#writing conference

[worldanvil]

Join Janet at the Write Anyway Summit where she'll be speaking on Writing with Dyslexia. This free four-day event will give you the tools to overcome writing sabotages and get your project moving. Get your free ticket at https://www.writeanywaysummit.com

#amwriting #writing #world building #worldanvil #writing with dyslexia #writing conference

[agwitow]

How introverted am I that, at a Masked banquet, I am too shy to wear my mask?

(About 50% of the guests are wearing masks, plus maybe another 10% wearing cheap cardstockok masks)

My mental bandwidth was taken up a lot by the rush seating and needing to ask to sit with strangers... so.... that's my excuse :P

#writing conference #banquet dinner #masquerade banquet #when words collide #introvert life

[sonyoestavillo]

What Learned Editing 1st Ten Pages Of #WIP Via Nationwide Writing Conferences

Had a great experience as an editor via @writingdaywksp last season. Thnx to @BrianKlems for the opportunity. The conference rotates editors, so I’ll be sitting the upcoming ones out. #WritingCommunity: How to avoid common issues in opening pages.👇🏽

It’s been a real learning lesson being a former faculty member of the Writing Day Workshops. It’s a hub that manages virtual and in-person writing conferences from all over the United States. Because they like to switch things up to provide writers a variety of perspectives, they select editors and agents to be featured in their workshops seasonally. I was privileged to have worked with them…

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#Authors #Books #Editing #Novels #Revising #WIP #Writers #Writing #Writing Community #Writing Conference

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[justforgetthepast-blog1]

Print version of Teach. Write. now available for purchase

You can order print copies of the 2024 Spring~Summer edition of Teach. Write. at Lulu.com. Here is the link. Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com The publication of the print copy is always great, but one more exciting thing is coming up that some of you might be interested in, especially if you live in North Carolina. I’m going to be a guest editor at the North Carolina Writers’ Network spring…

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#creative non-fiction #creative writing #essays #Literary magazines #North Carolina Writers&039; Network #poetry #short fiction #Teach. Write. #writing conference

[threeravenspublishing]

Making the Most of the Time We've Got

Making the Most of the Time We've Got

It’s hard to believe January’s almost over, but it is. I could wax poetic about where all the time goes, but we all know where it goes: down the cosmic crapper! We can’t stop time from grinding forward (or swirling downward?), but we can make the most of it while we’ve got it. From being slammed with slush pile submissions to getting anthologies out, there’s a lot going on at Three Ravens. Add…

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#adventure #Autoduel Chronicles #Car Warriors #Car Wars #convention #post apocalyptic #post apocalyptic fiction #racing #racing fiction #seminar #superstars writing conference #superstars writing seminar #writing conference

[writerwerxuniversity]

7 days left! Have you registered for the April 27th Atlanta Self-Publishing Conference yet? For $99 (until 2/1/24!), you get:

► A full-day conference. ► A catered, hot lunch. ► 15 minutes with a PR specialist. ► A professional sample edit of your current WIP. ► Monthly author education emails (the sooner you sign up, the more of them you'll get!). ► Pre-conference virtual events. ► Access to the Perk Page which includes recorded sessions, free books + videos + worksheets about writing / publishing, and discounts from our vendors. ► The opportunity to rub shoulders with industry professionals and bestselling authors from around the country. ► Time and space to connect with your fellow indie authors and grow your author support network. ► A swag bag including goodies from our vendors.

Sign up now before the price increases next week! ✏️ATLSPC.com

#authors #publishing #books #indieauthors #writing conference

[these-summer-nights-in-december]

I’m teaching at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing 2024!

Oh yes!! I am profoundly excited to announce that Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing is back for 2024!!! And I’ll be returning as faculty, teaching seminars in poetry, the lyric essay, and publishing, along with awesome fellow faculty for an inspiring week of creative writing on the island. Come join us for an experience you’ll cherish. Registration is open now!

#christopher citro #poets on tumblr #writers on tumblr #poetry #writers and poets #poets #writers #marthas vineyard institute of creative writing #mvicw #writing conference #writers conference #writing retreat #summer 2024 #marthas vineyard #citro #poems #lyric essay #creative nonfiction #fiction #writing classes

[keyboard-squared]

Do You Need to Escape the Plot Forest?

Want to hear about plotting from the pros? Don't miss the free jam-packed plot summit starting this weekend!

I think all writers can agree that plots are tricky. You plan them one way and they veer another, or you don’t even know how to plan them out in the first place. Whatever the case, plot stumps us all at one point or another. That’s why I’m so thrilled about the Escape the Plot Forest summit running Saturday through Wednesday! With 37 speakers and 44 sessions over five days, this summit is packed…

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#blogging #creative writing #fiction #plotting #writers #writing #writing community #writing conference #writing summit #Writing Tips #writing workshop

[gwenkress]

Hi writeblr,

I've started putting together a Google calendar of all the writing conferences and events I can find. It's chiefly north american centric at the moment and I'm sure it's not exhaustive, so if anyone knows of a writing con that I haven't included, please let me know!!

#writeblr #writers of tumblr #writers community #writing convention #writing conference #there are a LOT of them this weekend. why

[unofficialchronicle]

The Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference:

The Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference is a vibrant gathering that offers Morning Workshops in a wide range of genres. Afternoons are packed with craft seminars, panels, one-on-one consultations, and open mics; and every evening offers an opportunity to enjoy the camaraderie and connection that make this conference, in the words of one participant, “life changing.” 

The 2023 Conference will be held from August 3 to 5, 2023. Registration for the next conference will be open from March 15 - June 30, 2023. Scholarship and Master Class applications will be open from January 15 - February 15, 2023. Scholarships are available for writers in all genres for both tuition and housing accommodations. 

#mendocino #coast #writing #writing conference #writer #creative writing #future

[sfsucw]

October 6-7-8 in Edmonds, WA, located on the shores of the Puget Sound, 15 miles north of Seattle. The 37th annual conference returns to an in-person event with a special online offering. Seeking 75-min to 3-hr sessions on writing craft (fiction, nonfiction & poetry), editing, publishing, marketing, and writer’s life. Honorarium provided. Pop-up bookstore. Free conference attendance.

Submission deadline: March 15, 2023.

 Conference information: www.writeonthesound.com

Complete submission info: https://tinyurl.com/WOTS23CFP

#writing conferences #writing conference

[redswrap]

Three Days with a Name Tag

Three Days with a Name Tag

There are a lot of funny people here but I’m not sure I’m one of them. I’m at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton, a conference held every two years that is so popular that, this year, the 450 slots sold out in six hours. The caliber of presenters here is amazing. Big name people with big name books, agents and editors, social media experts, filmmakers, people with…

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#2016EBWW #Erma Bombeck Writers&039; Workshop #feminist humor #writing conference

[bluerosefox]

It's shenanigans time guys

So have this DpxDc idea.

So, the Justice League and the Light (OR villains in general) have two newish members, they've both been around for about a year and they're from the same plane of existence (a place called the Infinite Realms according to those who dabble in the occult)

And the two seem to have some serious beef with each other.

Wisp and Wrath are basicly feral cats hissing and hekles raised when they spot the other and their fights normally ends in draws. They're evenly matched and sometimes the two even fight to the point they are out of steam and just fist fight.

Needless to say everyone believes they totally hate each other and might one day kill (or end?) One of them.

So everything gets turned upside down when suddenly both factions of heros and villains are suddenly summoned to the Infinite Realms.

In a throne room.

In front of the Infinite King (or most commonly known as the Ghost King)

A King who looks very, very much like Wisp and Wrath (like yeah the two do sometimes look alike, like when they grin with sharp teeth and their hair color, but one has blue skin and red eyes for crying out loud!)

He's staring at them, glowing green eyes that seemed to just... know.

"Welcome to the Infinite Realms. I am King Phantom." His voice echoing in the throne room and seemed to rattle them deeply, like a sudden chill in the early morning.

"I have summoned you all here for a single reason." He continued to say "Tell me..."

Here he paused, closed his eyes before leaning back on the chair then he smiled big and cheerfully asked.

"How are my kids doing in your world? Dan and Ellie arent causing too much chaos in their wake are they? They tend to go a tiny bit overboard sometimes but what siblings don't when they rough house you know. Tell me everything."

#danny phantom #danny fenton #crossover #dp x dc #blue rambles #danny phantom dc #writing ideas #random idea #dpxdc #dani phantom #danielle fenton #dan fenton #dan phantom #Danny is Dan and Ellie's dad in this one #ghost king danny #prince Dan #princess dani #One is Wisp and the other is Wrath #one is with heroes while the other is with villains #and they fight each other when given the chance #everyone thinks they HATE each other #but theyre just being Realm Siblings #meaning they go rough in their playing #who is who is up to you and whose on what side #Danny's been King for a while btw #he also knows which side his kids are on #he doesnt care as long as they dont cause world ending stuff #to much paperwork for the Realms #Danny summoned the two factions for a parent teacher conference tbh #he wants to know how his kids are fairing in their world

[willowser]

i had to call the awful evil witch from tech support at my job today, and it had me thinking about getting the little error message and feeling your heart sink and you lean over to your coworker to whine,

"i have to call and get an override,"

and she snorts because she knows what that means, and despite what she says—there is an evil little gleam in her eye. "maybe midoriya will pick up."

you throw your head back dramatically, letting it hang over the chair until you feel the blood rushing to your ears. "i never get midoriya! what menu options are you choosing to get him, because it's never him for me!"

your coworker shrugs, turning from her computer again to smirk at you. "i don't know, man, it's just whoever picks up."

you stare at the window box in the center of your computer, the red ! at the front of a set of codes you loathe to see. hard as you try to find hope that you'll get lucky and izuku will pick up the phone—you don't think it's likely.

"will you call for me?"

"oh my god, just do it already."

and that's how you end up biting at your thumbnail, staring down at the phone on your desk as the automated voice greets you—happily—and begins to list out the different menu options. you consider choosing something random, to see if that will get you to a different, nicer member of the support team, but you wait too long and the options repeat and you decide to just bite the bullet.

it only rings for a moment before you get,

"task solutions. 's'bakugou."

you roll your eyes up to the ceiling and back and snap to stare at your coworker, mouthing a soundless 'fuck!' as she bursts into a fit of laughter.

"y'got five seconds before i hang up the—"

"sorry, hi, sorry! hi! i'm here!" you muster up all the kindness you can, smiling politely so that it will transfer in your voice. "i just need an override, please."

there's not much he says that he doesn't have to, only grunting in acknowledgement when you give him your name and employee id, read off the error message that brought you into the lion's den.

the support team for your company works off-site, so you've never met him. bakugou. hardly know anything about him outside of the name he barks out when answering the phone, and you don't think you'd like to, really.

it's incredibly frustrating to have to call him for help because he knows the system better than you do, knows your job better than you do—and is quick to call it out when your math is wrong or your input is off. if validation didn't fail every once in a while when the program is overloaded you'd be fine—but here you are.

a tense silence fills between the phone as he works, and you know he can only log in and see your screen but it feels like he's watching you, entirely. to be polite, you ask, "are you, uh, goin' to conference this year?"

the silence becomes a void, all consuming, before he murmurs out a sharp, "no."

"oh, bummer," you chuckle nervously, sweat building on the back of your neck as you watch his mouse click around on your screen. "are midoriya and iida going?"

bakugou sighs, heavy with frustration. "probably," he answers, though, to your surprise. "they like to sit around and do fuck—nothin' all day at the damn booth."

you've been by the task solutions booth every year at conference, mostly because they hand out nice steel cups with metal straws, but the faces you've seen there are never unfamiliar. for a moment, you try to imagine it: walking up to get your free goodie from some sour asshole, only to have him bark at you as you try to reach for it.

the mouse stops in the bottom corner of your screen, hesitating. you hold your breath. this is usually when he chastises you for something he makes sound so simple.

"you goin'?"

"uh," your mouth hangs open for a second, because this is the most you've ever spoken to him that didn't involve scolding of some kind. "yeah, yeah! our team will be there for day 2!" there's a soft hum from the other end, and you see the opportunity for what it is: a chance to get on good terms with this guy, so you can stop being so afraid to call the help desk. "you should go! i don't—i don't think we've ever met before."

it's hard to tell how he takes that, but you only assume not well considering your screen flashes as he logs off, taking the error message with him.

"uh, yeah, whatever," he grumbles, "is there—you need anythin' else?"

"oh, nope! that's it, thanks!"

"alright," the line doesn't disconnect immediately and you curl into yourself, as if you could hear anything else by pressing the phone harder to your ear. then he says, "later." and is gone.

#sheila this one's for you #she's so mean 🥺🥺🥺 #but i dont want to meet her at conference i want to fist fight her at conference #this is so self shippy LMAOOOO #okay bye i wrote this on lunch #✿ willow writes #✿ thoughts: bakugou

[threeravenspublishing]

Do You Love Writers' Conferences?

Do You Love Writers' Conferences?

If you do and live near the Chicago area (or don’t mind flying or driving a bit), you can’t go wrong with the In the Trenches Writers’ Conference coming up in November! Lectures, workshops, pitch sessions, and the networking opportunities afforded to those who attend the “barcon” during the after-hours will all be worth the price of admission and travel. Guest speakers include Dave Butler, Jodi…

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#action adventure #comedy #comedy horror #creature feature horror #fantasy #horror comedy #in the trenches writers conference #it came from the trailer park #redneck fiction #science fiction #scifi #urban fantasy #writers conference #writing conference #writing convention