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THE BUSINESS OF WRITINGThe Poetry Publishing Fast Track
Want to learn how to publish your poetry in American journals as well as overseas? Gary Lehmann, who has published hundreds of poems in journals all over the world will teach this one-day seminar to tell you his secrets. Detailed information will explain how to organize your desk for quick submissions, how to find web lists that will tell you when editors are open to new submissions, and what exactly to send each editor.
The Art of Copywriting
Want to make money writing? Then write for the business market. Supplying words for businesses gets the working writer more dependable income than any other source—if you know the trade. Learn the tricks, tactics, and concepts behind hard-hitting persuasive ad copy, web content, press releases, newsletter material, article marketing, corporate blogs and more from seasoned professional copywriter David Pascal of www.davidpascal.com. Learn how to use the new information technology to get jobs, and how to put together a super portfolio for when you get the call. Be the kind of writer companies and agencies are looking for. Sign up today!
Basics of Proofreading and Editing
Learn the essentials of proofreading and editing, including marks and symbols, essential style manuals, using Microsoft Word as an editing tool, and working effectively with clients and colleagues, as well as helpful organizational resources. Ruth E. Thaler-Carter brings more than 25 years of experience as a freelance writer and editor to this essential nuts ‘n’ bolts class.
Getting Started as a Freelance Writer
You need more than writing skills and a computer to be a successful freelance writer. You also need business sense, knowledge of the market, and a firm grasp of the tricks of the trade, among other attributes. Ruth E. Thaler-Carter will share her 25-plus years of experience in this tough but highly rewarding arena, working from her booklet, Get Paid to Write! Getting Started as a Freelance Writer.
Websites for Writers
Writers today have to get noticed on the World Wide Web, and that means having our own websites. Find out the basics of getting a domain name, using it for a permanent e-mail address, and creating an effective, attractive website that will help attract readers and publishers to your work. Freelance writer/editor Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, who maintains her own website, manages content for several others and has created some sites herself, will show you how to find and use templates and basic design techniques, and will include examples of writers’ good and bad sites to use as inspiration. Note: This is a general class, not a high-tech offering.
Query Letters That Open Doors
Your skill at writing succinct and compelling query letters may mean the difference between a busy writing life and one of languishing at your word processor. How do freelancers break in and get those magazine assignments? How do first-time novelists grab the attention of agents? The answer to both questions: by sending well-honed queries to the right person. In this interactive workshop Judith Lemoncelli shows you how to write queries that open doors!
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The Beautiful Necessity: The Regulating Lines of Claude Bragdon’s Transcendental ArchitectureWednesday, Aug. 4, 7 p.m. “In nature, in number, in geometry, in music, also, there is but one law, a law infinitely simple, infinitely subtle, incommunicable, evanescent. It is what Emerson calls the Beautiful Necessity. Gentlemen, let us build altars to that Beautiful Necessity.” First Fridays / Wide Open MicHosted by Norm Davis Along with other local galleries and performance spaces, W&B will be open on the first Friday evenings of each month hosting Wide Open Mic, and a series of other readings and performances in our Verb Café and Performance Space. Known for its eclectic mix, Wide Open Mic welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. It is Rochester’s longer-running open mic, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by Wanda Schubmehl Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the W&B Performance Space. Senior Reading GroupHosted by Norm Davis Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable atmosphere at W&B. Members Night EventsWed., August 11th 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Adult If you aren’t a member of W&B, here is your chance to join at the door and enjoy a special read-aloud with audience participation on August 11th. The Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by David White The Bertrand Russell Society was formed shortly after Russell’s death in 1970. Russell was born in 1872 and worked in fields such as mathematical logic; philosophy; social, religious, and educational reform; anti-war protests and politics. An accomplished writer, Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just to members of the society.
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