New! The Stanford Publishing Courses Writers Workshop.
Study your craft under the guidance of seasoned editors, and learn how to use blogs, Web video, and other new-media tools to maximize your publishing and promotion opportunities.
Day 1
The Private Craft: Bringing Your Writing to Its Highest Level
--Sessions in craft & technique
--Guided writing challenges
--The anatomy of a magazine query or book proposal
--Editor & agent panels
--One-on-one critiques (book track only)
Day 2
The Public Persona: Using New Media Tools to Promote Your Work
--Creating buzz with your blog
--Becoming mediagenic
--Harnessing the power of Web video
--Working with bloggers
--Writing for the Web
--The new world of self-publishing
--Hands-on workshops: how to set up blogs & use Twitter effectively
Three tracks are available:
--adult fiction & nonfiction
--books for children & young adults
--magazine journalism