Workshops
Workshops for Genre Fiction Writers
Presented with Ann Charles:
Getting Golden 2010 Workshop Schedule:
Are you really ready to submit your book to an editor or agent? What about that contest entry? In Getting Golden, we provide tips and techniques to help make your entry shine.
Judge Not, Lest Thou Don’t Know What Thou Art Doing
Judging writing contests can be challenging, especially for first timers. This workshop aims to educate potential contest judges as well as provide tips to conducting a successful RWA chapter contest.
Plotstorming!
If your plot has more holes than Swiss cheese, don’t despair! In this lively workshop, we provide essential information every plotter and “pantser” needs to know.
Revisions from the Right and Left
Revision is a key element of writing. But how you attack it depends on which side of your brain dominates. Whether you are left- or right-brain dominant, we have revision tips that will help make your story stronger.
Sexing up Your Subplot
Learn how to stir a sexy subplot into whatever flavor of genre you’re writing.
Presented with Ann Charles and Jacquie Rogers:
Career Plan Bootcamp – 10 Must-Know Tips for Emerging Writers
New writers are often so busy learning the craft that they don’t start thinking about their career until they begin submitting their manuscripts to agents and editors. But to maximize their success in today’s market, they need to have a career action plan so they can be ready to hit the ground running when they get “the call”. In this “career fitness training” workshop, we discuss ten important tips new and intermediate writers need to know to help them develop a successful career plan.
April 1, 2010, 7PM — Olympia RWA
Career Plan Bootcamp – 10 Must-Know Tips for Emerging Writers
July 24, 2010, 1:30PM — Pacific Northwest Writers Conference
Career Plan Bootcamp – 10 Must-Know Tips for Emerging Writers
October 2010 (date/time TBD) — Emerald City Writers’ Conference
Plotstorming!
November 9, 2010, 7PM — Eastside RWA
Want to have your own Plotstorming party with Wendy and Ann?
Learn more about this fun way to brainstorm the plot of your next book, find solutions to your plot problems, stretch your creativity muscles — you name it!
For more information or if you have questions about any of our workshops, please contact us at wendy@wendydelaney.com or ann@anncharles.com