One thing I love about being a writing instructor is that back-to-school thrill every Fall. I am probably more excited for back-to-school than my eight-year-old. 🙂
I love school, whether I am the teacher or the student. But starting on September 8th and running for six weeks, I am the teacher. And I am looking for a fresh batch of new-to-me, highly motivated, hard-working students. And so is my colleague Abigail Green.
I’ve been teaching classes consistently for nine-and-a-half years to hundreds of students, who have had more articles published than I could possibly count. Several of them have built up a large enough platform over time to get books published and land agents simply by continuing to build their skills and put them to good use.
The writing class I am offering this time around is Writing and Publishing the Short Stuff. Abby is offering her popular class, Personal Essays That Get Published. (I’ll tell you more about my platform-development class, Discover Your Specialty & Launch Your Platform, tomorrow.)
Just this past week, I have heard about twenty of my current and former students’ articles getting into print or getting reprinted (which means that the person who wrote them is getting paid again for reselling what they already wrote). And despite all the hulla-ballo to the contrary, there does not seem to be any shortage of article-writing opportunities for those who are just getting started.
So, if you are wondering if you should take a class this Fall with me or my colleague Abigail Green, and you are on the fence, here are a 21 good reasons why you may want to consider it:
- Because you have ideas and you want to put them into writing.
- To write, get published, and paid for your words.
- Because you don’t have ideas yet but you want to find them and put them down in words (and get paid for them).
- Because you have thought a lot about writing but not actually tried it yet.
- Because you have read a lot about writing but not put many of the ideas into action.
- Because you lack the confidence that comes from doing, though you think you could get there with a little practice.
- To test-drive other people’s techniques and see if they would indeed help you write better, faster, or more efficiently.
- Because you’ve been meaning to take a class but just haven’t gotten around to taking one yet.
- Because our students get published and continue getting published over time.
- Because you want to find your writing rhythm or rekindle your old writing rhythm.
- Because you used to write but stopped for a time, and you need help getting started again.
- Because you can fulfill weekly assignments whenever it is convenient for your schedule.
- Because you wish to discover a sense of immediate writing community that will make you feel less alone.
- Because you could use a deadline to structure your time and become more productive.
- Because it’s been a while and you could use a writing refresher course.
- Because it doesn’t matter where in the world you live, you can still participate.
- Because investing in skill-building is something you can take back to the bank over and over in the future.
- Because you haven’t taken an excellent class with a highly qualified instructor in a while and you think you might like it.
- Because you will likely take your writing career more seriously after investing in continuing education to strengthen and expand it.
- Because you could stand a little inspiration and positive attitude amidst all this doom and gloom.
- Or maybe you just feel like it and you are tired of feeling like you are not allowed to do something you really want to do.
You can read all the details on the classes registration page. WPSS info is here. PETGP is here.
Hope to see your smiling (virtual) face in one of our writing classes that begin in two weeks. 🙂