Collier County Adult and Community Education
Barron Collier High School (Cougar Drive & Airport-Pulling, Naples)
MONDAYS: 3:30-5:30 p.m. BEGINS: January 13
Self-Publishing Part I -- 4 weeks
Options for both ebook & print-on-demand; overview of steps involved with tips/issues to consider in making decisions.
MONDAYS: 6:30-8:30 p.m. BEGINS: January 13
Writing Fiction: Genre Details --4 weeks
Story elements and special details to consider in writing mysteries, fantasy, sci-fi, romance, or children's fiction.
TUESDAYS: 6:30-8:30 p.m. BEGINS: January 14
Revision Decisions -- 6 weeks
Techniques for reworking, rethinking, reshaping, and polishing works-in-progress
THURSDAYS: 3:30-5:30 p.m. BEGINS: January 16
Writing Memoir & Personal Experience -- 6 weeks
From personal essays to personal experience and crafting book-length memoir, including techniques for selecting incidents to write about and using storytelling elements to engage the reader.
THURSDAYS: 6:30-8:30 p.m. BEGINS: January 16
Focus on your Book Project -- 6 weeks
The process for planning, drafting, and revising a novel or nonfiction book with emphasis on the idea development and drafting stages.
Please pre-register for above classes at: http://collieradulted.augusoft.net/
Renaissance Academy of FGCU
Naples Center (Fifth Ave & 10th Street, Naples)
A Novel Experience (start writing your book / stages in the writing process)
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12 noon MEETING DATES: January 30, February 6, 13, 20 (Sect #1)
Mondays, 10 a.m.-12 noon MEETING DATES: March 10, 17, 24, 31 (Sect #2)
Revision Decisions (techniques to revise, rethink, tinker, tighten a draft)
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12 noon MEETING DATES: February 27, March 6, 13, 20
Marketing for Writers (finding and selecting editors/agents + writing & polishing pitches and query letters)
Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12 noon MEETING DATES: March 27, April 3, 10, 17
Self Publishing with eBooks and POD
Mondays, 10 a.m-12 noon MEETING DATES: April 7, 14, 21, 28
REGISTER: walk-in, by phone, by mail, or online: http://fgcu.edu/racademy/