Please note, these workshops have already taken place.
December 2007
Workshop: Basic HTML – Building a Web Page
Instructor: Kathy Schindler
Date: December 3rd – 12th
Cost: $10 for WRW members, $20 for nonmembers
(All registrants must be a RWA member and provide their RWA membership #.)
See how to register via PayPal or mail below
Workshop Description
During this workshop, Kathy defines the elements needed to help writers learn enough Basic HTML to build their very first web page.
Building a web site is as much creative as it is technical. Whether you want to create your own web site or just maintain it each month, you will need to know the Basic HTML language.
Basic HTML includes: Elements, links, backgrounds, lists, fonts and tables.
By the end of the course, you’ll be knowledgeable and comfortable using HTML to create and edit your very own web site.
Who Should Take This Workshop?
Anyone interesting in learning the Basic HTML language. Even though you don’t need to be an internet or computer pro to take this workshop, you’ll need to know some computer basics: copy and paste, create folders on your computer and open and save a file. The only software required is Notepad which comes standard with the windows operating system. It is usually located under All Programs/Accessories.
Bio: Kathy Schindler’s previous experience as a web designer working out of her home has led her interest in teaching writers how to save money by creating their own web site. Kathy gave up her web design business to write full time. Currently she is working on her second contemporary romance manuscript.
Once you have registered, you will be invited to join the online workshop prior to the class start date.
For more information: Contact Kathy Schindler at: wrwdc_workshops@ yahoo.com
November 2007
Workshop: Basic HTML – Building a Web Page
Instructor: Kathy Schindler
Dates: November 12th – 21st
Cost: $10 for WRW members, $20 for nonmembers
(All registrants must provide their RWA membership #.)
See how to register via PayPal below
Course Description:
During this workshop, Kathy defines the elements needed to help writers learn enough Basic HTML to build their very first web page.
Building a web site is as much creative as it is technical. Whether you want to create your own web site or just maintain it each month, you will need to know the Basic HTML language.
Basic HTML includes: Elements, links, backgrounds, lists, fonts and tables.
By the end of the course, you’ll be knowledgeable and comfortable using HTML to create and edit your very own web site.
Who should take this workshop?: Anyone interesting in learning the Basic HTML language. Even though you don’t need to be an internet or computer pro to take this workshop, you’ll need to know some computer basics: copy and paste, create folders on your computer and open and save a file. The only software required is Notepad which comes standard with the windows operating system. It is usually located under All Progams/Accessories.
Author bio:
Kathy Schindler’s previous experience as a web designer working out of her home has led her interest in teaching writers how to save money by creating their own web site. Kathy gave up her web design business to write full time. Currently she is working on her second contemporary romance manuscript.
Workshop: Plotting through Character
Instructor: Alicia Rasley
Date: November 19th –December 3rd
If you’re writing character-centered fiction, your plotting should reflect the values, needs, and conflicts of the main characters. In this workshop, Alicia Rasley will explore how to plot a story that is unique to your protagonists.
October 2007
Workshop: Disaster! Or The Key to Hooking Your Readers and Keeping Them Turning the Pages
Instructor: Lori Wilde
Date: October 8-22, 2007
Cost: $10 for WRW members, $20 for nonmembers
Instructions for registration below
Course Description:
You’ve probably heard of Goal, Motivation and Conflict, but what about the most neglected, yet all important aspect of the Disaster? Learn how to build on goal, motivation and conflict to effectively use your scene outcome to hook your readers and keep them turning those pages.
The single most common failing in the manuscripts of newer authors is the inability to understand and successfully execute goal, motivation, conflict and disaster to create a gripping read. And yet it’s the most teachable element of fiction. Whether you’re a plotter or a seat-of-the-pants writer, this workshop will give your story the strong foundation it needs to grab readers by their emotions and keep them turning those pages.
Topics covered include
1. Stimulus and Response
2. Author Goals
3. Story Goals
4. Scene Goals
5. Motivation, Motivation, Motivation
6. External Conflict
7. Internal Conflict
8. Disaster!
9. Raising Story Stakes
BIO:
Lori Wilde has written forty-one novels for three major New York Publishing houses. She holds a bachelors degree in nursing from Texas Christian University and a certificate in forensics. She volunteers as a sexual assault first responder for Freedom House, a shelter for battered women.
Recently, she received a two book contract from Warner books based solely on a 25 word ‘high concept’ pitch. When the sale—along with the pitch—was announced on Publisher’s Marketplace, she was approached by eight film production companies—including Paramount and Warner Brothers—interested in optioning her completed novel for a movie. She is an instructor for a company who provides online community education to over 1500 colleges and universities.
Lori is a past RITA finalist and has four times been nominated for Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. She’s won the Colorado Award of Excellence, the Wisconsin Write Touch Award, The Lories, The More Than Maggie, the Golden Quill and The BestBooks of 2006 Book Award.
Her books have been translated into 22 languages and excerpted in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Complete Woman and Quick and Simple magazines. She’s appeared numerous times on the Walden’s book list and Ingram’s Top 50. She lives in Texas with her husband, Bill.
Some of Lori’s titles include:
ONCE SMITTEN, TWICE SHY 01/08
MY SECRET LIFE 09/07
THERE GOES THE BRIDE 3/07 Warner Books
REAL MEN DO IT BETTER 02/07 Anthology with St. Martin’s Press
SOME LIKE IT HOT 11/06 Harlequin Special Release
DESTINY’S HAND 06/06 Harlequin Blaze
YOU ONLY LOVE TWICE 03/06 Warner Books
ANGELS AND OUTLAWS 01/06 Harlequin Blaze
Workshop: Pitching Workshop
Instructor: Kelly St. John
Date: November 5-10, 2007
Instructions for registration coming soon!
Course Description:
Kelley St. John describes her first pitching experience in much the same way as a witness describes testifying in court. She told the book, the whole book, and nothing but the book. So help her God. Since that time, she’s learned that there’s no reason to sweat while pitching. In fact, pitching can be FUN!
During this course, Kelley defines four types of pitches and helps writers decide which method works best for their particular book. She’ll start with the Mini-Pitch, or GMC Pitch. For fans of Debra Dixon’s Goal, Motivation and Conflict, you’ll find this pitch is the perfect starting point. Then you’ll learn about elaborating on that GMC Pitch and generating your Cover Blurb Pitch. After we’ve got those pitches mastered, we’ll move on to the “Naked Pitch,” Kelley’s nickname for the “High Concept Pitch.” And finally, Kelley will cover the Multi-hook Pitch, another form of the popular Cover Blurb pitch.
By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to face that agent or editor appointment with gusto – with your smile in place, your confidence soaring, and your final response ready: “Sure, I’ll be happy to send the full!”
Author Bio:
Kelley St. John’s previous experience as a senior writer at NASA fueled her interest in writing action-packed suspense. She also enjoys penning steamy romances and quirky women’s fiction. Since 2000, St. John has obtained over fifty writing awards, including the National Readers’ Choice Award, and was elected to the Board of Directors for Romance Writers of America. She currently writes for Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Forever) and Harlequin Blaze.
