The Writing Barn Presents: The November Advanced Writer Workshop Weekend, Thoughts, Gestures and Dialogue with award winning author Francisco X. Stork is sold-out! 16 writers from all across the country […]
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Craft Talk Tuesday with Amy Rose Capetta, author of Entangled
Posted onA few years ago, here in Austin, this old VCFA grad (yes, I mean me) met a young and talented current VCFA student (and now grad). We bonded over all […]
Continue ReadingAn Author Headshot Event: Sam Bond Photography at The Writing Barn
Posted onAn Author Headshot Event: Sam Bond Photography at The Writing Barn 10202 Wommack Road, Austin 78748 Saturday and Sunday December 7 & 8 Bookings from 9:00 am to 4 pm […]
Continue ReadingThe Writing Barn, Yellow Bird Editors, and The Typewriter Rodeo at the Austin Teen Books Festival
Posted onThis 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 […]
Continue ReadingMeet Your Instructor: Hollywood Veteran Screenwriter, Michael B. Druxman
Posted onToday, a few weeks before his Sept. 21st morning class here at The Writing Barn,we invite you to get to know The Art of Storytelling instructor, veteran Hollywood screenwriter, Michael […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me Wednesday with debut author, Sara Kocek
Posted onThe Writing Barn is thrilled to be a stop on the Sara2 Blog Tour! Today we welcome, Sara Kocek, author of Promise Me Something, a debut novel which is called “Compelling, honest storytelling” […]
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 ReadingCraft Talk Tuesday with Meredith Davis
Posted onWriting Barn friends, you are in for a major treat today as Meredith Davis joins us for an in-depth discussion of how to handle “time”in our novels. She covers everything […]
Continue ReadingWhat My Last Book Taught Me, with author A.J. Paquette (Agent, Ammi Joan Paquette)
Posted onIt’s an honor to have author/agent A.J. Paquette drop by The Writing Barn blog today for our What My Last Book Taught Me series. Joan, as she is known to […]
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