By Martha Alderson (Martha Alderson will be teaching at the Writing For Change: Worldwide Craft Conference September 12-13. For more information, please visit the Writing For Change: Worldwide website. Or register here.) Every book is made up of a beginning, middle, and an end. Usually writers start writing at the beginning of their books, a
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Memoir as a Method for Change
by Brooke Warner (Brooke Warner will be speaking with Michelle Tea on the topic of using your memoir as a force for change at San Francisco Writing For Change: Worldwide on September 8. Register and join us for this Inspiration Conversation!) I was twelve or thirteen when I read Go Ask Alice. It was fiction,
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Writing for Change: Worldwide Coming to You September 7-13!
By Laurie McLean When I took over as director of the San Francisco Writers Conference, the San Francisco Writers Foundation, and the Writing for Change conference a few years ago, little did I realize what challenges awaited me and the rest of the management team in 2020. We barely squeaked by holding the February San
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Storytelling, Truth Telling in Nonfiction Writing
by Kate Farrell “You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built-in the human plan. We come with it.” – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale. Today, storytelling is a hip trend in marketing campaigns because stories are the most successful way to engage and retain customers. In the last twenty years, TED talks
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Before You Publish: Pro Tips for Finalizing Your Nonfiction Manuscript
By Stephanie Chandler Writing an entire manuscript in preparation for publishing a book is a huge accomplishment, and one that is worthy of celebration. But, before you send your manuscript off to your publisher (or printer), there are several ways you can improve the overall professionalism and maximize reader engagement. Bonus Downloads –When you sell
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Podcast: Host Ransom Stephens Interviews Karl Palachuk: Making Money on All of Your Writing
Nonfiction author alert! Hear the golden words of nonfiction author and consultant Karl Palachuk as he talks about writing as a business, making money on all your writing, repurposing your writing into different formats (podcasts, books, workshops, etc.) to get the most bang out of your words, getting paid in advance, and much more. http://traffic.libsyn.com/sfwriters/PalachukPodcast7.19.19.mp3
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