I’ve gone and done it, taking another bold leap toward publication, by signing up for Writer Mama Christina Katz’ online class:
Writing and Publishing the Short Stuff (Especially for moms!)
Finally, a writing workshop that fits into the busy lives of moms! This class focuses on getting you into print sooner, rather than later, and without pulling all-nighters or paying a fortune in babysitter fees. You will learn how to create short, easy-to-write articles—a skill that will make it easier to work your way up to longer, more time-consuming articles (like features and profiles) when you’re ready. You will try your pen at tips, fillers, short interviews, list articles, how-tos, and the short personal essays—all within six weeks. And you will learn to submit your work with a basic cover letter. Opportunities for self-assessment and self-reflection are woven into the class, and you’ll benefit from reading your classmates’ submissions.
By starting short, you will learn to identify multiple possibilities for your material that will strengthen your freelancer’s eye in the long run. You will receive two detailed reviews of your drafts-in-progress at weeks three and six (you choose one of your pieces for an instructor critique each time). The instructor offers personal attention throughout the class in the form of questions answered for the entire class, just like a traditional “live” class. Because of the high volume of student productivity in this class, the instructor does not critique each and every student submission, but she does share all of your work with the entire class.(Busy dads are also welcome to sign up, but they should expect a course designed to address and overcome the challenges busy moms face. Stay-at-home dads are sure to feel right at home!)
This week’s assignment is to write tips. What are tips, you ask? Well, “a tip is a solution to a problem addressed to an audience that will appreciate it.” Right about now, I could use a few tips on how to write engaging tips!
Anyway, if you’re wondering what I’m up to this week, I’ll be looking for problems.
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Congrats on this big step forward! Everybody I know who’s taken that course has raved about it! i have the book but i’m focusing more on fiction at the moment. Good luck looking for problems (i have a few i can throw your direction – they seem to find me pretty easily
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