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The Most Important Writing Skill to Master—Your Character’s Voice
Listen to this lecture presented at the 2016 805 Writer’s Conference:
Want to improve your writing skills and chances of authoring a successful memoir?
Sunday NOVEMBER 13, 10:00 am – 5± pm Click Here to Register Now you can! Literary agent Toni Lopopolo will help you craft your manuscript into a marketable book. A former executive editor at Macmillan and St. Martin’s Press, Toni … Continue reading
Two great craft of writing workshops
Two amazing, intense workshops focused to develop your skills Each workshop is limited to 20 Writers. (less than 10 places left for either workshop) Both workshop instructors have the resumes and street creds to show you how to improve your … Continue reading
805 Writers’ Conference: Saturday & Sunday, November 5 & 6
Speakers and Program Announced for the Sixth Annual 805 Writers’ Conference in Ventura, CA Hone your skills, sharpen your tools, develop your craft THRIVE as a writer. The conference is returning to a focused topic for each day so you … Continue reading
Sebastian Junger: By the Book
Excerpt from The New York Times MAY 12, 2016. Click here to read more >> Which writers — novelists, playwrights, critics, journalists, poets — working today do you admire most? The last really well-written book I’ve read was “Empire of … Continue reading
SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning Writer’s Workshop June 11 & 12
A multi-session conference designed to support the emerging writer in a variety of areas including: writing skills, developing a novel, articles and essays, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, the business of writing, and publication. Guest speakers are featured in interactive workshops HOW … Continue reading
Fiction/Narrative Nonfiction Intensive Class: Improve Your Writing … Now!
Toni Lopopolo at West Coast Writers Conferences Sunday, June 19th, 2016 • 10:00 am – 2:00 pm ± Los Angeles Valley College, Campus Center (parking is free) Do You Want to Take Your Writing to a Higher Level And Increase … Continue reading
Boot Camp Extreme: Sunday, February 28, 10 am-2 pm, Los Angeles Valley College
Have you written a novel, or are you actively working on one? Would you like to have it reviewed by a leading professional editor / literary agent ? Are you open to critical analysis of your work by a veteran … Continue reading
Intensive Memoir Workshop: Sunday, October 25th 10 am – 2 pm, Los Angeles Valley College,
Intensive Memoir Workshop A Four-Hour Special Event Do you want to improve your writing skills and your chances of authoring a successful memoir? $99 before Oct 18/$149 after Now you can! Literary agent Toni Lopopolo will help you craft your … Continue reading
Writing Advice from Annie Dillard
“One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, give it, … Continue reading
















