{"id":19382,"date":"2018-06-21T01:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=19382"},"modified":"2018-06-20T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T03:23:03","slug":"three-day-conference-on-creative-writing-at-the-university-of-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/three-day-conference-on-creative-writing-at-the-university-of-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-day Conference on Creative Writing at the University of the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Annual<\/a>Ezra and I will be at the Annual Conference on Creative Writing in Stockton, CA this upcoming weekend. Join us for an information packed three-day conference on Creative Writing at the University of the Pacific\u2019s beautiful main campus June 22-24, 2018.<\/p>\n

Interactive workshops and presentations will cover all aspects and genres of creative writing, from brainstorming techniques to submitting work for publication, writing creative nonfiction articles for publication to writing children\u2019s books, murder mysteries, science fiction, and westerns.<\/p>\n

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For more information go here: https:\/\/www.writersconferenceatpacific.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

To register go here: https:\/\/www.writersconferenceatpacific.com\/register<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

Beth Barany:<\/strong> I’ll be presenting on Saturday, June 23, 1:30 pm on \u201cHow to Draft Your Author Branding Statement: Draw in your ideal readers with this one powerful sentence.\u201d<\/strong> (Based on my training here<\/a>, and as part of the larger Branding for Novelists course here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Having a one-sentence statement about your stories that captures their essence makes it so much easier for your existing fans to spread the word to new readers. In other words, you\u2019re giving your fans an easy way to do the promotion for you. When you share your one-sentence \u2014 a sort of author elevator pitch \u2014 via an ad, social media, or in-person, your listener can become immediately curious to learn more about your stories.<\/p>\n

Come learn the four ingredients to constructing this concise, one-sentence description of your author elevator pitch, to design a statement that easily rolls off your tongue, and answers the question we receive online, at meetings, conferences, parties, and even at the beach: \u201cWhat do you write?\u201d<\/p>\n

In this workshop, you\u2019ll learn the four essential ingredients to your powerful sentence:<\/p>\n

The most relevant characteristics of your ideal readers.<\/p>\n