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WOW! Women On Writing Classes & Workshops
Treat yourself to a summer class! Join a group of dedicated writers and improve your craft.
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Greetings!
How is your summer going? Have you been writing? I know it can be tough to focus on writing when the weather is nice, but we've got a solution for you! Why not take a class or workshop to improve your writing skills? Our instructors are great accountability partners and will help you get started as a writer, get your work published, hone your writing skills, or make extra money with your writing. Summer classes are in session! We have courses on a variety of subjects: finding the right agent for your manuscript, social networking for authors, freelance writing, writing book reviews, screenwriting, playwriting, finding your writer's voice, organizing your writing time, creativity, children's writing, magazine writing, and blogging.  Treat yourself by improving your craft. WOW ! Classes combine 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. The prices our instructors offer are affordable for writers on a budget. If you look at other online writing classes, you'll notice that ours are at least a hundred dollars less expensive. But that doesn't mean they are less intensive. Our instructors are truly here to help you with your writing goals. Visit the Classroom Page to find out what's available to you. |
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Classes by Start Date
August 2, 2010 (Starts Next Monday):
How to Get the Right Agent for Your Manuscript (New!)
Get Paid to Write! Become a Freelance Writer
Introduction to Screenwriting
Introduction to Playwriting
Finding Your Writer's Voice
August 6, 2010 (Starts Next Week):
Intro to Book Reviewing: Turn a Love of Reading Into a Rewarding Sideline
August 23, 2010:
Social Networking for Authors: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and More!
September 1, 2010:
No Matter How Busy You Are, You Can Still Find Time to Write! (New!)
September 6, 2010:
Breaking Into Magazine Writing with Regional Markets (New!)
Short Fiction Writing
September 8, 2010:
Writing for Children: Everything You Need to Know About Short Stories, Articles, and Fillers
October 4, 2010:
The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind (New!)
Blogging 101 and More!
---------- 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. |
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How to Get the Right Agent for Your Manuscript
Starts Monday!
 Instructor: Annette Fix
Start Date: Monday August 2, 2010
Duration: 4 Weeks
Are you looking for the perfect agent to represent your manuscript but not sure where to start? Have you sent out queries and received rejection letters? If you haven't had agents request a partial or full read of your manuscript, you need help targeting the right agent and honing your pitch and query letter.
This class is for writers who want to find an agent who will fall in love with their manuscript and be excited to present their work to major publishers. Querying is not a numbers game. Mass submissions = mass rejections. Without the proper approach, your manuscript will never have the opportunity to be read by an agent.
By the end of this course, you will know how to target the right agent for your material and leave with a list of agents who are signing and selling in your genre. You will develop your "elevator pitch" and learn valuable in-person pitching techniques. You will complete the course with a query letter that showcases your voice and the tone of your book, and lifts your query out of the slush pile.
Limit: 10 Students
Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and to find out what you'll be learning week-by-week.
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Get Paid to Write: Become a Freelance Writer
Starts Monday!
 Instructor: Nicole LaMarco
Start Date: Monday August 2, 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.
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See You at the Movies: An Introduction to the Craft of Screenwriting
Starts Monday!
 Instructor: Christina Hamlett
Start Date: Monday August 2, 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.
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Finding Your Writer's Voice
Starts Monday!
 Instructor: Alison Dubois
Start Date: Monday August 2, 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.
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All the World's a Stage: An Introduction to Playwriting
Starts Monday!
Instructor:
Christina Hamlett
Start Date:
Monday August 2, 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.
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Intro to Book Reviewing: Turn Your Love of Reading into a Rewarding Sideline
Starts next week!
 Instructor: Norah Piehl
Start Date: Friday August 6, 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.
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Social Networking for Authors: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and More!
 Instructor: Margo L. Dill
Start Date: Monday August 23, 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.
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No Matter How Busy You Are, You Can Still Find Time to Write!
New!
 Instructor: Kelly L. Stone
Start Date: Wednesday September 1, 2010
Duration: 4 Weeks
Students will learn unique and creative ways to fit writing time into their busy lives, including how to set achievable writing goals, how to create a Writing Action Plan, and how to manage distractions.
From Kelly L. Stone, author of Time to Write!
Limit: 50 Students
Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
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Breaking Into Magazine Writing With Regional Markets
New!
 Instructor: Jodi Webb
Start Date: Monday
September 6, 2010
Duration: 5 Weeks
This class will help students research their local regional markets, the types of articles they accept, and give students tips on photography, local experts, and article ideas. The instructor will also help the student develop an article idea, pinpoint a market, and write a query.
Limit: 10 Students
Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning
week-by-week.
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Short Fiction Writing
 Instructor: Gila Green
Start Date: Tuesday
September 6, 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.
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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.
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Writing for Children: Everything You Need to Know About Short Stories, Articles, and Fillers
Instructor:
Margo L. Dill
Start Date: Wednesday September 8, 2010
Duration: 7 Weeks
This class will teach the basics of writing for children's magazines, crafting short stories, nonfiction articles, poetry, and fillers. The student will come away with a short story and cover letter, nonfiction query letter, and a filler or poem. She will also have a list of potential markets, fitting her manuscripts. The instructor will also share an organizational tool for submissions and information on finding other children's writers and networking.
Limit: 15 Students
Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning
week-by-week.
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The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind
New!
Instructor: Kelly L. Stone
Start Date: Monday October 4, 2010
Duration: 4 Weeks
Make the most of your limited writing time by learning how to tap into your subconscious mind's unlimited wellspring of creativity using easy-to-learn techniques.
From Kelly L. Stone, author of Thinking Write: The Secret to Freeing Your Creative Mind.
Limit: 50 Students
Visit the Classroom Page for a complete description and what you'll be learning week-by-week.
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Blogging 101 and More: Start a Blog, Make it Unique, and Keep it Going
Instructor:
Margo L. Dill
Start Date: Monday October 4, 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.
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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: classroom@wow-womenonwriting.com. 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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