Individual Writing Workshops

SKU: IC2111
$60.00
$60.00
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This 60-minute Individual Craft session allows you to receive on-the-spot, cheerful, and constructive feedback on a targeted passage of your writing. I have taught, edited, or published almost every form of writing. The fundamentals of great writing are the same.
During our session, we analyze up to 300 words from your work-in-progress (about 3 paragraphs or 15 average-sized sentences). I identify problems and tell you what is working. I also answer any publishing questions you might have. We do all we can in the time we have. You might be surprised by all you can learn about your own writing when we look at just 300 words (I also love forensic linguistics). I'm like a fortune teller, but, you know, useful.
I'm in Maryland (US Eastern Time), so please plan accordingly if you live in another time zone (Time Zone Converter).
Once you purchase a workshop, I'll contact you to set up a time and give you a Google Meet link.
Details: No returns, sorry. If you can't make it and we can't reschedule (for some bizarre reason), pass your meeting link to a writing friend for their birthday!
These Individual Craft workshops are like working with a personal trainer at a gym. They're more expensive but precisely targeted to your writing. Come prepared to give your brain a workout and become a stronger writer.
Rules of the Game:
  1. Buy a workshop.
  2. I'll send you an email to set up a date/time and give you our Google Meet link.
  3. I do not sell your information, and I do not send you any promotional material. If you'd like updates, you can sign up for the Newsletter on the Contact page.
  4. Share your 300 words (no more) with me using a Google Doc. Share your Google Doc with me at least five minutes before our session. I don't read it beforehand so you can get on-the-spot reader reactions as we go through it together.
  5. Come on time.
  6. Bring a notebook and any questions.
  7. Please observe Meeting Netiquette. I reserve the right to kick someone out of the workshop if they become abusive, no refund.
  8. It is meant to be a safe space, so meetings are not recorded. 
  9. I edit and analyze as I read out loud, so be prepared for me to read your back work to you—a superb service itself in terms of feedback. I teach you how to hear when something is off (Closed captioning also available).
These Google Meet feedback sessions are personal and personable, as intense or laid back as you want them to be. The overall goal is to teach you to spot your own mistakes, fix them, and move your work toward publication.

​Things we might address include:​
  • Science-Writing Tips
  • Humor-Writing Tips
  • Fiction-Writing Tips
  • Essay-Writing Tips
  • Publishing Tips
  • Audience
  • Focus
  • Organization
  • Scene
  • Setting
  • Character
  • Dialogue
  • Voice/Style
  • Tone
  • Clarity
  • Concision
  • Spelling
  • Word Class
  • Grammar
  • Punctuation
  • Rhythm
  • Paragraphing
  • Cohesion
  • Pacing
I'm nice AND honest, so be prepared to have fun AND receive constructive feedback. These sessions can give you great motivation to finish, refine, and publish your work.