The Writing Life W.I.T.

Highlights of Writing and Marketing Workshop

Day 1:

Overview of the week
A writing exercise
Explain how personality types show in writing (Giving participants the opportunity of taking a short version of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator–MBTI© outside of class and have it interpreted in a private session)
Journaling
Jump Starts
Memoirs
Exercise: What are your goals?
Handouts
(Depending on goals, interests and desires of class, we might alter the rest of the workshops).

Day 2:

Write from the heart
Write what you know
Don’t tell-Show
Hand out: Examples from well known authors.

Day 3:

Humor and W.I.T.-Maralyn
Emotion and W.I.T.-Brenda
The fine line between fiction and creative non-fiction
Exercise
Handout.

Day 4:

Marketing 101-selling yourself
Publishing
Questions & answers
Hand out: Marketing tips and publishing tips.

Day 5:

Follow your heart (listen to your voice?)
It’s a wrap-return of written critiques
Party time!