Write Yourself Free(SM)  Read an overview of our method HERE

The  Write Yourself Free(SM) method is suitable for all kinds of writing from memoir to screenwriting to childen’s literature. Discover confidence and insight as you give voice to your unique point-of-view. Workshops are limited to six people.  8 classes $385 NOW ACCEPTING VISA, MC, AMEX. ONLINE. It is easy and secure with Authorize.net. Also Checks to The Editing Company.

SUMMER SESSION — 6 CLASSES. STARTS JUNE 12th except Poetry Tuesday Nights starts on June 4th.

*New Poetry Night: team teaching with Annette Basalyga and Patrick McCord

**Tuesday Big Project: writers who have taken at least 3 sessions

***Thursdays at 10am: writers who are new to the method or have taken one session

Screenwriting: 4 Monday Nights.- with Patrick McCord, PhD. June 4, 11, 18, 25. $195  7:15-9:15pm

WATCHING MOVIES: FOR WRITERS with Patrick McCord, PhD (not his monthly screenwriting class-for general audience) Saturday, May 19th, 9:30am-12:30PM $50 — members: $35 $20 -students Watching movies can be both educational and inspirational for writers or all kinds.  But you have to know what to look for. By tuning in to basic movie forms and conventions, we can observe what is essential for character and plot. When we learn to think more like a camera (and a little less like a writer), we can connect to the sensations of cause and effect and replace over-thinking with evocative storytelling.And when we take the time just to notice how movie shots and scenes connect to each other, we understand more precisely how sentences, paragraphs, and episodes have powerful connective ideas as well. Guarantee: this workshop will make you smarter or your money back.

Contemporary Journalism Bootcamp: Sunday, June 10th, 10am-1pm $75

Writing for Children Workshops with Victoria Sherrow. WEEKLY 6 Classes/$250 Fridays, 10:00am -Noon   April 13th, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25 Please email Tish to register. Read testimonial on “Kudos” page.

NEXT SESSION: June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

PICTURE BOOK CLINIC! Bring in Your Manuscript. A Writing For Children Intensive with Victoria Sherrow, Sunday, May 20th, 2:00-5:00pm $75 Do you write picture books-or would you like to? Many children’s authors hope to publish the kinds of illustrated stories they loved themselves or have enjoyed reading to their children.

Songwriting Saturdays with Andy (AJ) Gundell for teens and adults $300  1:30-4pm. April 18, May 5, 12, 19, June 2, June 9th. Showcase is on June 9th at 3:30pm

Join us for Songwriting Saturdays with Emmy award-winner songwriter, A.J. Gundell. For seasoned pros or curious amateurs, teenagers  and adults. The goal is to write, polish and perform one new song.  We start by listening—to our favorite songwriters and our favorite songs.  From there, we will move to an analysis of the basics of song components, structure and forms.  As we start to learn how songs are constructed, we start to construct our own. If you think you have a hit song inside you, you have to pitch it to sell it. In each class, Andy will share his knowledge of how to get your songs into the hands of artists to record them and to TV, film and ad execs to license them. We will also workshop performance practice and we will have a performance evening for those who would like to participate.  Need a rudimentary knowledge of an instrument. Click Here for article on the class in Venu Magazine.

The Art of the 8 Minute Story:  Intensive with John O’Hern Friday, May 18th at 7:15pm $30 limited to 4 students. Bring in your work. Or Choose Sunday, May 20th at 2pm.

The Art of the 8 Minute Story: An Introduction Friday, June 1st, 7:15pm $40 Creating a safe space for would-be storytellers to hone their material, to learn how to craft a tale worth sharing. Everyone has a story, anyone can tell a story but… just because it happened to you doesn’t make it interesting! What makes a good story? How do you start? How do you sustain it, how do you end? How do you tell a good story once you’ve got one? Learn how to mine your mind for stories through improvisation. PLEASE EMAIL IF INTERESTED.

Social Networking  with De Boone Tuesdays Nights at 7pm  NEW DATES TBA

Social Networking Intensive Workshop – DATE TBA  3 hours, $145 Connect the dots from your current marketing tools  This interactive workshop will teach you how to connect all of your social media tools onto one platform.  Using integration software to combine all of your social media tools.  Create a posting schedule and polling tools to create more interaction with your fans and followers.  This is a hands on branding strategy session; evaluating your current online brand and connecting to your target market.

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