Sentences with phrase «doing writing workshops»

I've been doing writing workshops for a number of years - I used to hold small intimate workshops and various bed and breakfasts.

When I first posted about how to write a killer resume, I wasn't intending to do a writing workshop for the job searcher.

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As Hall tells the story in The Best Day the Worst Day, they did not really meet until the next year, when she enrolled in his writing workshop.

When I have done workshops with health professionals I have shared an exercise where everyone writes down what they have eaten, drank, snacked on in the previous 24 hours with the times beside each sip or taste.

The group has attended town halls, the walk for education in Kingston, workshops on the Constitution, Democratic committee meetings, workshops on the Ulster County Legislature, and has done specific postcard writing campaigns, among many other events.

Grinschpun reckons that attending a workshop in TV technologies or reading a book on writing TV scripts might be useful — but there's no substitute for doing it yourself.

To help the roughly 40 % of postdocs who don't wind up working in industry find jobs after their postdocs, Pond says, NIBR is ramping up career development over the next year, implementing programs and workshops to instill «soft skills» including scientific presentation, scientific writing, and grant writing.

The Research Success Skills Workshop series, consisting of four half - day sessions, offers one morning on scientific writing and another on speaking, at which a communications company hired by BPP demonstrates everything «from how to do an effective 30 - second sound bite to how to make a good slide,» Penning says.

My interests were diverse: I really enjoyed the writing aspect of my job; I craved a chance to learn about a broader range of medical and biological topics; I wanted more social interaction in my job, but I also needed «quiet time»; I wanted to continue organizing workshops and conferences, which I had been doing on a volunteer basis; I liked to focus on the details; and I constantly needed to learn something new.

Drawing on her extensive experience in health communications, editing and writing, Dr. Weinberg provides sophisticated articles, done - for - you materials, blog posts, newsletter content, workshop packages and more to help other professionals build their practices and spread their message of health.

I write about sex / dating / relationships for people over 50/60/70 +, and I give a workshop titled «How the Heck Do We Date At This Age?»

Keep in mind that this was the same Joel Klein who was trashing the federal Reading First program for being too prescriptive, lavishing money on Lucy Calkins and her hare - brained «writing workshop» ideas, and arguing that the content of a particular curriculum didn't matter; what was important was picking one and sticking to it.

«For example... every one of our workshop - style classes [will] begin with a meeting of the kids and the teacher to talk about a feature of mathematics or writing or reading... then kids will go off to do independent work and the teacher will circulate among them and help them with their individual projects.

«For example, in the Manga workshop run by Matthew Lin, the students drew manga characters; Candy Royalle's poetry workshop led to students creating pieces of poetry — some of which were later published online; John Larkin and JC Burke worked with students to develop «show don't tell» writing skills whereby they took a word like «walk» and then all the synonyms associated with that word — for example skip, hop, stumble, sprint, shuffle, stride — and learned how each word has a nuanced meaning and how this can change the feel of a text.

«Each workshop ran slightly differently depending on the presenter but in all workshops students did do some sort of piece of writing or illustrating,» Sorensen explains.

Do you make sketches and write notes during brainstorming sessions, professional development workshops, or faculty meetings?

The two lessons that did not involve group work were a geography lesson that took place in the computer lab and a language arts / writer's workshop lesson, in which the students used laptops for a persuasive writing assignment.

All notices that are send home are written in both English and Spanish, all parent teacher conferences or workshops are done in both languages and many staff members of bilingual.

Do you want small writing workshops with hand - on activities or a classic assembly presentation?

The master teachers are telling us to do more direct teaching and move away from the idea, from this workshop, that writing should... read more

If you don't feel your workshop experience helped you clarify your book idea and make progress on your writing, I'll refund the workshop portion of your fees.

Nonfiction how - to authors have it easier, or any kind of nonfiction author who's not writing narratives, because your subject matter or your topics that will likely lend themselves right away to all sorts of blog posts, especially if you're educating in any way or doing workshops.»

What other writing have you done in the past (e.g. journals, letters, stories, articles, blogs, column, speeches, workshops, seminars, training curriculums, books, etc.), and... how much?

«The first thing, this is something I did by accident, is join a workshop or something and really make sure your writing is to the professional level before you put your first book out there.

Either do a workshop or writing classes at conferences, first make sure you're at that level.»

I don't have the workshop online, but most of it is in an ebook called Write Every Day, which addresses how to keep writing (especially in the face of stress.)

As I was giving the workshop, inspiration hit for a couple of blog posts I could do on writing craft that I think my blog readers would understand and find helpful.

Soon after I started writing the novel, I switched my studies from pre-med courses to creative writing, so most of my classes did not take away from my novel but began to feed it: they exposed me to literature, helped me learn how to read as a writer, and often allowed me to workshop early sections.

Laura has actually done workshops on Japanese folklore and mythology at several conventions, giving her a perfect platform to mention that she's also written novels that draw heavily on said mythology.

From book signings, writing groups, book clubs, expos, school visits and workshops all offer more awareness building to those who don't spend time online.

A great way to do this is to start blogging, build a website, write articles for newspapers and magazines, and perhaps try to secure some speaking engagements and / or workshops using some of the ideas from your book.

She is a non-technologist who has long been involved in technology (writing CMS documentation; developing and conducting training on her organization's ILS, Internet filters, and digital privacy; giving online research workshops for activists; doing everyday public library reference and computer support) at work and elsewhere.

«I'm writing a book,» we say while revising chapter one to get that perfect first line, reading hundreds of how - to write books, attending thirty workshops, critiquing friends» pages, doing the laundry, walking... Read More

Maybe soon we'll see new kinds of workshops from writing conference organizers, workshops that acknowledge the new reality doesn't match the old reality.

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I am also still having a blast doing the online workshops and we started two new ones in June: Thrillers and Writing in Series.

I'm actually fortunate enough to currently be doing a 10 - week writing workshop led by the brilliant (and generous and kind) Chuck Palahniuk.

We are currently discussing having some mini workshops and informational meetings about: traditional publishing, independent publishing, and the dos and don'ts of writing.

This workshop will provide tips for writing a compelling query, tackling the dreaded synopsis, offer strategies for querying agents and submitting to publishers, discuss building a social media platform prior to publication, provide tips for transitioning to writing on deadline for a publisher, discuss dealing with a manuscript that doesn't sell, and more!

If your library doesn't offer writing workshops, you might suggest that they take part in the first annual Indie Author Day.

If your school doesn't offer a writing class, you may find a workshop offered on campus or even a class you can take online, if you're willing to pay.

Pranada, I do think the contest you're asking about is a way for Hay House to entice writers to sign up for a writing workshop (details are here).

Writing can lead to a new career both as an author and as someone who leads workshops, does coaching, or is invited to speak at conferences and various other places.

Maybe I missed it, but how does one add writing conferences / workshops to that page?

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I use it for writing expenses (workshops, office supplies, etc) and I'm happy to be able to do that with just one novel.

LO: I firmly believe that workshops can benefit writers at all stages of their writing careers, though one of the reasons I created the Breakout Novel workshops with Don was that I didn't see much out there for intermediate and advanced writers and very little for published mid-list authors who wanted to push beyond their current capabilities.

I was talking more about the start up costs of finding a great editor, proofreader (s), cover artist, and formatter (for those technically challenged like me:)-RRB- I also felt that I needed to take a few writing workshops before I published and that all does cost a bit.

«There is not much out there in workshops dedicated to e-books because of the wariness in approaching this new form that doesn't seem to be too library friendly,» she wrote.