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PRIVATE
WRITING & AUTHORING SESSIONS WITH LISA in CA, HI & WA:
Put yourself on the fast track and really stimulate your writing ability
with one-on-one coaching. Private writing sessions are a very effective
way to hone your writing skills and launch your writing career. Lisa is
available in person, on the phone or via the internet and can provide
editing and feedback for your articles, short stories, book proposals,
and book manuscripts. Feel free to call and discuss your book project
and how her services and experience can assist you. The cost is $75/hour.
See the schedule below for in person sessions.
2006 & 2007 dates:
Big
Island: November 1 - 29, 2006 & January 18 - February 15, 2007.
Marin County, CA: October 1 - 30, 2006 & December 1 –
31, 2006.
Port Townsend, WA: March 25 - April 15, 2007.
2006 SCHEDULE
TRAVEL WRITING: Map Out the Route to Your Dream Profession
Saturday, April 29. 10 AM - 4 PM. $95
Sponsored by The Writing Salon.
Taught in San Francisco.
Do you love to travel? Keep a travel journal? Why not take the next step and turn your daily scribbles into salable articles? You can do this by learning two things: 1) how to improve your storytelling abilities, and 2) how to market your work. "I’ll lead you through the steps of writing a travel story and then targeting and querying your markets [short story anthologies, newspapers, magazines and ezines]," says instructor Lisa Alpine. "We'll also discuss ways to generate other travel-related sources of income, such as writing press releases and doing guidebook research. Whether you're writing about your neighborhood or rafting down the Zambezi, you can develop specialty travel angles that open up publishing avenues beyond the Sunday Travel Section — and still pay well." So come launch your career as a travel writer!
TRAVEL
WRITING: Map Out the Route to Your Dream Profession
Saturday, July 22. 11 AM - 4 PM. $75
Taught in Port Townsend, WA
Do you love to travel? Keep a travel journal? Why not take the next step and turn your daily scribbles into salable articles? You can do this by learning two things: 1) how to improve your storytelling abilities, and 2) how to market your work. "I’ll lead you through the steps of writing a travel story and then targeting and querying your markets [short story anthologies, newspapers, magazines and ezines]," says instructor Lisa Alpine. "We'll also discuss ways to generate other travel-related sources of income, such as writing press releases and doing guidebook research. Whether you're writing about your neighborhood or rafting down the Zambezi, you can develop specialty travel angles that open up publishing avenues beyond the Sunday Travel Section — and still pay well." So come launch your career as a travel writer!
POETRY IN MOTION: Weaving Words with Movement
Saturday, August 5. 11 AM – 4 PM. $65.
Taught in Port Townsend, WA
Add stretch and simple dance movements to your writerly repertoire and tap into the poetry that dances within you. When we flex our movement muscles we flex our creative muscles, too, pulling descriptive words from our subconscious, stringing them into poetry. This workshop will begin with a deep, guided stretch and dance warm-up to a wide range of music (from techno to trance, blues to Celtic, Reggae to African, to the fullness of your own silence). No previous dance or writing experience is necessary to have fun in this class! Wear comfortable clothes. To find out more about Lisa's dance workshops in Marin and around the globe, go to www.danceweaver.com
TRAVEL
WRITING: Map Out the Route to Your Dream Profession
Saturday, August 12. 10 AM - 4 PM. $95
Sponsored by The Writing Salon
Taught
in San Francisco
Do you love to travel? Keep a travel journal? Why not take the next step and turn your daily scribbles into salable articles? You can do this by learning two things: 1) how to improve your storytelling abilities, and 2) how to market your work. "I’ll lead you through the steps of writing a travel story and then targeting and querying your markets [short story anthologies, newspapers, magazines and ezines]," says instructor Lisa Alpine. "We'll also discuss ways to generate other travel-related sources of income, such as writing press releases and doing guidebook research. Whether you're writing about your neighborhood or rafting down the Zambezi, you can develop specialty travel angles that open up publishing avenues beyond the Sunday Travel Section — and still pay well." So come launch your career as a travel writer!
TRAVEL
WRITING: Map Out the Route to Your Dream Profession
Saturday, September 23. 10 AM – 4 PM
Port Townsend, Washington.
The cost for this workshop is $95
Do you love to travel? Keep a travel journal? Why not take the next step and turn your daily scribbles into salable articles? You can do this by learning two things: 1) how to improve your storytelling abilities, and 2) how to market your work. "I’ll lead you through the steps of writing a travel story and then targeting and querying your markets [short story anthologies, newspapers, magazines and ezines]," says instructor Lisa Alpine. "We'll also discuss ways to generate other travel-related sources of income, such as writing press releases and doing guidebook research. Whether you're writing about your neighborhood or rafting down the Zambezi, you can develop specialty travel angles that open up publishing avenues beyond the Sunday Travel Section — and still pay well." So come launch your career as a travel writer!
BOOK BIRTHING 101: Developing Your Book Project
4 Sundays in October 1, 15, 22 & 29 . 7 PM – 9:30 PM.$280.
Taught at Imagine! Center for Creativity, San Rafael, CA
Get serious
and make the leap from dreams to reality. This workshop is tailored to
writers who have written or are considering writing a book or book proposal
and want an in-depth exploration of publishing avenues. The course will
review the how-tos of both self-publishing and going with a publisher;
how to write a book proposal; discuss how to market your book including
writing press releases and author bios; how to package your book including
cover and interior design so that you have a clear concept to present
to the publisher, agents, or to graphic designers if you go with self-publishing;
designing a website that promotes the sales of your book; how to arrange
book signings and book reviews for publicity. This will be a hands-on
course with weekly homework assignments that will coach you through the
creation of your project and all the elements you will need to promote
it. All styles of fiction and non-fiction are welcome. The class is limited
to 6 students so register early.
TRAVEL
WRITING: Map Out the Route to Your Dream Profession
Saturday, October 21 10 AM – 4 PM
The Writing Salon in Berkeley, CA
The cost for this workshop is $95
Do you love
to travel? Keep a travel journal? Why not take the next step and turn
your daily scribbles into salable articles? You can do this by learning
two things: 1) how to improve your storytelling abilities, and 2) how
to market your work. "I’ll lead you through the steps of writing
a travel story and then targeting and querying your markets [short story
anthologies, newspapers, magazines and ezines]," says instructor
Lisa Alpine. "We'll also discuss ways to generate
other travel-related sources of income, such as writing press releases
and doing guidebook research. Whether you're writing about your neighborhood
or rafting down the Zambezi, you can develop specialty travel angles that
open up publishing avenues beyond the Sunday Travel Section — and
still pay well." So come launch your career as a travel writer!
POETRY
IN MOTION: Weaving Words with Movement
World Dance Fitness, San Anselmo, CA
Saturday October 28, 1:00PM-5:00PM
Fee: $75
Add stretch
and simple dance movements to your writerly repertoire and tap into the
poetry that dances within you. When we flex our movement muscles we flex
our creative muscles, too, pulling descriptive words from our subconscious,
stringing them into poetry. This workshop will begin with a deep, guided
stretch and dance warm-up to a wide range of music (from techno to trance,
blues to Celtic, Reggae to African, to the fullness of your own silence).
No previous dance or writing experience is necessary to have fun in this
class! Wear comfortable clothes.
Upcoming Events
WILD WRITING WOMEN LITERARY SALON
Wednesday, May 3
Host: Lisa Alpine
MONTICELLO
INN in downtown San Francisco
5:30 PM - 7 PM FREE
Guest: Danny
O. Snow
Topic: Two Roads, One Destination: a workshop on self-publishing courtesy
of Lulu.com "Danny O. Snow, an author, publisher and journalist
specializing in new publishing technologies, will do a live, hands-on
demonstration of how to turn your manuscript into a real book in one hour
at Lulu.com with no fees or minimums. Sponsored by Lulu (www.lulu.com),
it's not a gimmick or a hoax, but a new kind of 'print-on-demand' self-publishing
technology that's available to anyone." For more details, go to www.wildwritingwomen.com
and click on the SALONS page
WILD
WRITING WOMEN LITERARY SALON
Wednesday, October 4
Host: Lisa Alpine
MONTICELLO
INN in downtown San Francisco
5:30 PM - 7 PM FREE
Guest: Don George, editor Lonely Planet
Topic: The book launch party for Lonely Planet's next anthology titled,
Tales From Nowhere. Lisa will also read her story that is included in
the anthology.
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Thank you for an extraordinary day! Your exuberant nature charged us all. The antidotes for rejection where completely uplifting and provided a whole new perspective. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for having this class. - PJ Walker As I was filming my 61 year old husband surfing on Maui this last week, I was listening to the surf and thinking, thinking, thinking about the sounds and how best to describe them!!!! What an impact your class has had on me. - Jill I
thoroughly enjoyed your travel writing class! It helped to make
me even more excited about writing and traveling, and I appreciated
the encouragement you gave me. I'd take another class from you in
a heartbeat - it was fun and as I was telling my partner and friends,
the time went by so quickly and held my interest for the whole 6 "I just wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful travel writing workshop. The information you provided was very useful--I felt like I really got a sense of how to approach travel writing from a business perspective (which is something that I was really unfamiliar with before) and I really felt inspired by the whole workshop. I think the best advice you gave was to keep on writing and keep on working on improving your writing. I am the type of person who has a lot of good ideas for travel writing, but I rarely finish my stories. However, since the workshop I have been working on setting deadlines for myself and just setting aside time every day for the purpose of writing. I begin graduate school next week (MA in English) and I'm sure that I will be doing tons of reading and writing for the program--but your advice holds true to all forms of writing, travel or otherwise. My life is quite busy right now and I don't know how soon I will actually finish my travel stories and send them out, but I know that it is something that I really want to do, and your workshop was definitely an inspiration to keep plugging away at it. And, besides some weekend getaways I have planned in the near future, I'm planning a trip to south America (Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Santiago and some of the Chilean wine region) so I'm sure I will have lots of ideas to put to work. Well, that's all for now, good luck with your endeavors and thanks again for being such a great teacher. - Kareasa Wilkins Thanks for the gift of self belief because without you my writing career would still be an idea to consider. It’s the well placed “call yourself a writer” that catches my attention and talks to my heart and makes me think hard for a week. I know that when I come to your class that I only have to think a question due to your keen ability to answer every one of my unasked questions at exactly the right time. I come away feeling completely validated and inspired. How you can accomplish this for a room full of students is amazing. Talk about intuition! - Phoebe Beringer Thank you so much for your guidance and words of encouragement today. I feel as though the journey has officially begun. - Angela Hale "I thought your class was entertaining, inspiring, informative. A perfect class. Thank you so much. I enjoyed looking at your website, and so many of your interests are ones that I share, that I'm sure I've read many of your travel articles without knowing they were by you." - Kate Thank you for the inspiring class last Saturday. I was sad to see the day end. You gave us practical details and also for me, a glimpse into the absolute pleasure of writing about place. I was embarrassed to return from lunch late but I lost track of time on our assignment to collect dialog. I was amazed at your insight into what each of us shared-it was like you had a tiny, tiny beam of light and you were able to point it exactly at the heart of the intent. That was cool. I finally understand the role of becoming part of a writer's group. Now it seems essential. Thank you again. It was an absolute pleasure. - Bonnie Smetts Thank
you so much for today! I am inspired, wired and ready to plug in!
Iam finally feeling that I've met the right person to help me get
published! YEAH! Thank you, thank you, thank you! - Cindy Fisher, MA, CPCC Thank you for being such a generous teacher and writing guide. You are really gifted at cutting to the chase, finding the core essence of a piece, concept or scene, and helping writers focus on the meat. Thank you, thank you for inspiring me to believe I can actually do this writing thing, and possibly even make a living with it. Thank you again for everything, Lisa. You're a true writing sister!! - Annette Lindemann Thank you for a day of inspiration & creativity- napping, learning,
eating & laughing in such a nurturing space put me in a very
good place. In fact, I started my homework assignment just last night! Listening
to Brazilian music at Cafe Amsterdam, my friend leans over
& whispers, "do you know who that woman is sitting to your
left?" Turns out, it was Dori Green, a jazz legend who played
with Sinatra. Many thanks for the memories of our session at your beautiful table in your beautiful home with your beautiful view -- AND, moreso, thanks for our connection, your warmth, talent, interest, and for rekindling my desire to get this piece done, done right, and out the door. - Darcy Symes |
To register for workshops, inquire about private writing & authoring sessions,
article assignments & reprints, and other info:
Contact Lisa Alpine at writing@lisaalpine.com or call 541 941-4759
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