Southern Oregon Willamette Writers Sat., January 7, 2012 Meeting
Guest Speaker: Alissa Lukara - Memoir
Morning Session:
Get Real: The Truth about How to Write and Publish Your Memoir for Today's Market (With plenty of tips for fiction writers as well)
*5 questions to ask yourself before you write a memoir
*Tips on how to create universal appeal
*5 plot and structure mistakes I made that you don't have to
*How to Incorporate fiction techniques to tell a true story
*Ways to prevent alienating family or anyone you out in your memoir
*Insider Tips on what agents and publishers want
*5 Effective ways to get started now to create your platform
AND MORE
Morning Session: (Free to members-$5.00 for visitors) 10:00-12:00 (networking at 9:30).
Afternoon Session: ($30.00 for members, $35 for everyone else) 1:30-4:30.
Get Real 2: Master the Art and Heart of a Marketable Memoir
*An Easy Way to Clarify Your Message
*What You Need to Know About Tapping Art and Heart in Fact
*Ways to unlock healing and larger perspectives
*How to safely write about challenging subject matter
*Tips on how to build and keep momentum
*3 Methods to help you remember and describe places
*Finding the book title that attracts publishers and readers in a Google world
Email Alissa 3 to 5 double-spaced pages of writing (from any place in your book) for feedback or bring it to the group. Email to: Soww77@gmail.com
When: Saturday, January 7, 2012 Morning session: 10:00 to 12:00, Afternoon: 1:30 to 4:30
Where: Central Point City Hall Council Chambers
140 So. 3rd Street, Central Point
Alissa Lukara is the author of the memoir, Riding Grace: A Triumph of the Soul (Silver Light, 2007), a developmental editor and writing coach. She facilitates "In the Writing Zone: Finish and Publish The Book You Need to Write Now" workshops in Ashland and online and blogs on writing at transformationalwriters.com/blog. She is widely published.
For further information and to pre-register, go to the website www.willamettewriters.com/1/southernoregon.php or contact Phil Messina at soww77@gmail.com
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