The next MuseWrite seminar, Collect. Recollect. Connect!, is tentatively scheduled for November 6, 2010. In the meantime, please visit our individual author websites for upcoming workshops through SCBWI, the DePaul Summer Writing Conference, The Newberry Academy, and the Chicago Black Author's Network. The seminar will be divided into three parts to help you determine your audience, explore your publishing options, and sell your work: 1) How to meet your publishing needs/goals The four-hour intensive seminar includes group writing exercises, peer critiques, and working documents for at-home use. You are encouraged to bring a one-paragraph summary of your work-in-progress. March 20, 2010 Panel: Global Learners = Global Problem Solvers Learn the ins-and-outs of writing for a particular genre from fiction to nonfiction, children’s books to adult work. The seminar will be divided into three parts, using hands-on activities designed to help you learn how to use personal, family, and even someone else’s history to create impactful writing. Part 1) How to evaluate your idea for a particular work.
We look forward to sharing our summer with you!
Best,
Michelle Duster, Jen Cullerton Johnson, and Trina Sotira
Past Seminars / Events
May 22, 2010
Path to Publication!
In this tough economy, getting a book published can take over a decade–or not–depending on your targeted audience. Speakers Michelle Duster, Jen Cullerton Johnson, and Trina Sotira will cover your publishing options from self to traditional, fiction to nonfiction, children’s to adult books, blogs to articles.
2) How to write a strong query letter
3) How to create a compelling hook which you can use in self-promotion
Illinois Reading Council Conference in Springfield, IL
Speakers Jen Cullerton Johnson, Cynthea Liu, Michelle Duster, and Trina Sotira discussed how to use multicultural literature to introduce global issues such as the environment, social justice, and international politics in the classroom. Cross-curriculum and cross-generational lesson plans and outreach activities included.
Collect. Recollect. Connect! Intensive Writing Seminar
Part 2) How to approach the work given the concept.
Part 3) How to evaluate and tackle the writing.
October 10, 2009
Collect. Recollect. Connect! Intensive Writing Seminar
August 15, 2009
Writing Workshop at Barnes and Noble in Chicago