Gaithersburg Book Festival (2018) -- Writing Workshops (for adults and teens):
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Whodunit! How to Write a Mystery
Presented by: Alan Orloff
A sample class from The Writer’s Center, this workshop will teach writing fundamentals as they apply to the mystery and examine characteristics of the many subgenres (thrillers, too!) Learn about mystery-specific conventions and pitfalls such as TSTL syndrome, macguffins, red herrings, killer twists, wacky sidekicks, and smooth clue-dropping, among others.
Story Writing
Presented by: Con Lehane
A sample class from The Writer's Center, this short, hands-on workshop will concentrate on short stories—those things with beginnings, middles, and ends that delve into the human spirit and attempt to reveal to us who we are. We’ll work on a couple of exercises that involve turning memory into fiction and perhaps you’ll come up with the ingredients for a story of your own.
Marketing for Authors
Presented by: Michele Chynoweth
Participants will learn all the basics of marketing and publicity, including everything from email list building and social media practices to how to land TV and radio interviews, book reviews and book signings. Authors must think like a small business entrepreneur, brand themselves, create their own website, write a blog, get media coverage and much more. Chynoweth will show participants how to light the match to set their world on fire and increase their exposure and book sales.
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- W4ADUL_180519_01.JPG: Whodunit! How to Write a Mystery
Presented by: Alan Orloff
A sample class from The Writer's Center, this workshop will teach writing fundamentals as they apply to the mystery and examine characteristics of the many subgenres (thrillers, too!) Learn about mystery-specific conventions and pitfalls such as TSTL syndrome, macguffins, red herrings, killer twists, wacky sidekicks, and smooth clue-dropping, among others.
- W4ADUL_180519_17.JPG: Story Writing
Presented by: Con Lehane
A sample class from The Writer's Center, this short, hands-on workshop will concentrate on short stories -- those things with beginnings, middles, and ends that delve into the human spirit and attempt to reveal to us who we are. We'll work on a couple of exercises that involve turning memory into fiction and perhaps you'll come up with the ingredients for a story of your own.
- W4ADUL_180519_39.JPG: Marketing for Authors
Presented by: Michele Chynoweth
Participants will learn all the basics of marketing and publicity, including everything from email list building and social media practices to how to land TV and radio interviews, book reviews and book signings. Authors must think like a small business entrepreneur, brand themselves, create their own website, write a blog, get media coverage and much more. Chynoweth will show participants how to light the match to set their world on fire and increase their exposure and book sales.
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