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A Year's Worth of Classes

All Pennwriters Courses are conducted in a “live” presentation format utilizing the Zoom platform. If a conflict arises based on the required meeting times, please contact the instructor and Online Courses Coordinator to find a possible solution. ALL sessions will be recorded and will be available for students.

Please note that days and times of meetings vary each month. If you have further questions, please contact Dan Arndt

All Pennwriters events, including online classes and other meetings are easily found on the website calendar.



July Online Class : Christmas In July: Creating a Holiday Reader Magnet That Works With What You Write!
Instructor :Kathleen Shoop
Class Meeting Dates: July, 8, 15, 22, 29 on Zoom
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
See details below
July/August Online Class: Developing the Television Pilot
Instructor:Diana Botsford
Class Meeting Dates: July 9, 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13, 20, 27 on Zoom
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
See details below
August Online Class: Think I have a Book: Successful Strategies for Preparing Your Poetry Manuscript
Instructor: Keith Kopka
Class Meeting Dates: August 3, 10, 17,  24 on Zoom
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
See details below


 

Line Up of Classes for 2024


July Online Class: Christmas In July: Creating a Holiday Reader Magnet That Works With What You Write!
Kathleen Shoop

Follow this link: Christmas In July: Creating a Holiday Reader Magnet That Works With What You Write! w/Kathleen Shoop - 7/8/2024 for registration and more details.

Course Details

Christmas In July: Creating a Holiday Reader Magnet That Works With What You Write! A course for fiction and nonfiction writers who are looking to write the perfect reader magnet to maximize excitement during the holidays and beyond. It’s never too early or late to create a magnet and juice your sales and marketing platform! Even writers who are still drafting, have only begun querying, or are just starting to build their website and social media presence will benefit from creating a reader magnet.


July/August Online Class: Developing the Television Pilot
Diana Botsford

Find all the details and register here: Developing the Television Pilot with Diana Botsford (Gold Level Instructor) - 7/23/2024

Course Details

This course runs for two months with 8 Zoom sessions. Learn by doing! Participants will explore techniques for creating a television series pilot script while crafting an industry-standard story outline. Opening acts will be scripted and workshopped in the last week of the course..

August Online Class: Think I have a Book: Successful Strategies for Preparing Your Poetry Manuscript
Instructor: Keith Kopka

Find all the details here: I Think I have a Book: Successful Strategies for Preparing Your Poetry Manuscript w/Keith Kopka - 8/7/2024

This workshop will explore questions and strategies for cover letters, different types of manuscript submission, contest research, submission organization, and finding the right press for your work, as well as the more technical elements of manuscript preparation such as formatting, poem order, the purpose of sectional organization, and many others.




September Online ClassMarketing, Promoting, and Selling During the Holiday Season Kathleen Shoop

Read all the details and register at this link: Marketing, Promoting, and Selling During the Holiday Season w/Kathleen Shoop - 9/3/2024

Course Details:
Marketing, Promoting, and Selling During the Holiday Season is a course for fiction and nonfiction writers who are published or who want to publish. It’s never too early or late to start your Holiday Selling plan! This course pairs nicely with the Christmas in July course, but authors are NOT expected to have taken that course or to have a published holiday book/novella/story/article in order to take this course. With some tweaks the holiday selling principles can be applied to the business of books all year long.








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