Lois Brandt is teaching a novel revision class through Bellevue College’s Publishing Institute. This is an intensive hands-on class. You will be expected to work on your novel and complete assignments between class sessions. In-class exercises and critiques will help you recognize the parts of your manuscript that convey story and those that don’t. Each... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo Support
Have you ever been part of NaNoWriMo? It's National Novel Writing Month & you write a novel (30,000 words) in 30 days. I've done it and it's an amazing experience to get into the discipline of writing every day! I heard about it two years ago from fellow SCBWI WWA member Lois Brandt.Lois sent this... Continue Reading →
Daily Writing Prompts from Lois Brandt
Fellow SCBWI member Lois Brandt has added a list of daily writing prompts for October to her website. This is for writers who like prompts or need that little extra push towards writing every day. Print out the list, take it with you, when you have a free moment: write. The October list is under... Continue Reading →
Lois Brandt Writing Class
Is this the year that you’re going to write that novel? Lois Brandt is teaching her “Write a Novel in a Month” class at Bellevue College starting in October. Details about the class are below.If you don’t have time for a class, read Lois’s quarterly “Mew’s Letter” for writing tips and prompts. Send an email... Continue Reading →
Short Story Class
Writing Short Stories from First Sentence to Publication8 Wednesdays, April 13 – June 16:30 - 9:00 p.m. This is an intensive eight-session writing class. Each student is expected to write approximately 2,000 – 7,000 words a week and produce a portfolio of 2 – 5 short stories. During the first four weeks students plot short... Continue Reading →
Novel Re-Vision Class with Lois Brandt
For our members who are stuck on revisions:Novel Re-Vision: Editing Your Manuscript for StoryEight Saturdays, January 8 – March 5, 201110:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Do you have a completed draft novel? Wondering what to do next? This Bellevue College class walks writers through the novel revision process. In-class exercises and critiques help students recognize... Continue Reading →
Fall Classes
Kids aren't the only ones who get to return to school this fall. Here are a few classes taught by our own SCBWI members.Lois Brandt is teaching "Write a Novel in a Month" class at Bellevue College. The class is Saturdays, October 9-December 4, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Is writing a novel one of your... Continue Reading →
SCBWI Summer Conference Mixer Fun
Going to the 39th Annual SCBWI Summer Conference? Lois Brandt passed along this information for those attending.Two mixers for nonfiction writers will take place during the conference. The first is Friday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Olympic 2 Room. The second, Sunday night, same time, same location. Please join us. Last year, we... Continue Reading →
Write a novel in a month
Still haven’t written that novel? Lois Brandt is teaching her “Write a Novel in a Month” class again this spring at Bellevue College continuing education.Note: If you are just starting to write for children, Lois highly recommends that you take Peggy King Andersen’s “The Magic of Writing for Children,” (also taught at Bellevue College) before... Continue Reading →
Apply for an arts grant
Thanks to Lois Brandt for sending this info along:King County has a grant project for individual artists, including writers and illustrators. The grant application is due March 10. (Sorry for the late information, I just found out myself.) This is a project-based grant. Writers are required to submit a ten page sample, illustrators are required... Continue Reading →