Subject: 10 Ways to Inspire Your Fiction + Scene Openings Webinar

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10 Ways to Inspire Your Fiction + Scene Openings Webinar


March 23, 2018
Oakland, CA

Hi Friend,

Inspiration is a funny thing. It may not be where you think.

How many times have I stared at the blank page or avoided my writing altogether when I was stuck on a story?

I learned that I need to get out of writing mode to find inspiration. Maybe you do too... 

I walk, or read article about space, or listen to music, or make a cup of tea. 

Read more of the ways I find inspiration for my stories and get unstuck:


... and share in the comments some of your own.




Upcoming Writing Workshops For Novelists

South Tahoe Writing Boot Camps, Sept. 23-Oct. 3

Limited spaces ... Sign up by March 31st, for the Early Bird Pricing for this Fall Writing Boot Camp where I'll be teaching ...

I'm highlighting the South Tahoe Writing Boot Camps, Sept. 23-Oct. 3, because the organizer is looking to reserve the location by the end of March. 

So if coming to a 2-day or 3-day writing boot camp in the beautiful South Tahoe area is your cup of tea, check out this event: https://www.livewritethrive.com/tahoe-boot-camps/.

I'll be assisting in both the Plotting Madness Boot Camp and Scene Structure Boot Camp, run by author, editor and writing coach, C.S. Lakin. In between these will be a 2-day Self-Publishing Boot Camp with one of the industry’s leading expert, Carla King.

Sign up for just one, or get a discount for all three and spend 10 days in a beautiful setting working on your creativity. 




10 Power Techniques for Starting Your Scenes
*Free Live Webinar*

What do great scene openings have in common?

How can you be confident that the first sentence or two of your scene will hook your readers and reel them in?

Discover the answers in this webinar.

Reserve Your Seat Now and uncover how to craft powerful scene openings...


Date: April 3, 2018, 5pm PT/8pm ET

Guest Instructor: Bonnie Johnston
Hosted by Beth Barany


More Upcoming Live Workshops, Coaching Sessions, and Teaching
I'll be doing coaching sessions at Pen to Published Redwood Writers.

April 21, 2018
Santa Rosa, California

More information and how to register here:

"7 Essential Keys to Planning Your Novel" May 15, 2018, 6-7:30pm. Fremont Library. More details on this workshop at the Fremont Library coming soon.



If you'd like help planning your novel, check out our Plan Your Novel home study course here. You can also add on a coaching session with me and I'll review all your story notes.



If you're stuck on your manuscript and would like some one-on-one support, I offer a manuscript review -- up to 30 pages -- and a coaching consultation. You can learn more about that here: http://bethbarany.com/clients.htm.
Early Bird Rates available to March 31! For more information and to indicate your interest: https://www.livewritethrive.com/tahoe-boot-camps/

Here's to your creativity! Happy writing!



Best,

Beth

PS. Save the date for our next live *free* webinar, Tuesday, April 4, 5-6:30pm PT. I'll be featuring my friend and fellow writing teacher, Bonnie Johnston, on the subject of scene openings, suitable for beginners, intermediate, and advanced writers. We'll also cover scene structure. Sign up here: http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/scene-openings-webinar/.

PPS. Just in time for International Women's Day, I was recently featured in my first interview as a novelist, “Highlighting Heroines: How Author Beth Barany Empowers Women Through Speculative Fiction,” here: http://www.dailycal.org/2018/03/04/author-beth-barany-interview-scifi-fantasy-feminism/
 

For those who want it all... good news! You can get an All Access Pass to all our courses to help you write, polish, market, and publish your genre novel.


Normally $1,572, now $747
QUIZ from Barany School of Fiction

Not sure which of our many home study self-paced courses are right for you? 

Start here with a short quiz to discover which stage of writing your book you're in and that will guide you to which of our courses can help you at the stage you're in with your book. You can also contact me for a Discovery call.



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BTW, I'm a working novelist too, with two series published in two genres, and more on the way. :)


ABOUT BETH BARANY

Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker,
 who helps fiction writers experience clarity, so that they can write and polish their novels, and proudly publish them to the delight of their readers.

Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students’ life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment. 

She offers a year-long group program to help novelists edit and publish their novels. See more here.

Want a course to help you prepare to write your novel? Check out the comprehensive Plan Your Novel course here.

She's also a novelist and writes magical tales of romance and adventure to empower women and girls to jump into life with both feet and be the heroes in their own lives. 

Check out her Henrietta series here (YA Fantasy) and her Touchstone series here (Fantasy/Paranormal Romance).

Support her mission to empower women and girls with her fiction on Patreon here.

Read her latest book for writers, Twitter for Authors, here.

beth@bethbarany.com

Barany School of Fiction

Writer's Fun Zone blog


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