January 3-28, 2011
"Defeat Self-Defeating Behavior: Allow Writing Productivity and Creativity to Soar"
by Margie Lawson
$30 at www.WriterUniv.com
Check out the new, expanded version of DSDB. It's Margie Lawson's popular and successful course with five new topics: The Power of Sleep, Stretch Breaks, Blasting Writer's Block, Optimizing Productivity, and Simple Self-Hypnosis
What's preventing your success? Thoughts? Behavior? Low energy? Procrastination?Perfectionism? Overdoing? Counter-productivity? Negative self-talk? Disorganization? Time mismanagement? Unrealistic expectations? Defeat your self-defeating behaviors with this one-month mental boot-camp. You'll explore the new topics, plus the list below, and more!
* Address the three fears that paralyze writers
* Analyze yourself: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
* Challenge your internal dialogue
* Redirect resistance and manage your moods
* Duct-tape your inner Critic
* Protect your priorities
* Practice Conscious Competence
* Apply Margie's DUH Plan
Margie Lawson's resume includes counseling psychologist, college professor, hypnotherapist, and keynote speaker. Margie analyzes writing craft as well as the psyche of the writer. She presents 1) Empowering Character Emotions, 2) Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices, and More, and 3) Defeat Self-Defeating Behaviors in full-day master classes internationally.
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
May Writer U On-line Classes
May 3-28, 2010
"Show Don't Tell: Say More With Less"
by Kris Kennedy
$30 at www.WriterUniv.com
Every writer knows the importance of "Show, Don't Tell," but what's the best way to achieve that? One of Kris Kennedy's favorite techniques is replacing backstory with implication, because writers don't need to spell everything out. "Trust the reader. She's smart. She'll pick things up." This class provides specific tools for saying more with less, such as focusing on here-and-now vs. there-and-then, specifics vs. generalizations, choosing the right details, and a variety of other techniques to create gripping books with a lively pace, deep characterization and compelling conflict. Concepts include:
* Creating tension on every page
* How conflict and pacing affect bestselling fiction
* Making readers ask questions, and making them worry
* How to imply back-story, viewpoint and more
* Using dialogue (or avoiding a conversation) to increase tension
* Intensifying the external world as a pacing tool
* The power of understatement, denial and emotion in the moment
After winning RWA's Golden Heart Award for Best Historical Novel and landing a two-book contract with Kensington, Kris Kennedy realized that in order to balance her love of craft with publisher deadlines and family, she needed some highly efficient writing techniques to call up the Muse. Some of those strategies include using "implication" to say more with less. Her latest book, The Irish Warrior, releases June 2010, followed by two more from Pocket Books.
May 3-28, 2010
"Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More"
by Margie Lawson
$30 at www.WriterUniv.com
Counseling psychologist Margie Lawson has developed innovative, psychologically-anchored editing systems and techniques that will show you how to write a page-turner. Deep Editing is not basic editing. It's post-graduate level editing. It's editing to hook the reader viscerally. In DEEP EDITING, participants will:
* Learn the EDITS system and take it deeper
* Learn the 25 rhetorical devices and practice using them
* Develop skills by using worksheets provided in each lecture
* Learn back story management, power lines, throw-away works
* Learn cliché twists, back loading, tautologies, and emotional hits
* Receive deep editing critiques from Margie on class assignments
* Develop a personal editing checklist from the master editing checklist
* Learn how to make your final editing past be your last pass
Psychotherapist, writer and international presenter Margie Lawson applied her psychological expertise to dissect over a thousand novels and analyze how authors write page-turners. A former university professor, Margie focuses her analytical skills on writing craft, developing innovative editing systems and deep editing techniques. Her deep editing tools are used by all writers, from newbie to multi-award winners. For more information, visit www.MargieLawson.com.
"Show Don't Tell: Say More With Less"
by Kris Kennedy
$30 at www.WriterUniv.com
Every writer knows the importance of "Show, Don't Tell," but what's the best way to achieve that? One of Kris Kennedy's favorite techniques is replacing backstory with implication, because writers don't need to spell everything out. "Trust the reader. She's smart. She'll pick things up." This class provides specific tools for saying more with less, such as focusing on here-and-now vs. there-and-then, specifics vs. generalizations, choosing the right details, and a variety of other techniques to create gripping books with a lively pace, deep characterization and compelling conflict. Concepts include:
* Creating tension on every page
* How conflict and pacing affect bestselling fiction
* Making readers ask questions, and making them worry
* How to imply back-story, viewpoint and more
* Using dialogue (or avoiding a conversation) to increase tension
* Intensifying the external world as a pacing tool
* The power of understatement, denial and emotion in the moment
After winning RWA's Golden Heart Award for Best Historical Novel and landing a two-book contract with Kensington, Kris Kennedy realized that in order to balance her love of craft with publisher deadlines and family, she needed some highly efficient writing techniques to call up the Muse. Some of those strategies include using "implication" to say more with less. Her latest book, The Irish Warrior, releases June 2010, followed by two more from Pocket Books.
May 3-28, 2010
"Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More"
by Margie Lawson
$30 at www.WriterUniv.com
Counseling psychologist Margie Lawson has developed innovative, psychologically-anchored editing systems and techniques that will show you how to write a page-turner. Deep Editing is not basic editing. It's post-graduate level editing. It's editing to hook the reader viscerally. In DEEP EDITING, participants will:
* Learn the EDITS system and take it deeper
* Learn the 25 rhetorical devices and practice using them
* Develop skills by using worksheets provided in each lecture
* Learn back story management, power lines, throw-away works
* Learn cliché twists, back loading, tautologies, and emotional hits
* Receive deep editing critiques from Margie on class assignments
* Develop a personal editing checklist from the master editing checklist
* Learn how to make your final editing past be your last pass
Psychotherapist, writer and international presenter Margie Lawson applied her psychological expertise to dissect over a thousand novels and analyze how authors write page-turners. A former university professor, Margie focuses her analytical skills on writing craft, developing innovative editing systems and deep editing techniques. Her deep editing tools are used by all writers, from newbie to multi-award winners. For more information, visit www.MargieLawson.com.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
On-Line Class Defeat Self-Defeating Behavior
January 4-29, 2010
"Defeat Self-Defeating Behavior: Allow Writing Productivity and Creativity to Soar"
by Margie Lawson
www.WriterUniv.com
What's preventing your success? Thoughts? Behavior? Low energy? Procrastination? Perfectionism? Overdoing? Counter-productivity? Negative self-talk? Disorganization? Time mismanagement? Unrealistic expectations? Defeat your self-defeating behaviors with this one-month mental boot-camp. You'll explore the new topics, plus the list below, and more!
* Address the three fears that paralyze writers
* Analyze yourself: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
* Challenge your internal dialogue
* Redirect resistance and manage your moods
* Duct-tape your inner critic
* Protect your priorities
* Practice conscious competence
* Apply Margie's DUH Plan
Margie Lawson's resume includes counseling psychologist, college professor, hypnotherapist, and keynote speaker. Margie analyzes writing craft as well as the psyche of the writer. She presents (1) Empowering Character Emotions, (2) Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More, and (3) Defeat Self-Defeating Behaviors in full-day master classes internationally.
"Defeat Self-Defeating Behavior: Allow Writing Productivity and Creativity to Soar"
by Margie Lawson
www.WriterUniv.com
What's preventing your success? Thoughts? Behavior? Low energy? Procrastination? Perfectionism? Overdoing? Counter-productivity? Negative self-talk? Disorganization? Time mismanagement? Unrealistic expectations? Defeat your self-defeating behaviors with this one-month mental boot-camp. You'll explore the new topics, plus the list below, and more!
* Address the three fears that paralyze writers
* Analyze yourself: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
* Challenge your internal dialogue
* Redirect resistance and manage your moods
* Duct-tape your inner critic
* Protect your priorities
* Practice conscious competence
* Apply Margie's DUH Plan
Margie Lawson's resume includes counseling psychologist, college professor, hypnotherapist, and keynote speaker. Margie analyzes writing craft as well as the psyche of the writer. She presents (1) Empowering Character Emotions, (2) Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More, and (3) Defeat Self-Defeating Behaviors in full-day master classes internationally.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Master Class: Digging Deep into the EDITS System
October 4-17 & 18-31, 2009
MASTER CLASS: "Digging Deep into the EDITS System" (Part 1 & 2)
by Margie Lawson
www.WriterUniv.com
Prerequisite: Must have completed "Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More"
Part 1 of DIGGING DEEP covers
* The big picture and the nuances of the EDITS system
* Writing emotion for visceral impact
* Streaming emotion for your genre and style
* Editing patterns and voids
* Scene strategies: balancing and tracking
* Tension, conflict, and the EDITS system
Part 2 provides time to analyze your strengths and work on the areas you need to strengthen, per EDITS category. Using the Digging Deep worksheet, Anchor and Application, you'll dig deep into Diagnose and Treat while obtaining feedback from Margie. Applying the EDITS System, you'll know WHAT editing you need to do WHERE, WHY you need to edit that passage, and HOW (multiple options that fit your writing style) to make that passage stronger.
Margie Lawson -- psychologist, writer and international presenter -- applied her pyschological expertise to analyze hundreds of novels and determine what made them bestsellers. She has developed innovative innovative editing systems and dozens of deep editing techniques. Margie teaches writers how to edit for psychological power, how to hook the reader viscerally, how to write page-turners. Read about her contests, three-day Immersion Master Classes, newsletter, online courses, Deep Editing Analyses and presentation schedule at www.margielawson.com.
MASTER CLASS: "Digging Deep into the EDITS System" (Part 1 & 2)
by Margie Lawson
www.WriterUniv.com
Prerequisite: Must have completed "Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More"
Part 1 of DIGGING DEEP covers
* The big picture and the nuances of the EDITS system
* Writing emotion for visceral impact
* Streaming emotion for your genre and style
* Editing patterns and voids
* Scene strategies: balancing and tracking
* Tension, conflict, and the EDITS system
Part 2 provides time to analyze your strengths and work on the areas you need to strengthen, per EDITS category. Using the Digging Deep worksheet, Anchor and Application, you'll dig deep into Diagnose and Treat while obtaining feedback from Margie. Applying the EDITS System, you'll know WHAT editing you need to do WHERE, WHY you need to edit that passage, and HOW (multiple options that fit your writing style) to make that passage stronger.
Margie Lawson -- psychologist, writer and international presenter -- applied her pyschological expertise to analyze hundreds of novels and determine what made them bestsellers. She has developed innovative innovative editing systems and dozens of deep editing techniques. Margie teaches writers how to edit for psychological power, how to hook the reader viscerally, how to write page-turners. Read about her contests, three-day Immersion Master Classes, newsletter, online courses, Deep Editing Analyses and presentation schedule at www.margielawson.com.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Writer U On-Line Classes-EDITS & Grammar
May 1-30, 2009
"Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More"
by Margie Lawson
www.WriterUniv.com
Margie Lawson, counseling psychologist, has developed innovative, psychologically-anchored editing systems and techniques that will show you how to write a page-turner. Deep Editing is not basic editing. It's post-graduate level editing. It's editing to hook the reader viscerally. In DEEP EDITING, participants will:
* Learn the EDITS System and take it deeper
* Learn the 25 rhetorical devices and practice using them
* Develop skills by using worksheets provided in each lecture
* Learn back story management, power lines, throw-away works
* Learn cliché twists, back loading, tautologies, and Emotional Hits
* Receive deep editing critiques from Margie on class assignments
* Develop a personal editing checklist from the Master Editing Checklist
* Learn to make FINAL EDITING PASS be your last pass
Margie Lawson, psychotherapist, writer, and international presenter-applied her psychological expertise to dissect over a thousand novels and analyze how authors write page-turners. A former university professor, Margie focuses her analytical skills on writing craft, developing innovative editing systems and deep editing techniques. Her deep editing tools are used by all writers, from newbie to multi-award winners. For more information, visit her web site at www.MargieLawson.com.
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May 4-29, 2009
"Grammar For the Faint Of Heart"
by Cheryl Norman
www.WriterUniv.com
Have you received critiques or returned contest entries that mention a need to improve grammar or writing mechanics? Do you struggle with punctuating the plural possessive of nouns and pronouns? Is the term “dependent clause” a vague memory from high school English class? Don't let poor grammar or weak writing hold back your riveting story from publication. You can be your own grammar cop when editing your manuscript by recognizing and correcting the top ten writing mistakes:
* Misuse of apostrophes and hyphens
* Noun-verb agreement errors
* Using the wrong word or spelling
* Lack of pronouns and antecedents agreement
* Excessive use of quotation marks
* Faulty comparisons and convoluted, wordy sentences
* Vague word usage and other weak writing
* Misplaced and misleading modifiers
Cheryl Norman graduated with a BA in English from Georgia State University, had a 25-year career with a major telecommunications company, then quit to pursue writing. She authored numerous articles and two cookbooks while building her romance fiction career. Her first mass-market paperback release earned her a mention in Publisher's Weekly as one of ten romance authors to watch, and her latest release is RUNNING SCARED. Visit her Grammar Cop blog at www.cherylnorman.com/blog.
"Deep Editing: The EDITS System, Rhetorical Devices and More"
by Margie Lawson
www.WriterUniv.com
Margie Lawson, counseling psychologist, has developed innovative, psychologically-anchored editing systems and techniques that will show you how to write a page-turner. Deep Editing is not basic editing. It's post-graduate level editing. It's editing to hook the reader viscerally. In DEEP EDITING, participants will:
* Learn the EDITS System and take it deeper
* Learn the 25 rhetorical devices and practice using them
* Develop skills by using worksheets provided in each lecture
* Learn back story management, power lines, throw-away works
* Learn cliché twists, back loading, tautologies, and Emotional Hits
* Receive deep editing critiques from Margie on class assignments
* Develop a personal editing checklist from the Master Editing Checklist
* Learn to make FINAL EDITING PASS be your last pass
Margie Lawson, psychotherapist, writer, and international presenter-applied her psychological expertise to dissect over a thousand novels and analyze how authors write page-turners. A former university professor, Margie focuses her analytical skills on writing craft, developing innovative editing systems and deep editing techniques. Her deep editing tools are used by all writers, from newbie to multi-award winners. For more information, visit her web site at www.MargieLawson.com.
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May 4-29, 2009
"Grammar For the Faint Of Heart"
by Cheryl Norman
www.WriterUniv.com
Have you received critiques or returned contest entries that mention a need to improve grammar or writing mechanics? Do you struggle with punctuating the plural possessive of nouns and pronouns? Is the term “dependent clause” a vague memory from high school English class? Don't let poor grammar or weak writing hold back your riveting story from publication. You can be your own grammar cop when editing your manuscript by recognizing and correcting the top ten writing mistakes:
* Misuse of apostrophes and hyphens
* Noun-verb agreement errors
* Using the wrong word or spelling
* Lack of pronouns and antecedents agreement
* Excessive use of quotation marks
* Faulty comparisons and convoluted, wordy sentences
* Vague word usage and other weak writing
* Misplaced and misleading modifiers
Cheryl Norman graduated with a BA in English from Georgia State University, had a 25-year career with a major telecommunications company, then quit to pursue writing. She authored numerous articles and two cookbooks while building her romance fiction career. Her first mass-market paperback release earned her a mention in Publisher's Weekly as one of ten romance authors to watch, and her latest release is RUNNING SCARED. Visit her Grammar Cop blog at www.cherylnorman.com/blog.
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