How to Succeed with Magazines
by
Rob Spiegel and Larry Greenly
September 3 through October 29
Wednesday Evenings
Nine weeks
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
SouthWest Writers Conference Room
3721 Morris NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(northwest corner of Comanche and Morris).
Register: SWW (505) 265-9485
$99 members
$129 non-members (includes 6 month online membership)
Class Limited to 14 Students
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This class will look at all aspects of writing for magazines. We will look at developing ideas, writing winning queries and developing great articles. We'll also look at the nuts and bolts of working with magazine editors. The class will include homework in writing queries, finding markets and developing article outlines.
Week 1: How to find markets
Week 2: Types of magazine articles
Week 3: Writing the successful query
Week 4: Hooks and openings
Week 5: The article outline
Week 6: Interview techniques and questions
Week 7: Formats and revisions
Week 8: Visuals and photos and charts
Week 9: Working with editors and developing a relationship with the magazine
Rob Spiegel has 30 years of magazine experience, both with consumer magazines and trade publications. He has been senior editor at Ecommerce Business and Electronic News. He is currently a contributing editor at Design News and Automation World. He also owned the consumer food magazine, Chile Pepper, for 10 years. Rob is president of SouthWest Writers and a writing instructor at Bear Canyon Senior Center. He also teaches magazine writing part-time at the University of New Mexico.
Larry Greenly, armed with degrees in physics/math, architecture, civil engineering and chiropractic medicine, Larry has led a multi-faceted life as a teacher, engineer and doctor of chiropractic. His career as a freelance writer of non-fiction articles began 20 years ago with a long-running medical column in an international peer-reviewed professional journal. Since then he has published hundreds of articles on various topics in magazines and other publications. In his "spare time," Greenly edits books for other writers. Currently, he's vice president of SouthWest Writers, a contributing editor of albuquerqueARTS and a writing instructor at Bear Canyon Senior Center.
Writing Short Stories
by
David Corwell
September 4, 11, 18, & 25
Four Thursday Evenings
6:30-9:00pm
SouthWest Writers Conference Room
3721 Morris NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(northwest corner of Comanche and Morris).
Register: SWW (505) 265-9485
$65 members
$75 non-members
Class Limited to 6 minimum, 14 maximum students
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Everyone has a story they would like to share. Come to this class, and begin the process of writing yours! As we move from using ideas as springboards to selling completed pieces in the marketplace, you will learn how to get started, tackle common writing dilemmas, develop the fictional elements of your story, and be well underway on a project of your own.
David J. Corwell's short fiction has appeared in Dead in Th13teen Flashes and Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves. His writing has won five national writing awards, including the SWW Storyteller Award. He has an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.
Advanced Short Story Writing
by
David Corwell
October 2-23 (skip Oct.30) November 6
Five Thursday Evenings
6:30-9:00pm
SouthWest Writers Conference Room
3721 Morris NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(northwest corner of Comanche and Morris).
Register: SWW (505) 265-9485
$75 members
$85 non-members
Class Limited to 6 minimum, 12 maximum students
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You've written the initial draft(s) of your short story. Now what? Bring your work to this class and hone your storytelling skills further through the process of honest and positive peer review. The first class will focus on constructive critiquing techniques. We will then critique one another's stories, and time will be available to discuss any topics of interest to the class. Requirement: Participants must have at least one, 5,000 words or less short story (maybe two, depending on class size) completed and ready to submit before the first session.
David J. Corwell's short fiction has appeared in Dead in Th13teen Flashes and Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves. His writing has won five national writing awards, including the SWW Storyteller Award. He has an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.
Write a Great Screenplay: Beginning Screenwriting Class
by
Rick Reichman
September 7 to November 16 (skip October 5)
10 Sunday Evenings
6:30-8:30pm
SouthWest Writers Conference Room
3721 Morris NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(northwest corner of Comanche and Morris).
Register: SWW (505) 265-9485
$175/SWW members, $10 materials fee
$225/Non-members, $10 materials fee
(discounted $50 SWW membership available with $225 fee includes online
SW SAGE newsletter)
For more information, call Rick at (505) 984-2927
8 student minimum
Class Limited to 14 Students
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20 Things You Must Know to Write A Great Screenplay, and you can know them and so much more in Rick Reichman’s Beginning Screenwriting class. In ten weeks you will learn correct formatting, the seven elements of every scene, the three-act-structure and its eight major turning points, how to create terrific film speak, how to write compelling openings, and the best way to market your script.
Rick’s students have sold to Fox, Warner Brothers, HBO, Showtime,
all the major networks, and to such recent shows as Crossing Jordan
and New Amsterdam, to name a few. His students have also
sold novels, short stories, plays, and nonfiction by using the techniques
they learned in his screenwriting classes.
Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness Part I
How to Write a Great Story
by
Kirt Hickman
September 8- 29
Monday evenings
6:30-8:30pm
SouthWest Writers Conference Room
3721 Morris NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(northwest corner of Comanche and Morris).
Register: SWW (505) 265-9485
$65 members
$75 non-members
Class Limited to 14 Students
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Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness Part I: How to Write a Great Story
Class 1: World Building & Characterization
Class 2: Plot
Class 3: First Draft, Research, & Gross Manuscript Problems
Class 4: Chapter Breaks & Avoiding Information Dumps
Kirt Hickman was a technical writer for fourteen years before
branching into fiction. He's made a living out of taking complex sets
of requirements, or in this case advice, and boiling them down into
simple, effective procedures. His methodical approach to self-editing
can help you convert your first draft from mess to masterpiece. Kirt
has completed five novels and is currently working on a book titled
Revising Fiction--Making Sense of the Madness. He's
been an SWW mentor since the inception of the mentoring program and
has participated in discussion or critique panels for multiple SWW
conferences.
Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness Part II
How to Write it Well
by
Kirt Hickman
October 6 - 27
Monday Evenings
6:30-8:30pm
SouthWest Writers Conference Room
3721 Morris NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(northwest corner of Comanche and Morris).
Register: SWW (505) 265-9485
$65 members
$75 non-members
Class Limited to 14 Students
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Revising Fiction: Making Sense of the Madness Part II: How to Write it Well
Class 1: Scenes
Class 2: Polishing Prose
Class 3: Dialog
Class 4: Finishing Touches & Critiques
Kirt Hickman was a technical writer for fourteen years before
branching into fiction. He's made a living out of taking complex sets
of requirements, or in this case advice, and boiling them down into
simple, effective procedures. His methodical approach to self-editing
can help you convert your first draft from mess to masterpiece. Kirt
has completed five novels and is currently working on a book titled
Revising Fiction--Making Sense of the Madness. He's
been an SWW mentor since the inception of the mentoring program and
has participated in discussion or critique panels for multiple SWW
conferences.
Do-It-Yourself Web Sites
by
Loretta Hall
November 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2008
Monday Evenings
6:30-8:30pm
SouthWest Writers Conference Room
3721 Morris NE, Ste A
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(northwest corner of Comanche and Morris).
Register: SWW (505) 265-9485
$65 members
$75 non-members
Class Limited to 14 Students
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Learn to create and maintain your own web site without knowing HTML codes. Using template-based programs and reliable but inexpensive hosts, your site will cost less than $15/month. We’ll discuss domain names, hosting options, web site design concepts, search engine rankings, and inexpensive (or free) site-building software. In-class demonstrations and take-home exercises will get you started establishing your Internet presence.
Nonfiction author Loretta Hall has built four web sites. Her site SubsurfaceBuildings.com is the top search result for “underground buildings.” A Top 20 Architecture site, it also received a 2007 Regional Award of Excellence from the Society for Technical Communication.