We’re two weeks away from the start of the MidLifeBloggers Writers Workshop, and the details are beginning to firm up. Such as–
The Syllabus
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WEEK |
TOPIC |
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1 |
THE PROCESS OF WRITING |
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2 |
WRITING AS PROCESS |
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3 |
THE HOLY FOUR: PURPOSE, MESSAGE, AUDIENCE, PERSONA, |
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4 |
REVISION |
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5 |
BEGINNINGS, ENDINGS & THE ALMIGHTY PARAGRAPH |
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6 |
TAO OF WORD CHOICE |
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7 |
WRITING ORGANICALLY |
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8 |
WRITING ORGANICALLY 2 |
|
9 |
YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR WRITING |
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10 |
WRITERS BLOCK |
I’ve deliberately structured the Workshop so that it is fluid enough to meet the needs of a variety of writers of all stages and genres, because I know that good writing is good writing, no matter the genre. That fluidity will also enable us to accommodate each other’s time constraints, not to mention different time zones.
Here’s how it will work:
Our primary communication will be on Google Drive, which is a free word-processing program that enables not only private sharing of documents, but commenting as well. I hope we can have a healthy give and take within Drive, which will allow us to have the kind of discussions that make for the best of writers workshops. This will be the central part of the workshop, which you can access any time that works for you from any platform (Drive works on smart phones and tablets). The face-to-face portion of the Workshop, which will be occasional small groups and scheduled one-on-one sessions with me will take place in real time via Google Hangouts. Here too the small size of the workshop should allow us to accommodate everyone’s needs and some of the Hangouts will also be available for viewing later on YouTube.
