Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Then the expat community led me to a drop-in workshop at Shakespeare & Company. Since that hasty share, I’ve spent years attending and leading workshops. Good news—if you’re workshopping in person, you can still breathe. When you’re ready, try the following: Write about the soul of your project. Listen receptively.

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Freelance Magic

JANUARY 3, 2023

Or their poetry-dripping prose. One week later, I followed up with some content ideas I had for his blog, and we signed a retainer contract after one project together. What projects do they take up? 7: Attend events and workshops. How do some freelance writers demand $1/word while you’re stuck at $100/article (or less)?

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Smart Blogger

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

See how you can find time for large projects (such as writing a book). RSVP to an intensive, professional workshop like Social Media Bootcamp. Pack your prose with sensory details. Join offline communities such as local classes, workshops and writing groups. Build a f in’ great writing routine. Use power words.

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Smart Blogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Learning about the art of creative writing in a creative environment requires a combination of planned social activities and a special writing group workshop designed to hone your writing skills. Rekindle Retreat — Juneau, Alaska The Rekindle Retreat is a writing retreat hosted by the Lighthouse Writer’syou’ll Workshop.

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 23, 2024

I did have a long list of things I wanted to accomplish: revise an old project and start a new one; write a newsletter/blog post, draft two essays, work on marketing, and so on. I had wanted to get into prose poetry and brought three books with me on the subject…and touched none of them. More info here and here.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

That's why I asked Christine to do this project with me. So if a detail isn't doing something, if it doesn't carry some spark of energy that's going to kind of move forward in the prose, then it is our obligation as the curators of our own words to weed it out. So my mind is already like, okay, what's the next project?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Then I went on to the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop to do a graduate degree MFA in fiction, poetry, and also, literary translation. Thanks to the literary translation, I was able to get a Fulbright grant to Italy to participate in a translation workshop, and I managed to stay on here. I've also been teaching.

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