Online Writing Workshops - Starting Summer 2012
Take virtual writing workshops to start or grow your writing business.
All writing workshops are $35 and are 1-hour long unless otherwise noted.
All writing workshops are $35 and are 1-hour long unless otherwise noted.
- Business of Being a Writer
- Accounting Basics for Writers
- Query Clinic
- Websites for Writers 101
Business of Being a Writer - 30-minute Workshop
Learn how to manage marketing yourself as an author, organize your finances as a business and establish your professional career as a writer.
What will you learn?
Learn how to manage marketing yourself as an author, organize your finances as a business and establish your professional career as a writer.
What will you learn?
- Free resources to help grow your presence as a writer
- Author marketing tips
- First steps in turning your writing abilities into profitable assets
Accounting Basics for Writers
Did you have to buy a camera to take photos for a magazine article? Your camera is a tax deduction. Are you traveling to a writers conference? You can deduct 100% of your travel expenses and half the cost of your meals. What else will you learn?
Did you have to buy a camera to take photos for a magazine article? Your camera is a tax deduction. Are you traveling to a writers conference? You can deduct 100% of your travel expenses and half the cost of your meals. What else will you learn?
- How to maximize your deductions as a writer.
- Where the line exists between hobbyist and business.
- Types of business models you can form as a writer. (Sole proprietor, LLC, etc.)
Query Clinic
Query letters are the first impression an agent has of you and your work. The query process is long, but with the right content and hook you can get an agent's attention faster.
Query letters are the first impression an agent has of you and your work. The query process is long, but with the right content and hook you can get an agent's attention faster.
- Learn query letter mistakes.
- Discover where you can find agents' contact information.
- How to create compelling query letters.
Websites for Writers 101
Just starting to write professionally and need a wallet-friendly online space to showcase your work? Websites can cost thousands of dollars to create and maintain. Alternatively, you can pay less than $100 for a hosting service, domain and be your own webmaster. Explore different website services, neuromarketing techniques to engage visitors and make an outline for your own website. Tara Lynne is a former Director of Public Relations and Marketing Manager; she creates websites and writes web content for businesses across the country.
What will you learn?
Just starting to write professionally and need a wallet-friendly online space to showcase your work? Websites can cost thousands of dollars to create and maintain. Alternatively, you can pay less than $100 for a hosting service, domain and be your own webmaster. Explore different website services, neuromarketing techniques to engage visitors and make an outline for your own website. Tara Lynne is a former Director of Public Relations and Marketing Manager; she creates websites and writes web content for businesses across the country.
What will you learn?
- Affordable and user-friendly website services.
- SEO (search engine optimized) content basics.
- How to make a writer’s website yourself.
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