At this time last week, I had all sorts of nerves flowing though out my body. I was getting ready to go to my very first writer's conference (first of many I hope), in other words, I was a conference virgin.
My friend, Gina, and I decided to attend the Desert Dreams Writer's Conference in Phoenix together. She, also being a fellow virgin, is in the same situation as I am. We are both just starting the writing process on our very first books. We both know slim to none about the writing industry. We also know slim to none about writing. Hence the reason we really needed to attend this conference.
18+ hours of instruction
25 pages of handwritten notes
20 pages of handouts
5 recordings of classes I was unable to attend (Which I still need to listen to!)
Many, many conversations with authors and others working on writing books
________________________________________________________ equals: A more knowledgeable Winnie with more confidence and excitement to go through this journey of writing a book!
The conference ended with a BANG! Martha Alderson gave a workshop on Plot. She is amazingly talented at teaching and she knows her stuff! Gina and I had the privilege of visiting with her the night before. She had an interest in us, and gave us encouraging words for us to keep going on our writing. During her workshop I had a MAJOR "aha" moment and was so taken aback by it I missed a small portion of Martha's instruction! Sad, but I will never forget that moment.
Here is the one picture I made sure to get. Gina used her camera and she will be sending me some pictures in the near future. (Right, Gina?)
1 comment:
Yeah, I sent more.... . why haven't you blogged those!!!???
I've been so behind on writing and reading.... and blogging. What is with me?
I love how you tallied up our/your stuff--- handouts, notes, etc!
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