Writing Workshops

THE PEN & THE SWORD
Writing Workshops
Powerful Tools for Serious Writers
 

    • Bringing high-powered tools to writers at all levels, these workshops
      deliver the building blocks for creating expressive pieces—fiction or
      nonfiction. We work on content, style, structure, scenes, dialogue,
      plot/theme, and character development, among other necessary skills.
      Through discussion and writing exercises, you'll learn how to craft
      compelling works deserving of publication. 

    • Special poetry-writing sessions for budding and serious poets.

    • Exclusive program for the graphic (comic) novelist.   

Workshop sessions include 4 general topics of interest to all
and 4 options/hours of your choice to meet your needs.

Morning Program for All Attendees Includes
HOOKING YOUR READER IN 5 EASY STEPS
THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR
WHY A BOOK DESIGNER?

Breakout Topics
(Please Choose One or More of the Following Options)

    • WRITER'S TOOLBOX
          • Painting with Words & Nailing the Action
          • Realistic Dialogue Packs a Punch
    • DO I REALLY NEED AN EDITOR?
    • POETICALLY SPEAKING (Counts as 2 Option Hours)
    • WRITING FOR YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE
    • SHOW or TELL: Which One? What About the Other One
    • PUBLISHING POTPOURRI: A Medley of "Must Knows"
    • MASTERING THE MECHANICS (Counts as 2 Option Hours)
         • Tricks of the Trade Wake Up Tired Writing
         • Giving Sentences Shape, Form, Variety
         • Don't Let Those Modifiers Dangle
         • Solving Pesky Punctuation Problems
         • Polish Your Prose
    • DOES YOUR POV SUFFER FROM MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES?
    • SECRETS (and RESPONSIBILITIES) OF GETTING PUBLISHED
    • WRITING AND PUBLISHING GRAPHIC (Comic) NOVELS
         (Four-hour Program – Counts as 4 Option Hours)
 

Final Presentation for ALL Attendees
REAPING THE REWARDS

Jump-start your writing career by attending one of our workshops.
- Powerful one-on-one critiques and mentoring available - 
See registration packet for details.

1 FULL-DAY PROGRAM
8 a. m. – 5 p. m.
4 General Topics for All Attendees
4 Hours of Options Personalize Program to Meet YOUR Needs
 
DETAILED TEXT/WORKBOOK FOR EACH ATTENDEE

$195.00 in advance for FULL DAY
$95.00 in advance for HALF DAY
(check, money order, online credit card payment)
or
$225.00 at the door (cash, credit card)
in Grand Junction, Colorado
April 14, 2007 • Register early!
(ORIGINAL DATE CHANGED BECAUSE OF SNOWS)

INCLUDES 1 HOUR of ONLINE or TELEPHONE TUTORING
on Your Project after Workshop (No Occult Material or Graphic Sex)

Mailing Address:
FAMILY BOOK HOUSE
P.O. BOX 382
CAÑON CITY, CO 81215

SIGN-UP FOR FULL-DAY WORKSHOP
$195.00
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SIGN-UP FOR HALF-DAY WORKSHOP
$99.00
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more of our authors
to appear and/or speak
at an event or bookstore
in your area?
Go to the contact page
and send us a post.
 

We are currently
scheduling workshops in
Denver and Grand Junction.
If you would like to sign up
for one of these sessions,
please contact us for details.

If you would like to speak
to someone, please send us
an e-mail detailing your
questions or your needs.
Be sure to include a
daytime telephone number
and the best time to call.
We will make sure the
right person gets back
to you as soon as possible.

 

To send us an e-mail,
please use the form
on the contact page.
 

Write us for information
or
Mail Payments to
FAMILY BOOK HOUSE
P.O. Box 382
Cañon City, CO 81215
 

FOR QUESTIONS, DETAILS & SCHEDULE
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Online writing workshops coming soon!!!

Watch this site for
additional information.