How to Get Started as a Writer: Practical Tips for Getting Unstuck
Time: Sat 10:00AM
Venue: Convo Table 02
Style: Workshop
Content Type: Overcoming Obstacles to Writing
Description: What are the obstacles that keep you from writing and what can you do to overcome them? Join author Laura Whitfield as she shows you how to get from \I want to write\ to \Done!\ In this interactive workshop, Laura will lead participates in several brief exercises and challenge them with questions like, “What is your unique story?” and “What motivates you to write?” Drawing from her experience as an author, advertising copywriter, newspaper columnist, communications director for several nonprofits, staff writer for an international relief organization, travel writer, and blogger, Laura will address obstacles like perfectionism, time constraints, and fear. Her coming-of-age memoir, Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground, was named First Place in the 2023 CIBA Journey Awards for Overcoming Adversity and Finalist in the 2023 Eric Hoffer and American Writing Awards.
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