Have you ever dreamed of taking your work to the big screen?

Join us January 26th and learn the Craft of Screenwriting with Marni!

This fun and interactive workshop will include:

• The Differences between Screenwriting and Novel writing
• The Basics of Adaptation - How to take your novel and turn it into a screenplay
• Creating a marketable film story idea
• Loglines, what are they and how to use them
• Utilizing the Hero's Journey to Sell Your Work
• The 10 Most Popular Genres in Hollywood
• 6 Simple Steps to Screenplay Structure
• An introduction to utilizing the Beat Sheet.- a vital tool that will shape your screenwriting forever

Marni Freedman is a produced, published and award winning writer.

After graduating as an award winning student from the USC School of Filmic Writing, Marni began her career with her play, “Two Goldsteins on Acid,” which was produced in Los Angeles. She worked as a script doctor for Fox Searchlight, Disney, and other film companies and worked as a script agent for the Mary Sue Seymour Agency. One of her plays was made into a film, “Playing Mona Lisa,” and was produced by Disney.

She has published articles in several magazines and online sites, worked as a ghost writer for a “how to” book series and is currently in demand as a book editor and script doctor. Currently, around San Diego, you can find Marni teaching writing workshops at San Diego Writers Ink, UCSD Extension and running the popular San Diego Screenwriter’s group, The Writer’s Circle.

Be sure to RSVP to our next meeting.

Liz Goodgold
RedFire Marketing and Branding

Your readers really do buy a book by its cover AND by its title.  Most authors just guess at the process and ask a few friends, but Branding Gury Liz Goodgold is ready to spill the beans to ensure your title sizzles and sells.

Learn how to incorporate you brand vocabulary into your titles and how to make your brand soar.  Liz will show you how to create a winning title that creates “flawless recall” and much much more.

As a bonus one lucky attendee will be selected for a “coach and call out” session in which Liz will help you with both your brand and your book title.

Be sure to save a space at our next meeting by getting on our list
RSVP here.

September 29, 2012
Carlsbad Dove Library

How to Communicate with More Success and Less Stress: The Publishers & Writers Edition
Sarita Maybin

In this interactive presentation you will learn how to communicate in a way that gets your ideas heard and encourages the cooperation of others. You will also discover how to keep the contagious effect of naysayers’ negativity from rubbing off on you and find out how to set limits with people who make unreasonable demands. Sarita will share her Top 10 Positive Communication Phrases and three ways to say “NO” nicely!

About the Speaker: Sarita Maybin is an international speaker and communication expert whose upbeat and interactive style allows her audiences to have fun learning how to stay positive, constructively confront tough communication situations and work together better. Her client list includes Hewlett Packard, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles County, Department of Navy and the Las Vegas Convention Center among others. Since 1993, Sarita has spoken in almost all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, England, Asia, Mexico and Iceland. She has been interviewed on TV and radio shows about her book – If You Can’t Say Something Nice, What DO You Say? 

Thom Kephart
Amazon

This is a crash course overview on the independent publishing opportunities Amazon offers through CreateSpace, Kindle Direct Publishing and Author Central, among others. Learn how to use these services to distribute your book in print, digitally to Kindle devices and apps, and then connect with your customers.

Be sure to RSVP to this very informative meeting! We'll see you there.

Join us at the Carlsbad Dove Library (directions) on Saturday, July 28th as Jeniffer Thompson, of Monkey C Media, reveals all the bells and whistles of the new and improved PWSD website:

• Learn how to optimize your PWSD page
• What to include and why it will increase your overall exposure
• Announce your upcoming book events
• Contribute to the PWSD community blog
• and more….

Plus, learn how to get your own site ranked in the search engines and drive traffic to your website.

• Learn why you need a professional website
• What makes an author site powerful
• How to optimize your site for more visibility, drive traffic, and sell more books.

This is one meeting you won't want to miss!

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Plus, Chad Thompson, of Chad Thompson Photography will be offering professional head shots for just $35. Everyone needs a professional headshot, so don't miss out!  Visit his website to reserve your space today.

With: Deirdre Maloney, Momentum

When: June 30, 2012
Where: Carlsbad Library

For many of us, writing and speaking go hand-in-hand. Whether we write about it it or talk about it matters less than that we’re expressing meaningful messages about the things we believe in.

The good news is that each of these distinct skills – writing and speaking – directly leads to the success of the other. Published authors find new levels of interest and credibility when pursuing speaking engagements, and effective speaking can dramatically increase the number of books sold.

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