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Events . for now please register by email us tish@theeditingcompany.com All events are in our space unless otherwise noted - Write Yourself Free, 252 Post Road East.
SEPTEMBER
9/15 FREE Wednesday at 7:00 Building Your Platform: A Prosperous Marketing Mindset for Authors and Writers.Join Kathy Caprino & Krista Carnes. This powerful program outlines the 5 vitally important marketing steps you need to expand your influence — it’s concrete and practical. Free preview of their special 3-hour programs.Kathy Caprino is a nationally-recognized women’s author, career coach and entrepreneurial marketing consultant, and Founder of Ellia Communications. Krista Carnes is a marketing and speaker development specialist for authors and writers, and Founder of Booking Authors. Kathy and Krista will share insider information on the key steps to help you: Step 1: Get Clear! – Determine your unique value, mission, and core competitive advantage. Step 2: Get Writing! – Use your creative ideas and know-how to expand your platform and community Step 3: Get Speaking! – Share your wisdom, skills and talents with your community to build a following Step 4: Get Collaborating! – Create partnerships and collaborations with other like-minded people who can be mutually supportive Step 5: Get Envisioning! – Create a plan for uncovering new opportunities for your expertise and your writing that bring promotion and profit
September Storytelling Date Change: tba Storytelling is BACK. Wine, Cheese and YOUR Story. “Suddenly I realized…. stories about Realizations and Reversals. Funny. Dramatic. Political. Religious. Sexual. Charming or alarming. There are times in life that act as pivots: a moment when we suddenly saw the light (or the darkness), a sudden collision with the law or with a social norm, an incident or accident that led to enlightenment. All told in 8 minutes! Call us for help honing your story–it is not an anecdote.
9/23 Thursday, 7:15 Tarot Party Fun!!with the fun & fabulous Beth Leas. $30 Limited to 12. Learn ancient art of tarot and get your cards read. For more on Beth and Tarot click here.
9/25 Saturday at 10am. Storytelling workshop with Connie Rockman. Please go to Workshop page.
JUST ADDED Food Writing Sept 30 at 7:15pm. Food Writer, Award Winning Cookbook Author and NYU Prof, Corinne Trang. FREE Workshop.
OCTOBER
10/2 Saturday at 9am. Screenwriting Intensive workshop. Please go to Workshop page.
10/7 Thursday, 7:15 First Book Group meeting. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. To promote more reading by members, more socializing, more drinking (?) One of our goals is to invite the authors of the books we choose. Dani Shapiro said yes and will be coming in February. Some books will be available to borrow in The Writers’ Room.
10/14 Thursday, 7:15 Freelancers Networking Evening. You are not alone! A chance to get to know fellow writers. There will be a program with a top editor with knowledge of the market. Stay tuned for more info,
10/21 Thursday, 7:15 Author Talk: Judith Marks-White A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Novel. Judith has written The Light Touch column in the Westport News for 25 years and recently published two novels This will be a fun evening that will also provide needed information about journalism, publishing, you name it.
10/29 Friday. First WRITERS’ READ PARTY of the season. Potluck, booze and wonderful stories from our writers.
Past Events
Jane Green, July 9th, “On Writing” and book signing. Signed books for sale in The Writers’ Room
Storytelling at the Blackrock Coffeehouse
FREE Write Yourself Free at the Wilton Library, 37 Old Ridge Road, Wilton. (203) 762-3950. Please register either with the library or with Tish. Space is limited!
This November event was a big success with 55 people attending and 10 storytellers.
Storytelling at The Westport Historical Society
“Suddenly I Realized…” Oral Histories of Realizations and Reversals
November 6th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
The Westport Historical Society sponsored an evening of Sudden Realizations— taken from real life and told in 5-7 minutes.
