WOW! Classes: Invest in Yourself, Write More
In This Issue
Quick Glance: Classes by Start Date
Finding Your Writer's Voice
Intro to Book Reviewing
Get Paid to Write: Become a Freelance Writer
Introduction to Screenwriting
Introduction to Playwriting
Social Networking for Authors
Short Fiction Writing
All About Agents & Editors
Blogging 101 and More
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WOW! Women On Writing Classes & Workshops
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Have you accomplished the writing goals you set for 2010?
There's still plenty of time to get started as a writer, get your work published, hone your writing skills, or make extra money with your writing.

We've listened to your feedback and improved all of our existing e-courses, and we've added new ones per your request! This season, we have courses on a variety of subjects: writing book reviews, fiction writing, social networking for authors, screenwriting, playwrighting, freelance writing, getting published, and blogging.

Personal Attention from InstructorsTreat yourself by improving your craft. WOW! Classes combines the best writing instruction with the convenience of the Internet to create a great learning environment. All class sizes are limited so you get one-on-one instruction from our teachers as well as a community of classmates to share ideas with. Best of all, you create your own schedule and work at your own pace. There's no specific time you need to be present.

We want you to succeed, and we know classes are a great way to jump start your writing career.

Visit the Classroom Page to find out what's available to you.
Classes by Start Date
 
May 3, 2010 (Starts Next Monday):

Finding Your Writer's Voice (New Course Materials!)

May 7, 2010 (Starts Next Friday):

Intro to Book Reviewing: Turn a Love of Reading Into a Rewarding Sideline (New!)

May 17, 2010:

Get Paid to Write: Become a Freelance Writer (New Course Materials!)

See You at the Movies: An Introduction to the Craft of Screenwriting

All the World's a Stage: An Introduction to Playwriting

May 24, 2010:

Social Networking for Authors: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and More!

June 1, 2010:

Short Fiction Writing Workshop

June 7, 2010:

The Gatekeepers: All About Agents & Editors

July 12, 2010:

Blogging 101 and More: Start a Blog, Make it Unique, and Keep it Going (New!)
 
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Below are brief descriptions of each course. For complete listings including price and a week-by-week glance of what you'll be learning, please visit the Classroom Page.

Finding Your Writer's Voice
Starts Monday!
Alison Dubois Instructor: Alison Dubois

Start Date: Monday May 3, 2010
Duration: 6 Weeks

Before you start writing, you should find your voice and the way to perfect it. Perfecting your voice can mean the difference between selling your next article or story idea or that idea remaining in the editor's slush pile. Throughout this class I will be your guide, helping you through exercises and instruction to help unlock your unique writer's voice.

Limit: 10 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a full description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
Intro to Book Reviewing: Turn Your Love of Reading into a Rewarding Sideline
New! Starts Next Friday!
Norah Piehl Instructor: Norah Piehl

Start Date: Friday May 7, 2010
Duration: 4 Weeks

Are you the life of your book group? Do you enjoy offering opinions about books on websites like Amazon and Facebook? Would you like to use your skills to get free books and build your freelance writing portfolio at the same time? Book reviewing can be a great way to break into a freelance writing career. In this class, we'll discuss the elements of great book reviews, try our hands at writing book reviews for various genres and publications, and explore the wide market for book review writing, from traditional newspaper book pages to online book blogs.

Limit: 16 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
Get Paid to Write: Become a Freelance Writer - Your Complete Guide to Freelance Writing Basics
(New Course Materials!)
Nicole LaMarco Instructor: Nicole LaMarco

Start Date: Monday May 17, 2010
Duration: 10 Weeks

This class is for beginning freelance writers or for those who are interested in becoming freelance writers. It includes all the basics of freelance writing: overviews of the different fields in freelance writing, what is needed to begin, how to store ideas, where to get ideas, how much you should make, where to find clients, and how to get clients.

Limit: 15 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
See You at the Movies: An Introduction to the Craft of Screenwriting
Christina Hamlett Instructor: Christina Hamlett

Start Date: Monday May 17, 2010
Duration: 6 Weeks

This 6-week class provides an overview of the techniques and formatting requirements to develop an original screenplay. The lectures and assignments cover character development, dialogue, genre, structure, pacing, budget, and marketability. All materials submitted are critiqued by a professional screenplay consultant and learners are free to ask as many questions as they'd like about how to turn a story idea into a commercial, pitch-ready script.

Limit: 10 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
All the World's a Stage: An Introduction to Playwriting
Christina Hamlett Instructor: Christina Hamlett

Start Date: Monday May 17, 2010
Duration: 6 Weeks

Since the time of the Ancient Greeks, the live theater experience has satisfied an audience's need for entertainment that is immediate, intimate and accessible to all ages and levels of society. Whether performed in an outdoor courtyard, on a vintage stage, in a school auditorium, or above the din of an urban coffeehouse, a play is an ever-evolving and timeless art form that derives its energy from both sides of the footlights. Unlike a novel or film which is financed and produced only once, a theater script undergoes a new transformation with each change of cast and each change of venue. Even the passage of time itself impacts how a theatrical story will resonate with successive generations, giving new definition and perspective to old ideas or providing a yardstick of how far we've come from social mores that were once held as truth.

In this class, you'll be learning what makes a play successful...and how to write one yourself! Each module consists of a lecture and writing assignment, as well as interviews, websites and anecdotes. Ideally, it should only take one week to complete each exercise. The final assignment will be the writing and submission of an original 15-minute one-act play, which will be professionally critiqued for its adherence to all of the principles addressed in the class.

Limit: 10 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
Social Networking for Authors: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and More!
Margo L. Dill Instructor: Margo L. Dill

Start Date: Monday May 24, 2010
Duration: 4 Weeks

This class will teach writers how to use Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites such as Shelfari or Jacket Flap (student's choice) to network; to build a following of fans; to star working on a brand/image; and to promote books, articles, magazines, and blogs. Instead of using Facebook and Twitter to write about your fabulous dinner or disastrous day at the grocery store, you will learn to sell yourself and your writing!

Limit: 20 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
Short Fiction Writing
Gila Green Instructor: Gila Green

Start Date: Tuesday June 1, 2010
Duration: 8 Weeks

Through writing exercises and classmate and instructor feedback we will delve into the fundamentals of short fiction with a view of publishable work. We will explore a variety of craft elements including: character, plot, point of view, description, dialogue, setting, pacing, voice and theme.

Course objectives:
1. To complete at least one work that is publishable.
2. To encourage you to read published short fiction including short stories, personal essays, and flash fiction (fiction under 800 words).
3. To increase your confidence and skills as a writer.
4. To develop a foundation for the skills of crafting, editing, and revising.

Limit: 8 - 10 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
The Gatekeepers: All About Agents and Editors - Getting them, Working with them, and Growing as a Career Author
Special Price for Spring!
Andrea Campbell Instructor: Andrea Campbell

Start Date: Monday June 7, 2010
Duration: 4 Weeks

In order to succeed in this industry, you, the writer, must know it intimately from all sides. Find out about agents and editors from an expert! Andrea is known for her book proposal course, which landed a student of hers a "very good deal"--a $100,000+ advance. In this class, you will learn about the book publishing industry (a primer on business, how publishing houses are set up, how a book is made); how to define your product through bios, platform and credentials; how to get an agent or editor (queries, synopsis, business letters and book proposals); and how to be a valuable client (questions to ask before you sign, contract tips, expectations, agent FAQs).

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and to find out what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
Blogging 101 and More: Start a Blog, Make it Unique, and Keep it Going
New!
Margo L. Dill Instructor: Margo L. Dill

Start Date: Monday July 12, 2010
Duration: 5 Weeks

Blogging is one of the best and cheapest ways to achieve an Internet presence. This class will help students start a blog. If you already have a blog, it will help you target the readers you want to reach. Students will also learn how to create a unique blog, build followers and/or drive traffic to their blogs, blog on a schedule, connect posts to social networking sites, and monetize their blogs. This course is for beginning and intermediate bloggers or for people who are looking to spic up their blogs! **Please note: you do not have to be technologically savvy to start a blog and keep up with it!

Limit: 20 Students

Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
 
We hope you are excited about these new classes!

WOW! Women On Writing ensures that our instructors will work with you one-on-one. In most cases you will receive emailed course materials and assignments, or for those with groups, you will be able to download course materials. Your instructor will give you assignments and personal feedback, and guide you through a charted course of learning. Our instructors are wonderful ladies who go above and beyond to help you achieve your writing goals. You do not have to be present at any particular time or day and can work at your own pace.

If you have any questions, or would like to suggest a course topic you are interested in, we'd love your feedback. Email us at: [email protected].

We'll be updating our classroom page periodically with new classes and workshops, so please check back often. Write on!
 
Warmest,
 
Angela, Marcia & Team WOW!
WOW! Women On Writing

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