Author Nexus

May 19 - 23

11:00 - 12:00 am MST

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Your Zoom links are inside the group

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What we will do:

• Write a story a day, using all the necessary elements of short story writing, starting with the highest word count (1000 words) and moving on to shorter and shorter stories.

• Each story will be critiqued by your instructor, award-winning writer, Marcia Lee Laycock.

 

What we will learn:

• Practice the elements of a good piece of fiction – show don’t tell, using devices like metaphor and simile, honing the emotional punch.

• Develop the valuable skill of making every word count. Every word must move the story forward. This skill will help you hone your writing no matter what genre you are working in.

 

How we will do it:

• Daily Teaching

  • Live with Marcia on Zoom

  • PDF download

  • Replays to follow

• Daily Exercises

  • Write and/or revise at least one story per day

  • Submit one story each day for Marcia to critique (up to 5 different stories or revisions)

• Marcia's Picks

  • Marcia will choose one story per person

  • We will publish them on the Siretona blog

  • We will include one relevant link per person if desired (blog, website, social media profile, etc.)

  • We will publish or promote them on Siretona's social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, The Book Hatchery)

  • We will mention them in Siretona's newsletters