Here's the information on my next Book in a Week class--one of the best gifts I believe an author can give himself or herself. It's a chance to write better, faster and have more fun doing so. It's a new way to look at the process of creating a book.
Dates: May 26, 2013 to July 5, 2013 (Note: Last week of class is wrap up and relatively low key.)
Cost: $85 ($45 if you've taken the class before)
Deadline to sign up: May 24, 2013
Lessons: Everything is handled by email so you do the lessons at YOUR convenience
Class size is limited.
Payment
for the class may be made by check or by PayPal. To sign up send an email to
aprilkihlstrom@yahoo.com with the title of the class you wish to take in the
header and in the body of the email please put: your name and whether you prefer
to pay by check or PayPal. Also, please let me know if you have taken the class
before.
Note: If
you do not get a response back from me, please try emailing me at
april.kihlstrom@gmail.com. Unfortunately email does sometimes simply disappear
into cyberspace.
Class
Description: I try to ask questions no one else thinks to ask and suggest new ways of looking at your writing. In doing so, this class takes you through every step of the writing
process—from beginning to brainstorm all the way through sending material out to
be published. And it will help you discover who YOU are as a writer. You can
participate as much or as little as you like in email
discussions.
Weeks 1-3:
This is when you do the prep work with lessons that are designed to get you
thinking in new ways about your project. Among other things, I'll cover
characters and book structure, imagery and use of names, POV and how to make
sentence and paragraph structure work for you. If you choose, you can post
answers and get help brainstorming ideas for your book but NO ONE is required to
do so!
Weeks 4 and
5: Intensive Writing Weeks (June 15, 2013 through June 30, 2013)This is
your chance to write better and faster than you ever have before, to discover
what YOUR natural first draft will look like and ways to fit writing into your
life that you may never have thought of before. Among other things, this allows for days/times you can't write.
Week 6:
Here's your chance to look at the experience of weeks 4 and 5 and use it to
create a writing method that works for YOU and is tailored to your most natural
writing style. We'll also look at how to revise your work in the fastest, most
effective way possible and I'll be sharing some of my thoughts on query letters,
synopses, etc.
Does BIAW work? Well,
a number of people who have taken this class are now published or under contract
and/or finalled in or won contests with material they worked on during my
classes! One author has had her book optioned for a movie!
Bio: April
Kihlstrom is an award winning author of 32 published romance novels. She offers
coaching to fellow writers as well as classes and workshops on writing and has
spoken at many conferences including: the Romance Writers of America
Normally at this point I list a lot of testimonials. Basically people rave about the class. If you'd like to see some of those raves let me know--otherwise I'll spare you reading them, at least this time. Just know that my goal is to offer a class that helps each writer discover his or her most natural process and well as look at the writing itself in new ways so that writing becomes easier, more fun and leads to success.
