Updated schedule for workshops

Summary of workshops and dates and costs:

All workshops are held in Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast, two hours from Portland, Oregon. If you would like to sign up for any of these or have questions please e-mail me at Dean@deanwesleysmith.com and put the words “writer’s workshops” in your subject line.

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2010 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

I’m first going to give the schedule, them describe some of the workshops following the schedule. Any questions, or if you would like to sign up, please e-mail me.

These workshops range over different skill levels and a few have limitations, so please read the descriptions following carefully and feel free to ask questions. We have tried to schedule some workshops close together to save on travel costs. All workshops are held on the Oregon Coast. All rooms are reserved for you automatically when you sign up, so no need to worry about that either. You just pay for your room when you arrive. I will not take money ahead on the rooms.

Feel free to pass this along to anyone you feel might be interested.

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——– February ———–

NOVEL WORKSHOP. Feb 20-23, 2010. (Starts at 7 PM on the 20th). Cost $200. Limited to 12. Room Rate $40.00 (Full)

DENISE LITTLE SHORT STORY WORKSHOP. Feb. 25-28. (Starts 7PM on the 25th, ends noon on 28th). Cost $500. Room Rate $40.00

——— March ———-

MARKETING WORKSHOP. March 13-20 (Starts 7 PM on the 13th, ends late 20th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $40.00. (2 Spots Left)

———- April ———–

CHARACTER VOICES WORKSHOP. April 10-17 (Starts 7 PM on the 10th, ends late 17th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $40.00 (3 Spots Left)

———- May ————

MYSTERY WRITING WORKSHOP. May 8-15. (Starts 7 PM on the 8th, ends late 15th). Cost $600. Limited to 20 Master Class Graduates Only. Room Rate $40.00

———- June ————

AGENT WORKSHOP. June 11-13. (Starts 7 PM on the 11th, ends noon 13th). Cost $300. Room Rate $50.00
NOVEL WORKSHOP. June 14-17. (Starts at 7 PM on the 14th). Cost $200. Limited to 12. Room Rate $50.00 (4 Spots Left)
MONEY MANAGEMENT FOR WRITERS. June 18-20 (Starts 7 PM on 18th, ends noon 20th). Cost $300. Room Rate $50.00

———- July ————

MYSTERY STRUCTURE. July 16-19. (Starts 7 PM on the 16th). Cost $300. Room Rate $60.00

PRIVATE LESSONS FOR MASTER GRADS. July 19-23. Master Class Grads only. Cost $300. Room Rate $60.00

PITCHES AND BLURBS. July 23-25 (Starts 7 PM on 23rd, ends noon 25th). Cost $300. Room Rate $60.00

———- September ————

FICTION CAREER WORKSHOP (Kris and Dean Show). Sept 11-12.(Starts 10 AM on the 11th, ends 5PM 12th). Cost $300. Room Rate $50.00. Workshop open to anyone at any level. A complete overview of the publishing industry from how to write a story or novel that sells to what happens in editor’s office and much more. Open to all skill levels.

CHARACTER VOICES WORKSHOP. Sept.18-25 (Starts 7 PM on the 18th, ends late 25th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $50.00

———- October ————

NOVEL WORKSHOP. Oct 10-13. (Starts at 7 PM on the 10th). Cost $200. Limited to 12. Room Rate $40.00
NEW TECHNOLOGY. Oct. 14–16 (Starts 7 PM on 14th, ends noon 16th). Cost $300. Room Rate $40.00
MARKETING WORKSHOP. Oct 16-23 (Starts 7 PM on the 16th, ends late 23th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $40.00

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DESCRIPTION OF THE 2010 WRITERS WORKSHOPS

——– February ———–

NOVEL WORKSHOP. Feb 20-23, 2010. (Starts at 7 PM on the 20th). Cost $200. Limited to 12. Room Rate $40.00

Taught by Dean Wesley Smith with feedback from Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

The novel workshops are at first, a standard critique weekend. Each writer must have a novel completed one month before the workshop. Each writer will send everyone one month ahead of time the first 50 pages, a short proposal, and a query letter addressed to an editor. Everyone will read those pages, as well as one or two people including Dean will read the full novel. After your critique, you will be required to fix anything wrong in the query letter, the proposal, and first 20 pages of the book, then before you leave at the end of three days, mail the story to five editors. So this is a writing and mailing workshop as well as a critique workshop.

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DENISE LITTLE SHORT STORY WORKSHOP. Feb. 25-28. (Starts 7PM on the 25th, ends noon on 28th). Cost $500. Room Rate $40.00

Taught by Denise Little and Dean Wesley Smith.

Denise Little is the Executive Editor of Tekno Books, the packaging company that does a vast majority of the paperback and hardback anthologies, plus novels and other projects. You will be required to send a story in written to order before the workshop as well as write a second short story during the workshop. An intense but fun writing workshop.
——— March ———-

MARKETING WORKSHOP. March 13-20 (Starts 7 PM on the 13th, ends late 20th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $40.00

Taught by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith.

This workshop, flatly and simply, will give you all the tools you need to sell novels. You will learn how to write top proposals, top query letters, and all about agents, including how to hire one, when to fire one, and when and for what they are needed. We have done this three times before and everyone who attends says it is a critical workshop. It will jump you years ahead in selling novels. Very intense writing workshop. Open to all levels, but better if you have a novel finished and have tried to sell it.

———- April ———–

CHARACTER VOICES WORKSHOP. April 10-17 (Starts 7 PM on the 10th, ends late 17th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $40.00

Taught by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

In our modern world of publishing, if you can’t do distinctive character voice, you are at a huge disadvantage. If your readers having trouble telling your characters apart, if your work seems always flat and you’re getting form or short letter rejections, chances are your characters have no voice and this workshop is for you. A very intense week of writing. Open to all levels, but if you don’t need this workshop or are not ready for it yet, I will say no.

———- May ————

MYSTERY WRITING WORKSHOP. May 8-15. Cost $600. Limited to 20. Room Rate $40.00

Open only to Master Class Graduates.

———- June ————

AGENT WORKSHOP. June 11-13. (Starts 7 PM on the 11th, ends noon 13th). Cost $300. Room Rate $50.00

Taught by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith

Everything you need to know about Agents. How to research one that would be right for you, how to interview an agent, how to know when your agent isn’t working for you, how to fire one, what to expect from an agent and when and why. This weekend workshop could save you years of mistakes. Trust me, Kris and I know this one from hard knocks. Open to all levels.

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NOVEL WORKSHOP. June 14-17. (Starts at 7 PM on the 14th). Cost $200. Limited to 12. Room Rate $50.00

(See details above. Same as February novel workshop.)

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MONEY MANAGEMENT FOR WRITERS. June 18-20 (Starts 7 PM on 18th, ends noon 20th). Cost $300. Room Rate $50.00

Taught by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith

Pretty much the name of the workshop says it all. Everything a writer needs to know about money management, how money flows, how to make more of it and get different cash streams working for you from your fiction. Open to all levels.

———- July ————

MYSTERY STRUCTURE. July 16-19. (Starts 7 PM on the 16th). Cost $300. Room Rate $60.00

Taught by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The structure of all the different types of mystery stories and subgenres and how to write in them. Open to all levels.

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PITCHES AND BLURBS. July 23-25 (Starts 7 PM on 23rd, ends noon 25th). Cost $300. Room Rate $60.00

This is a critical workshop for those who can’t seem to describe their own work in one paragraph in an exciting and grabbing way. An intense writing weekend. You will leave knowing how to write pitches and blurbs. Open to all levels.

———- September ————

FICTION CAREER WORKSHOP (Kris and Dean Show). Sept 11-12, 2010.(Starts 10 AM on the 11th, ends 5PM 12th). Cost $300. Room Rate $50.00. Workshop open to anyone at any level. A complete overview of the publishing industry from how to write a sellable story or novel to what happens in editor’s office and much more. Open to all levels.

(I did an entire post about this workshop earlier in the year.)

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CHARACTER VOICES WORKSHOP. Sept.18-25, 2010 (Starts 7 PM on the 18th, ends late 25th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $50.00

(Same as Character Voices workshop above.)

———- October ————

NOVEL WORKSHOP. Oct 10-13, 2010. (Starts at 7 PM on the 10th). Cost $200. Limited to 12. Room Rate $40.00

(Same as Novel workshop in February)

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NEW TECHNOLOGY. Oct. 14–16, 2010 (Starts 7 PM on 14th, ends noon 16th). Cost $300. Room Rate $40.00

(Taught by a number of people, going into the ways writers can use Kindle, eBooks, POD and anything new by then to make money and sell more copies of their stories.) Open to all levels.

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MARKETING WORKSHOP. Oct 16-23, 2010 (Starts 7 PM on the 16th, ends late 23th). Cost $600. Limited to 14. Room Rate $40.00

(Same as Marketing workshop in March)