This last Saturday, Sara Kocek and I, (Bethany Hegedus) hit the Austin Teen Book Festival to promote her College Essay Boot Camp class, and our joint Let Loose! A Creative […]
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Event Recap: Triple Threat, Triple the Ah-ha’s with authors Kathi Appelt, Susan Fletcher, and Uma Krishnaswami
Posted onIt was triple the fun at The Writing Barn on Saturday, September 14th when award winning authors, Kathi Appelt, Uma Krishnaswami, and Susan Fletcher joined us for a morning series […]
Continue ReadingNEW CLASS! Read to Write Workshop with Michael Noll
Posted onRead to Write Workshop When: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2-6 pm Cost: Sliding Scale, $85-150 To register: email michaelnoll1 at gmail.com Have you ever started a story and stopped after three pages? […]
Continue ReadingNEW FALL CLASS: Perfecting the Picture Book with author Bethany Hegedus and agent guest Alexandra Penfold
Posted onPerfecting the Picture Book: A 6 Week Class with Author & Writing Barn Founder, Bethany Hegedus Agent Guest, Alexandra Penfold of Upstart Crow Literary Dates of the sessions are: October […]
Continue ReadingNEW CLASS: College Essay Bootcamp with Yale University graduate & author, Sara Koceck
Posted onCollege Essay Bootcamp with Sara Kocek Saturday & Sunday October 29th-30th, 10:00 am to 4:00pm THE COLLEGE ESSAY BOOTCAMP is a weekend intensive designed to guide high school seniors through […]
Continue ReadingNEW CLASS: The Art of Storytelling with veteran Hollywood screenwriter Michael B. Druxman
Posted onThe Art of Storytelling with Michael B. Druxman Saturday, Sept. 21st from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Everyone has a story to tell. Story can take many formats: fiction, non-fiction, […]
Continue ReadingWriting Barn Class Recap: Read Well, Write Better taught by Michael Noll
Posted onFor writers, the concept of “relaxing with a book” may be a little strange. We read to learn. Every story is an opportunity to improve our craft. This is […]
Continue ReadingWriting Barn Rave from National Book Award Finalist Sara Zara, on Teaching at The Writing Barn
Posted onA Writing Barn rave from National Book Award finalist, Sara Zarr about her time teaching with us here at The Writing Barn: “‘A writer I like, Frederick Buechner, says that […]
Continue ReadingSummer Session: Writing for the Tween & Teen Markets with award-winning author Shana Burg
Posted onWriting for Tween and Teen Markets with Shana Burg Have you always have wanted to write for young readers but aren’t sure where to begin? Or do you have a […]
Continue ReadingUsing Setting to Establish Character, with Writing Barn instructor Michael Noll
Posted onToday Michael Noll, who is teaching Read Well, Write Better with us at The Writing Barn on June 1st, shares with us a writing exercise based around examining a scene from Fitzgerald’s […]
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