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21 September 2019 | Featured speaker Mandy Wallace | 5 Steps to Beat Writers Block

July 16, 2019 By Natalia Corres Leave a Comment

Writer’s block is real. And it prevents many born writers from accepting the call to write. For many more, it adds an unnecessary creative drain to every word. This mini workshop will neutralize some of the most frequent causes of writer’s block using a 5-step writing process that restores the excitement and curiosity so fundamental […]

20 July 2019 | Featured Speaker Robert Scott Kimsey | Intellectual Property for Writers

June 19, 2019 By Natalia Corres Leave a Comment

Intellectual Property Law for Writers How do writers protect their intellectual property? Join us for our July workshop. Robert Scott Kimsey will be presenting basic intellectual property rights for writers: how they can protect those rights and license them to others. The program will be a general survey of the pertinent Intellectual Property (IP) issues […]

15 June 2019 | Featured Speaker, Author Esther Hatch – The Pros & Cons for Small Press Publishing

March 15, 2019 By Natalia Corres Leave a Comment

This presentation will cover the advantages and disadvantages of small press publishing. There are more options to publishing than just self publishing or publishing with an agent and hoping to land a book with a big publishing house. Sometimes the middle road can be the right road. Advantages: agents may not be required, quicker publishing […]

13 April 2019 |Featured Speaker, Jeanne De Vita – aka The Book Genie

March 14, 2019 By Natalia Corres Leave a Comment

Jeanne De Vita │Essential Master Class in Writing Romance Novels: Arc, Beats, and Craft Jeanne De Vita is pleased to present a master class on the essential craft of writing a romance novel. Commercial fiction is an enormous market but how do you know if your story has the structure to stand up and the […]

16 February 2019 | Writing Comedy for TV, Movies, or Stage

January 31, 2019 By Lou Medina 2 Comments

Workshop: The Difference between a Sitcom, a Screenplay, a Play, and a Waste of Time  Have you ever asked, “How do they do that?” when watching a sitcom, screenplay, or play? Your opportunity to find out comes at the February 16 Writers of Kern meeting.  Allan Katz, writer and producer of countless favorite and beloved […]

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