Dear San Francisco Writers Conference family: We’re writers. We’re artists. We create. Yet, at this pivotal point in time we find ourselves adrift. Angry. Out of control. And it affects our writing. But it doesn’t have to affect it in a negative way. What about if we take this unusual time…this strange, horrible exile of
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Take a 3-hour MASTER CLASS- TAKE AN AFFORDABLE MASTER CLASS IN WRITING AND START YOUR YEAR OFF WRITE! By Laurie McLean, Director, San Francisco Writers Conference If you’ve ever wanted to concentrate on one problematic area of your writing career—be it brand building, pacing/tension, character development, article writing, memoir, pitching, self-publishing, website building, or visualizing
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How to make this your Best Writers Conference Ever, “The End is Where You Begin”
By Lissa Provost The Heroes Journey through the San Francisco Writers Conference You’ve just typed “The End” on your Magnum Opus, the manuscript you’ve been working on for years. Your heart and soul and thousands of hours of work are backed up on a flash drive that fits on a keychain, and on the cloud,
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How to Build Your Tribe of Influence (Even if You Think Your Platform is Small) Stephanie Chandler
When I work with authors one-on-one, the first homework assignment I give is to make a list of important contacts, which I call the author’s Tribe of Influence. Your tribe consists of the people in your life who can help impact the success of your book and your author business as a whole. This group
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Why the SF Writing for Change conference is such a treasure
I well remember attending my first SF Writing For Change conference at the Unitarian Universalist Center in San Francisco. The lobby was buzzing with excitement and warm sunlight beamed through stained glass windows in the great room as it filled with writers and publishing folk. It seemed almost too good to be true; I was
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SFWC and Mechanics Institute at the Bay Area Book Festival 2019
The San Francisco Writers Conference shared a booth with Mechanics Institute Library at the Bay Area Book Festival this past weekend. Barb and Rich Santos of SFWC, Taryn Edwards and Heather Terrell of MIL, and volunteers Robert McAdams and Simona Carini had a great time talking about our conferences and the joint MIL-SFWC year-round classes
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