Tricks of the Trade: Writing Tips to Make Your Prose Pop

Jeanne Lyet Gassman — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:00:07 GMT

Current Revision posted to Education and Craft by Jeanne Lyet Gassman on 9/26/2024 1:00:07 PM

Did you know there are dozens of little things you can do to make your writing stand out from the crowd?

In this webinar with award-winning writer Jeanne Lyet Gassman, she looks at the tricks writing professionals use to make their prose more polished and dynamic. Some of the topics addressed include dialogue, point of view, setting, description, and pacing. Although this webinar is oriented for fiction, these tips can also be used for memoir and creative nonfiction as well.

Here are the handouts referenced in the session:
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Writing-Tips_5F00_Weasel-Words-ALC-Handout-2024.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Writing-Tips_5F00_Dialogue-Basics-ALC-Handout-2024.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Writing-Tips_5F00_Head-Hopping-ALC-Handout-2024.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TricksoftheTradeWritingTipstoMakeYourProsePop2024.mp4
About the Presenter:
Jeanne Lyet Gassman lives in the mountains of New Mexico where she writes and teaches. Her debut novel, 'Blood of a Stone' (Tuscany Press), received a Bronze 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award. Her short work has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and the Pushcart Prize. Other awards include fellowships from Ragdale and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Her short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, including Clerestory, 45 Poems of Protest: The Pandemic, Bosque7, Dear America: Reflections on Race, Debris & Detritus: The Lesser Greek Gods Running Amok, The Manifest-Station, and Hippocampus Magazine, among many others. Jeanne recently received a New Mexico Writers Grant for her novel-in-progress, a story about a family of downwinders who were affected by the radioactive fallout from the atomic bomb tests in Nevada. You can learn more about Jeanne at her website: http://jeannelyetgassman.com/ or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/JeanneLyetGassman.

Tags: fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar

Tricks of the Trade: Writing Tips to Make Your Prose Pop

Author Learning Center — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:58:18 GMT

Revision 6 posted to Education and Craft by Author Learning Center on 9/26/2024 12:58:18 PM

Did you know there are dozens of little things you can do to make your writing stand out from the crowd?

Tags: fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar

Tricks of the Trade: Writing Tips to Make Your Prose Pop

Jeanne Lyet Gassman — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 20:25:15 GMT

Revision 5 posted to Education and Craft by Jeanne Lyet Gassman on 9/15/2022 8:25:15 PM

Did you know there are dozens of little things you can do to make your writing stand out from the crowd?

In this webinar with award-winning writer Jeanne Lyet Gassman, look at the tricks writing professionals use to make their prose more polished and dynamic. Some of the topics addressed include dialogue, point of view, setting, description, and pacing. Although this webinar is oriented for fiction, these tips can also be used for memoir and creative nonfiction as well.

Here are the handouts referenced in the session:
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Writing-Tips_5F00_Dialogue-Basics-ALC-Handout.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Writing-Tips_5F00_Weasel-Words-ALC-Handout.pdf
www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../Writing-Tips_5F00_Head-Hopping-ALC-Handout.pdf

www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TricksoftheTradeWritingTipstoMakeYourProsePop.mp4

About the Presenter:
Jeanne Lyet Gassman lives in the mountains of New Mexico where she writes and teaches. Her debut novel, 'Blood of a Stone' (Tuscany Press), received a Bronze 2015 Independent Publisher Book Award. Her short work has been nominated for Best Small Fictions and the Pushcart Prize. Other awards include fellowships from Ragdale and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Her short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry have been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, including Clerestory, 45 Poems of Protest: The Pandemic, Bosque7, Dear America: Reflections on Race, Debris & Detritus: The Lesser Greek Gods Running Amok, The Manifest-Station, and Hippocampus Magazine, among many others. Jeanne recently received a New Mexico Writers Grant for her novel-in-progress, a story about a family of downwinders who were affected by the radioactive fallout from the atomic bomb tests in Nevada. You can learn more about Jeanne at her website: http://jeannelyetgassman.com/ or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/JeanneLyetGassman.

Tags: fiction, Subscriber, Recorded Webinar, biographies & memoirs

Tricks of the Trade: Writing Tips to Make Your Prose Pop

Jeanne Lyet Gassman — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:12:25 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Education and Craft by Jeanne Lyet Gassman on 9/15/2022 1:12:25 PM

Did you know there are dozens of little things you can do to make your writing stand out from the crowd?

www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TricksoftheTradeWritingTipstoMakeYourProsePop.mp4

Tags: fiction, Subscriber, biographies & memoirs, video

Tricks of the Trade: Writing Tips to Make Your Prose Pop

Jeanne Lyet Gassman — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:11:59 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Education and Craft by Jeanne Lyet Gassman on 9/15/2022 1:11:59 PM

Did you know there are dozens of little things you can do to make your writing stand out from the crowd?

www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TricksoftheTradeWritingTipstoMakeYourProsePop.mp4

Tags: fiction, Subscriber, biographies & memoirs, video

Tricks of the Trade: Writing Tips to Make Your Prose Pop

Jeanne Lyet Gassman — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:51:58 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Education and Craft by Jeanne Lyet Gassman on 9/15/2022 12:51:58 PM

Did you know there are dozens of little things you can do to make your writing stand out from the crowd?

www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../TricksoftheTradeWritingTipstoMakeYourProsePop.mp4

Tags: fiction, Subscriber, biographies & memoirs, video

Tricks of the Trade: Writing Tips to Make Your Prose Pop

Jeanne Lyet Gassman — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:49:28 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Education and Craft by Jeanne Lyet Gassman on 9/15/2022 12:49:28 PM

Did you know there are dozens of little things you can do to make your writing stand out from the crowd?

Tags: fiction, Subscriber, biographies & memoirs, video