Learn from renowned faculty who offered three exclusive online workshops from the April 4-6, 2024, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop at the University of Dayton.) The workshops: 

Humor Your Readers Can Visualize: How to Make Writing Funnier — Bob Eckstein and Mark Shatz

The  most potent humor is creative, unexpected and visual, yet writers can  only use words to be funny. In this interactive presentation, a  cartoonist and psychologist share valuable insights from their fields to  show writers how to craft more captivating humor. Attendees will learn  humor principles, such as audience awareness, exaggeration,  simplification, relatability, atmosphere and emotion. Through a rich  array of cartoons and writing examples, attendees will develop practical  techniques for enhancing humor and enlivening scenes. By harnessing the  power of illustration and psychological concepts, writers can create  funnier content that resonates with readers and sparks their  imagination.

Memoir: Putting Life to Words — Susan Pohlman

Everyone has a  natural writer within, and everyone has something meaningful to say. Our  lives hold many tales, but how do we bring our personal and family  stories to life on the page in a compelling manner? This interactive  workshop explores the art and craft of memoir. It includes writing exercises to get you started!

Hybrid Publish or Self-Publish — Jane Friedman

This session covers everything you need to know  about the self-publishing, hybrid publishing and paid publishing  services landscape, in plain English. You'll come away with a clear  picture of how these companies work, how they are different from each  other and how it all compares to what professional, self-publishing  authors do. By the end of this class,  you'll be able to assess if you are well-suited to self-publishing your work, either as a complete independent (by setting up your own  publishing company) or with the help of a service — or if you would  benefit from what a hybrid publisher offers.

Access to three online workshops exclusive to this virtual package and not offered to attendees of the in-person workshop. 

•    Access to five keynotes live-streamed from the in- 
      person Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop in Dayton, 
      Ohio, April 4-6, 2024.

Access to workshops facilitated at the in-person Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

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