WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE THROUGH
ESSENCE OF MOTOWN WRITERS ALLIANCE
How to Succeed @ Urban Contemporary Publishing
This workshop focuses on how to successfully write, publish and market and urban
contemporary novel. Workshop Facilitator: Valencia Williams, author
of The Hottest Summer Ever
Internet Marketing for Writers & Ebook Technology
The workshop will teach how to boost their exposure to the world via the Internet.
From online discussion groups to submitting articles and e-publishing.
Participants will cover how to find economical ways to gain free publicity, get their
name "out there" and make the Internet easy to maneuver.
Self-Publishing
A workshop designed to help writers understand
their publishing options by detailing the different modes of
publication and clearing up misconceptions on publishing operations.
Non-Fiction: Better Than Fiction
The workshop is for nonfiction writers which will give tips to writers on focusing
before writing and how to make the story come alive through story boarding, using
dialogue to make the facts come alive, how to create strong
beginnings, keeping the reader interested, avoiding a sagging middle,
intensify the conflict and tighten all loose ends. Facilitator:
Denise Smith, Author of Back from Sanity's Edge
Begin to read your work like a seasoned
professional with practice. Participants will learn to put your body
at ease, how to converse with your audience in a way that does not
detract from your work, and how to bring your work to life for the
audience. Facilitator: Versiz, Poet of Binary Soul and Binary
Soulstice
Journaling 101: Can't find the time to write? Want to know how to start off writing?
Whether creatively, from the heart, or fictional, let Journaling 101, be
your guide to getting you up and running and improving your writing
Revenge. Recommended Material: Your own Journal or Journal's will be
available to purchase.
Marketing and Promoting
Learn the special skills needed to market and promote yourself and your book.
Facilitator: Darlene House of House Communications.
Write Steps Workshop: A workshop geared to assisting writers in writing, publishing, promoting, and marketing their work. Have you been given the word and want to tell the world? Do you have your writing ready and want to publish it? No matter the genre, The Write Steps, can take you step by step in writing and publishing your work. Let us take you on the path to successful publishing. Our workshop is geared for the local writers in mind and uses low cost methods to get your work published.
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