July 14 - 19   

Hurston/Wright Writers' Week Workshop 

A Safe Environment to Build Your Writing Skills

And Broaden Your Writing Horizon

Howard University Washington, DC 

 www.hurstonwright.org 

Who is your writing hero?  

Most writers can name at least one person who encouraged them to believe in their voices and to believe in their power to speak, write and create stories. For me the list is long, and it begins with my parents. My mother who told me I was going to write a book one day. My father who told me bedtime stories about iconic figures of African and African-American history. Then there was my first fiction writing teacher, Sidney Offit, who became a cherished friend who told me "You are a wonderful writer" and asked, " what are you going to do with your talent?" Poets Audre Lorde and June Jordan who I revered and read voraciously gave me a way to believe in myself back when poetry was the only thing I wrote. And I am lucky enough to have been represented by the same agent, Carol Mann, for the past thirty years, who told me when she signed me that she was making a career-long commitment to me and one that had nothing to do with how much money I made or didn't make. Believe me, in the world of publishing it doesn't get much better than that. And of course, Marie Brown, my first editor, who guided the careers of a generation of Black writers believed my first book Migrations of the Heart into the world. Her calm faith helped me as I found my way as a writer.

As writers we often get so obsessed with the challenges of maintaining a productive writing life and writing career, that we often don't remember to count our blessings. And it is the people who have blessed us with their belief in our personal dream that helps fuel our stories. We are not islands but members of a dynamic ever-present village. We write not only because we need to or have to but because somebody along the way told us we should, or could.  

So take a moment to make list of your writing heroes. Put that list in a special place and whenever, in frustration or self-doubt, you wonder why you ever thought you could write in the first place, pull out that list, read it, let it energize you and remind you of your power and the people waiting to hear you stories and get back to work!

Your Writing Coach,

Marita 

Marita Golden - Pitch Perfect Workshop

Even if you are self-publishing this workshop is for you because it will help you sell your book.

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Date: Saturday, June 1, 2013

Time: 10am - 5pm

Location: Home of Marita Golden  

Tuition: $169 (lunch included)

Registration Deadline: May 22, 2013  

Join Marita Golden in Jamaica at Riu Montego Bay Resort for an intense and relaxing writing workshop retreat.

If you want to learn the basic techniques of good story-telling or break through a writing block, this workshop will provide you with the breakthrough you need. Character, action and narrative are the building blocks of ALL good stories. You will learn how to create memorable characters, how to engage those characters in action that is compelling and how to write narrative that gets to the heart and soul of the meaning of your story.  
 
This workshop is open to both fiction and nonfiction writers, so whether you are writing a memoir, a novel, a short story or creative nonfiction this class will give you the foundation you need.  

The workshop is limited to 12 people so make your reservation today. You do not want to miss this opportunity to develop your skills while enjoying all there is to offer at the Riu in Montego Bay, Jamaica!

Detroit An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff a powerful combination of great reporting, memoir, character sketches and old fashioned muck-raking that provides an in-depth portrait of a city attempting to rise from its knees.

The Round House by Louise Erdrich a National Book Award winning novel that portrays the tragedy of sexual abuse of native American women.