The entirety of the new year hasn’t been scheduled yet, but here are three opportunities—including short webinars and a longer memoir intensive— in the early part of the year. I’d love to see you at any one of them.
On January 15, 2025 @ 3:00 pm I will be offering a 90-minute webinar through the Craft Talks platform:
All Details Are Not Equal: The Power of Movement and Desire in Literary Description
Readers of both fiction and memoir crave vivid descriptions of people and places, allowing the story to unfurl into vivid reality on the page. But all details are not equal! Beyond “showing vs. telling,” this webinar will examine how writers can use active, emotion-based detail to supercharge not just the “vividness” of a story, but the underlying yearning that shapes a memoir or novel’s deepest, most compelling currents.
$15 (early bird) | $25.00
You can register or find more information at either of these two links
https://craft-talks.com/event/all-details-are-not-equal/
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Later in January, from JANUARY 18 – 21 (Martin Luther King weekend), Allison K Williams and I will offer a four-day online intensive.
Memoir Large and Small
More than a webinar, this weekend intensive offers all the benefits of a physical “workshop weekend” replicated online, with casual craft lessons, Q&A time, breakout rooms and 100% interactive sessions. Focused craft time will cover Structuring Your Memoir, The Power of Perhapsing, Writing Flash, Crafting Powerful Characters (and Dialogue), and How to Draft Fabulous First Pages (in your query, essay, or book).
$425 (early bird) / $495
To learn more or to register, visit:
https://rebirthyourwriting.com/memoir-intensive/
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And a bit further out, on March 12, 2025 @1 p.m. I will present
5 Secrets to Fantastic Flash
Embracing the challenges and joys of writing brief prose
“Flash” prose can look deceptively easy — So few words! I can snap that out in no time at all. — yet when we try compressing a full story into such a small frame, we discover that the very short form is a singular challenge. Yet it is a fascinating challenge as well, and a powerful way to strengthen our writing at any length.
This webinar will explore what works, what doesn’t work, and various ways to break out of your usual writing ruts.
- What are the most common mistakes writers make when attempting flash prose?
- Where can I publish my flash?
$25
To learn more or to register, visit:
https:/janefriedman.com/5-secrets-to-fantastic-flash-with-dinty-w-moore/
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Please join me!