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DON'T GET IT RIGHT - GET IT WRITTEN!

STRUCTURE YOUR NON-FICTION BOOK IN A DAY

DATES: 21 June 2008 or 6 September 2008, 10.00 – 4.00pm, £55

From book idea to structure and sales pitch in a day. Spend a day getting motivated and gathering tools and techniques for writing your book. Experience the whole body sensations of standing on your book outline and listening to the extra information your intuitive self gives you.  Explore with other writers factors such as: whole body knowing, planning and structuring your book, dealing with blocks and limiting beliefs;  goal setting, plus speed pitching exercises designed to help you clarify your thinking before pitching your book proposal to publishers.

ARTICLE WRITING TECHNIQUES

Constructing Hooks, Slants and Writing Formats (Beginners)

DATES: 7 June 2008, 11 October, 2008, 10.00 – 4.00pm, £55

Commit to selling just one feature and you will cover the cost of your workshop.  Marketing is a skill that writers, even successful ones, are not always good at.  If you learn how to target and sell your work from the beginning, it will become like second nature when you move on to longer articles.

HOW TO WRITE AND SELL YOUR ARTICLES

DATES: 14 June or 4 October 2008, 10.00 – 4.00pm, £55

Why sell an article once, when with the right slant you can sell it again and again?  Understanding magazines as businesses and finding their focus can dramatically increase your chances for sales.  Spending 20 minutes brainstorming each of your feature ideas for 15 to 30 target markets can increase your query letter commission rate.. Learn how to turn out your writing in volume and substantially increase your article sales.

BELIEFS / CAPABILITIES

PERFORMANCE COACHING FOR WRITERS

DATES: 14 June or 20 September 2008  10.00 – 4.00pm, £55

Why should only athletes, celebrities and business people have their own performance enhancement coaches? Writing may be cerebral, but the concerted leaps you can make in your writing techniques, or beliefs around your writing capabilities can equally improve your writing performance in a day.  A truly outstanding day when you will aim to achieve 'pushthrough' and take your writing to the next dimension. Using performance enhancement coaching  and neuro-linguistic programming techniques around achieving successful writing outcomes. We will examine individuals sticking points, model and use other people's successful writing strategies, to build more confidence in your own writing

DON'T GET IT RIGHT - GET IT WRITTEN!

MOTIVATION WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS

DATES: 27 July - 1 August 2008

The workshop at Caerleon Writer's Holiday in Wales looks at motivation and writing.  Why should only athletes, celebrities and business people have their own performance enhancement coaches? Writing may be cerebral, but the concerted leaps you can make in your writing techniques, or beliefs around your writing capabilities can equally improve your writing performance in a day.  A truly outstanding workshop when you will aim to achieve 'pushthrough' and take your writing to the next dimension. Using performance enhancement coaching  and neuro-linguistic programming techniques around achieving successful writing outcomes.

WRITING AND SELLING ARTICLES

FOR PUBLISHED WRITERS AND ENTHUSIASTIC BEGINNERS

DATES: 09 - 15 August 2008

The course at Swanwick Writers' Summer School looks at selling your article writing; finding magazine focus to increase your sales; brainstorming for feature ideas; writing irresistible query letters and pitching ideas to editors.