The Writers Circle is an open door opportunity to meet Alida over Zoom and ask your writing question. Based on the idea of a professors’ office hours – a time when anyone working with them or curious about meeting them or discussing something in their field of expertise could drop in, say hello, and receive guidance, even an answer – Alida offers an office hour called the Writers Circle.
If you have a writing question, are curious about Alida, or want to see what’s happening and benefit from others’ questions, stop in, say hello, ask away.
The Writers Circle is a free opportunity to meet Alida over Zoom and ask your writing question. Registration is required – click image or title to sign up – drop in, say hello, and receive guidance, even an answer – Alida offers an office hour called the Writers Circle.
If you have a writing question, are curious about Alida, or want to see what’s happening and benefit from others’ questions, stop in, say hello, ask away.
The Writers Circle is an open door opportunity to meet Alida over Zoom and ask your writing question. Based on the idea of a professors’ office hours – a time when anyone working with them or curious about meeting them or discussing something in their field of expertise could drop in, say hello, and receive guidance, even an answer – Alida offers an office hour called the Writers Circle.
If you have a writing question, are curious about Alida, or want to see what’s happening and benefit from others’ questions, stop in, say hello, ask away.
Show, don’t tell! Don’t think, feel, and wonder your way through a manuscript. Dig deep! Use that narrative exposition. Use your dialogue and action sequences. Write visually. Never use adverbs. Use the right word choice. Make your writing strong and not weak. Don’t use to be! Don’t use said! We tackle some of the most commonly touted writing rules and how they should actually apply rather than some of their more misunderstood applications.
How do you come up with material for oral stories? How do you keep it under five minutes? How important is the hook? Or the ending? And how do you craft humor into your stories?
