Four Discussion
Week 4 Live Session Replay (59:56)
Week 5
Week 5 Welcome (7:59)
Video - Accessing Emotion Through Personal Experience (4:43)
Craft: The Art of Detail: Significance, & Subtlety
Audio - Process: Finding Your Way into Writing & Creating New Pathways
Process: In Defense of Slow Writing
Craft Video - Characterization: Introducing Your Protagonist (7:20)
Video - The Writing Business: Traditional Vs. Independent Publishing (14:34)
Video - The Writing Business: Submitting Your Work to Literary Magazines (12:13)
Week 5 Assignments & Share Space
Week Five Discussion
Week 5 Live Session Replay (60:10)
Week 6
Video - How to Maintain Your Writing Habit (17:33)
Video - Lessons from 20 Years of Writing (17:39)
Setting Parameters for Your Writing Project
On Rejection, Pandemic Publishing, Writing too Much, and Moving On
Week Six Assignment & Share Space
Week Six Discussion
Our Final Zoom, March 10 11:00 am PT
Literary Agents & Queries
Finding and Working With a Literary Agent
Writing the Query Letter
How to Find a Literary Agent (11:50)
Craft: The Art of Detail: Significance, & Subtlety
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