Winter remote workshops on Zoom
sponsored by the Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis
Strange Alchemy: How People, Place, and Conflict Intertwine in Fiction and Memoir
(Saturday, January 30, 12:00 -5:00 p.m.)
Story engages readers most when its place, people, and conflict create a certain alchemy. Via twists and turns, anticipated but not expected, the right combination of these three crucial elements allow us to enter the dream that John Gardner wrote about. But how do you create this magic in your own writing? Find out more>
sponsored by Madeline Island School of the Arts
Weeklong Storyboarding Intensive: Your Book Starts Here
(February 8-12)
Five days of immersion in your book--with expert coaching and a small online community of fellow book writers to guide and support you. Includes daily morning craft workshops, plenty of writing time, and private coaching with Mary. For writers building a book at any stage, in any genre.. Find out more>
sponsored by Grub Street, Boston
Your Book Starts Here: Learn to Storyboard Your Book!
(Saturday, February 20, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Bring your book idea, draft, or revision in need of inspiration and ideas to this fast-paced one-day storyboarding session. Storyboards are top tools for both brainstorming at the gathering stage of a book and fine-tuning drafts or revisions. For writers working on a book in any genre at any stage. Find out more>
sponsored by the Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis
Your Book Starts Here: Learn to Storyboard Your Book!
(Saturday, March 20, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
Bring your book idea, draft, or revision in need of inspiration and ideas to this fast-paced one-day storyboarding session. Storyboards are top tools for both brainstorming at the gathering stage of a book and fine-tuning drafts or revisions. For writers working on a book in any genre at any stage. Find out more>
sponsored by the Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis
Bring Your Characters to Life on the Page
(Saturday, April 24, 12:00 -5:00 p.m.)
Audition the most compelling cast for your fiction or memoir, then free them from any conscious or unconscious paralysis (safe, stuck places), via in-class exercises, craft lessons, and sample reading. We'll explore key character-building skills such as longing and desire, external and internal motivation, physical appearance, and more Find out more>
Retainer program
"You coached me when I had nary a clue how one might take reams of chaos and turn it into an organized framework. Without your initial belief, teaching, editing, and coaching, I wouldn't have started."
—Christine Kane, author of The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur
I love how my book is finally taking shape, with your remarkable guidance and amazing gift for eliciting my best work." "Your help and excellent counsel has helped me persevere to write my first book. I can't thank you enough." “You've given me so much—to not only jump start my rewrite in response to the agent feedback I received, but also to keep improving my writing on future projects."
—past retainer clients
Get personalized help with your writing project at any stage. Three weeks of private coaching with check-ins by email, customized assignments, and evaluation of up to 250 d/s pages of your book-in-progress. Limited spaces available. Now booking for winter and spring 2021. Find out more >