Scrivener has changed my life. Buy it. Review done. OK, not really… For many, many years, I was a faithful adherent of long-hand writing—first drafts only—for a number of reasons. I liked the feeling of pen to paper, I liked the individuality of a hand-written document. Most importantly, writing by hand allowed me to think [...]
Write On! speaks with Roz Wolf, Roz Wolf PR, about achieving success, facing and overcoming challenges, and using social media to position yourself for success. Watch the video interview here:
Write On! The Fiction Writer’s Guide To Diversity by Jeff Campagna If you’re a writer, and you’re worth your weight in salt, chances are your head is so cluttered that you can hardly tell truth from fiction, dreams from desires, redemption from arc, or your opinion from that of your character’s. Call it an occupational [...]
Post your September Goals here and be entered in the monthly drawing to win an iScript. (An iScript is a professionally recorded audio version of a screenplay or novel read by professional readers, similar to an audiobook.) Write On! Summer Challenge: Write a fictional “How I Spent My Summer Vacation.” Deadline is August 31. Prizes [...]
Brandon Stauber co-founded The Wine Spies with long-time business colleague and friend Jason Seeber in 2007. The site, which introduces readers to new wines through reviews, articles, and interviews, is proof of the necessity of content in any online business. Stauber—aka “Agent White”—is a pilot, kick-boxer, an avid foodie, and wineaux, and enjoys traveling the [...]
Cairo Time is a beautiful postcard from Egypt—so much so that it might become Cairo’s Sideways, beckoning travelers with the enticements of city bazaars, emblematic pyramids, the storied Nile and the stark White Desert. Perhaps romance too. Capturing the chaos, vibrancy and danger of a complex city of 17 million people that’s an intersection of [...]
Write On! speaks with author and educator Aura Imbarus about her memoir: Out of the Transylvania Night: A Story of Tyranny, Freedom, Love and Identity, which will be released this fall. Imbarus reveals why and how her memoir came about, and offers advice for those who want to write their memoirs. Born and raised in [...]
What a fabulous send-off! Wednesday was the last meeting of Write On! Writers Support Group at Barnes & Noble in Snata Monica. The live group, which started at the TAG Gallery on Santa Monica Blvd., started in January 2002. The group is not gone, just moving online … and into the 21st Century. Thanks to [...]
NEWS Starting in September, Write On! will be moving exclusively online! The August Write On! Meeting on Wednesday, August 11, will be the last one at Barnes & Noble in Santa Monica. Please join us for cake and conversation! I have really enjoyed leading the live group over the last 8 1/2 years, and am [...]
Pilar Alessandra is director of the Los Angeles writing program “On the Page” and author of the newly released The Coffee Break Screenwriter, published by Michael Wiese Productions. She has worked as Senior Story Analyst for DreamWorks and Radar Pictures and has trained writers at ABC/Disney, MTV/Nickelodeon, the National Screen Institute, the Los Angeles Film [...]
Debra Eckerling is a professional writer and coach with expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking, as well as social media and live networking.
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The leader of Write On!, Debra has been a professional writer for more than 10 years. She has expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking. Write On! is a virtual - and live - writers support group, which helps writers of all abilities, mediums, and specialties take their projects to the next level.
