• creative support and inspiration
• exercises and ideas to help shape your pieces
• thoughtful feedback and careful editing
• guidance getting happily published
• simpatico and talented women writers to encourage you
• a lively writers’ community
Elizabeth Fishel (click here for bio) created the first Wednesday Writers group in 1991 and since then has been leading groups both Wednesdays and Fridays in her Rockridge living-room, just a few blocks from the Rockridge BART stop. To guide and inspire each writer to find her own voice, she draws on her wide experience as a writing instructor and the author of four nonfiction books and dozens of magazine articles.
The groups are open to writers at all stages, from those just beginning and writing for their own pleasure and self-discovery to those who are publishing their work. Our group members’ essays have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The East Bay Monthly, Diablo, The Contra Costa Times, and The Christian Science Monitor, among others, and several have published books and contributed essays to anthologies.
More info about the groups and how to join:
• Both groups meet from 10 am - 12 pm in 2 sessions, fall and winter/spring
• The Wednesday group meets weekly; the Friday group meets twice a month
• The new ’10 fall Wednesday group begins on October 6th and meets weekly
through December 15th. (No class on Nov. 24) 10 meetings and the fee is $350.
• The new ’10 fall Friday group begins on October 15 and meets twice a month
through January 22. The meeting dates are October 15 and 29; November 5
and 19; December 3 and 17; January 8 and 22. 8 meetings and the fee is $280.
• There is a $50 deposit to reserve a place.
We welcome new members! Kindly contact Elizabeth for more information.
UC Berkeley Extension Workshop:
Writing for Magazines
With Elizabeth Fishel and a panel of writers and editors
Saturday, October 2, 10 am – 5 pm
Berkeley
Location to be announced
http://extension.berkeley.edu/cat/course969.html
Writing for magazines can be exciting, satisfying, and profitable. Whether your goal is to publish a timely news feature, an in-depth personality profile, a short story, or a personal essay, this information-packed one-day workshop helps you get started and expands your skill at getting published. During the morning, the instructor draws on more than 20 years of magazine writing experience to share inside tips on how to target what different publications want, write persuasive query letters, and approach editors. During the afternoon, a panel of outstanding local writers and editors share their expertise and perspectives on breaking into a variety of markets.
The panelists include:
Julia Cosgrove, the executive editor of Afar magazine.
Dan Fost, a freelance writer whose credits include The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, San Francisco magazine and Popular Science. He wrote the “Media Bytes” column at the SF Chronicle from 1999-2003 and is the author of Giants Past and Present, about the baseball team.
Jennifer Kahn, a contributing editor at Wired magazine since 2003 and a feature writer for The New Yorker, National Geographic, Outside, Mother Jones, and the New York Times, among others.
Mark Robinson, the Features Editor at Wired magazine.
