Writing to the Beats at River of Grass is an exploration of the influence of music and nature on the work of On the Road author Jack Kerouac. Learn to make your words sing!
Saturday, June 9th, 2-5 pm
Cost: $50
Call or text Darlyn Finch Kuhn at 407-312-3591 for more information, or email her at scribbler.finch@gmail.com.
Rik Feeney of FWA – Winter Park writes:
“Would you like valuable tips to get your book out there to more readers? Join us Wednesday, June 6th at 6:30 pm to hear marketing expert Shannon Bell talk on the latest trends on marketing to boost your sales and increase your reach to more readers. Give people a reason to pick up your book out of the millions that are out there. Shannon will show us 1) how to build a strong author page on Amazon, 2) how to create a marketing plan, and 3) free marketing tips. The Orlando FWA meeting is free and open to the public and is held at the University Club of Winter Park. For more information, contact Rik Feeney at usabookcoach@gmail.com.”
Directions to Orlando FWA Meeting
The University Club of Winter Park
841 N. Park Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789
From I-4 East or West, take the Lee Road exit and head East toward the Atlantic Ocean. Cross over 17-92 (Orlando Ave.) and Lee Road will dead end at Webster where you will make a left turn. Follow Webster through a light at Denning, then another light at the railroad tracks, then you will come to a stop sign, actually stop, then before the next stop sign (which is Park Ave) you will turn left into the University Club. Park your car in the grass, then walk up the ramp to the side door. Enter and keep going to your left inside to the library where we hold the meeting.
Are you ready for a Challenge? Do you need a jumpstart to get you writing through a hot and busy summer? Then, join Patricia Charpentier, and others from across the country and abroad, for the latest Free Seven-Day Writing Challenge, starting June 18th. Commit to writing a little something every day for one week. You’ll be sent helpful writing prompts and encouragement. You’ll also gain access to an online community of fellow writers with whom you can share your stories. Register today!
Link: https://freewritingchallenge.com/index.php?/register/June_2018
What does it mean to write well? Are there tried and true ways to improve your prose, no matter what type of writing you do? You bet! Patricia Charpetier will delve in and answer those questions in her two-part workshop, Basics of Writing Well, Saturday, June 9, 2018, on the shores of beautiful Lake Fairview near College Park (32804) in Orlando. (Exact address provided at registration.)
Join Patricia for the morning session from 9:00 a.m.-noon when you’ll discuss what makes for effective and vivid writing–specificity, strong verbs, sensual writing, and much more. From 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., she’ll give you the opportunity to write with her. You receive prompts designed to trigger memories you might not otherwise have thought to write about. Then, she’ll ask for volunteers to share what they’ve written. The group will applaud wildly and go on to the next prompt, and you leave with the beginnings of eight or more stories.
Cost for either the morning or afternoon session is $69, or attend both with a delicious lunch included for just $119.
Link: https://writingyourlife.org/shop/basics-of-writing-well/