To see why I believe so passionately in the concept of Book in a Week please see my blog post Why Book in a Week Class
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Note:
All lessons and class discussion are by email so they can be read and
responded to at whatever time of day is most convenient for YOU. Class
Description: Have
you started a manuscript and not finished it? Does life or self-doubt
seem to get in the way? Do you ever feel as if you're banging your
head against the wall trying to write a book someone will want to
buy? Would you like help brainstorming elements of your story?
Explore the possibilities of who you can be as a writer? Would you
like to write better, faster and more easily than you ever have
before? Book
in a Week is a process that will help you get organized, learn
techniques that make YOUR writing easier, faster, better and more
FUN! Learn who YOU are as a writer and what works best for YOU.
Discover the elements that make a compelling story. Write that book
you've been wanting to write—and do it faster than you ever
thought possible!
This
class will take you through every step of the writing process—from
beginning to brainstorm all the way through sending material out to
be published. And it will help you discover who YOU are as a
writer. Bio:
April Kihlstrom is an award winning author of 31 published romance
novels. She offers coaching to fellow writers as well as classes and
workshops on writing and has spoken at many conferences including:
the Romance Writers of America national conference (romance) and the
East of Eden conference (non-romance).
Book in
a Week $75 ($40 if you have taken it before)
Dates:
June 1, 2009 to July 3, 2009
Deadline
to sign up: May 29, 2009
Weeks
1-3: Preparing
to write the first draft of a book in one week
Creating
compelling characters or how to write about real people in
nonfiction
Planning plot elements or structure in a nonfiction
book
Significance of names
Effective paragraph and sentence
structure
Using imagery and sensory detail to add impact
Writing
effective dialogue
Creating a productive writing
environment
Enlisting the support of those around you
Mentally
gearing yourself up to write faster (and better) than you thought you
could
Week
4: Intensive
Writing Week (June 20, 2009 through June 28, 2009) (This is about
discovering how writing fits into YOUR life. You can't do it wrong.
You won't fail. No matter what happens you will discover more about
yourself as a writer than you thought possible during that ONE WEEK
of writing!)
Week
5: Evaluating
the writing experience itself
Making revisions
Sending out
material
Testimonials
from students who have taken the Book in a Week class:
“I
have taken several online classes, none of them writing related.
Still, none of them have been as well planned, documented and
executed as BIAW.”
“Wow...Let
me begin by saying Thank you Thank you Thank you! What an amazing
process and generous amount of information given in a relatively
short amount of time!”
“This
course was certainly value for the money. A price can't be placed on
the invaluable information and experience you imparted during this
course.”
“I'm
a better writer. I'm a faster writer. I'm a more confident
writer.”
Payment for the class may be made by check or
by Paypal.
To
sign up send an email to aprilkihlstrom@yahoo.com
with
the title of the class you wish to take in the header and in the body
of the email please put: your name and whether you prefer to pay by
check or Paypal (and whether you want March or April if it's the Book
in a Week class). Also, please let me know if you have taken the
class before. Note: If cost is an issue, please let me know and on a case by case basis we may be able to work something out.
APRIL
KIHLSTROM
“The Acknowledged Mistress of Book In A Week”
I’ve
been called “the acknowledged Mistress of Book in a Week.” Book in a Week is a philosophy of writing and
a process designed to let a person write faster, easier and have as much fun as
possible doing so. It grew out of all
the things that I have learned as a writer over the years. And make no mistake—I am a writer before all
else! You will find information on this
website about workshops and coaching but I am a writer. I love to create worlds with wonderful
characters and imagine how people can find happiness and love and grow in ways
that let them create the lives they want to have.
I
write what I do because I believe that each of us also has the ability to create
the lives we want to have—no matter what the circumstances of our past may have
been. Whether in the Regency time period
or the present or the future, my heroes and heroines will always find ways to
rise above the challenges in their lives and treat others—or learn to treat
others—with kindness and honor and respect.
Most
of my books have been set in the Regency time period. Why not?
It was a time when so much was changing socially, politically,
economically, and in personal relationships.
And just like today people were trying to adapt to all those changes and
decide what to keep and what to let go of in terms of traditions and values and
beliefs.
So....welcome
to my website. You will find information
on my published books and my speaking engagements, links to websites useful to
writers, tips for writers on Book in a Week and time management, tips on public speaking and some of my personal
thoughts as well. -----April
Kihlstrom
Upcoming
Events:
I am now offering online writing workshops.
Online classes will be conducted via email only, no real-time or live
chats. To receive notice of these
workshops please subscribe to my email loop here. This will be a notification only loop so you
will only receive email when I want to let you know about an upcoming class.
(Note: We’re all
human, right? Thanks to not enough
coffee one Sunday morning and too much haste, I inadvertently made the original
loop a closed loop so I've created a second class loop. The same information
will go to both and this is the one that still lets new people
join...)
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to join aprilkihlstromwritingclasses2
Upcoming
Online Classes