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WRITE NOW WRITING CONFERENCE – what I learned and share with you

September 4, 2011 by Patricia Brooks

What I learned at the Write Now writing conference
Aug 20th, 2011 – Scottsdale, AZ
Patricia L. Brooks [email protected]
PICK UP THE PACE
Sophie Littlefield and Juliet Blackwell, authors, speakers
Motivating you to finish your work
These women are delightful.  They are determined to inspire everyone in the audience to feel as passionately as they do about writing and publishing.  Thank you Sophie and Juliet for a tremendous effort shown to us; we appreciate it. The following questions were posed to us for reflection.
What are my True Writing Goals?
    • To tighten the structure of my current manuscript
    • To define my query letter and prepare for submission
    • To not give up no matter how many rejections I receive

    How important are these Goals?

    • Top priority –  will not be put aside for
      even one day
    • They will be a part of my morning schedule along with my exercise and daily
      meditations
    • They will be connected to everything I do as I live the writers life

    What am I willing to Give Up?

    • Social activities that I deem unnecessary to my goals listed above
    • TV time and Internet usage to have more writing time
    • Certain reading material that does not further my goals

    How will I Get in the Chair?

    • Maintain my home-office for writing and make it very workable for that purpose
    • Write and think and breathe this work each day while moving the project forward
    • Appreciate the time I have to write and take advantage of this writing opportunity

    How Will I Stop Sabotaging Myself?

    • By not allowing myself off the hook with my commitment to write each day for a minimum of two hours
    • By telling myself I can do this again in a bigger and better way
    • By not allowing my perfectionism to get in the way of my desire to finish this
      work

     

     

     

Now more honest with myself about my writing, I take these goals and commitments seriously.  I know my strengths and will capitalize on them and make them work for me such as being early and working alone.
These authors advise staying ENGAGED and working on something all of the time.  I will remember that being able to write full-time is a privilege and I should not take it lightly.
These women also preach “anything you write is practice, so keep writing” and never give up.  Keep writing and learn your voice is their mantra!
My stories are valid.  I respect my fellow writers and their work too. I seek their encouragement and support as part of my plan to write daily and I pledge to continue to give it in return.
Thank you Sophie www.sophielittlefield.com and Juliet www.julietblackwell.net for a wonderful session at the conference
FIVE TECHNIQUES FOR SHAPING YOUR SUBMISSIONS
Carol Test, writer and editor
www.caroltest.net
Thank you Carol for the valuable feedback you gave me on the work I submitted at the conference.  Here is what you prompted us with followed by
my takeaways from your wonderful talk.
1)
Write Fast First Drafts (and skinny seconds)
Almost overwrite and imbue later
  1. Don’t edit as you go along
  2. Write calorie and go “all-in”
  3. Cut back with the second draft
    1. My takeaway is to write with fierce abandon
2)
Beg the Question (in the intro)
Ask a rhetorical question – no need to answer
  1. Leave this for the reader to define and answer
  2. Hook us in with the story’s question
  3. Start action with the hook
    1. My takeaway is do it now
3)
Shape your Scenes (timing them)
Scene moves you forward in the story
  1. Clock is critical – how long does it take?
  2. Progression is paramount to the story
  3. Take us back to the opening at the end
    1. My takeaway is the form and flow are crucial
4)
Answer the Post-it Question
Theme ( use rhetorical question instead of a statement)
  1. Define theme on a post-a-note
  2. Be succinct and clear
  3. Stir interest
    1. My takeaway is less is more
5)
Know the Elements of Craft – do double duty
Narrative – shape – movement – through character in to action
  1. Mirror characters to make point
  2. Concrete detail
  3. Sculpt in to a work of art
    1. My takeaway is paint beautiful pictures with my story
The use of structure to organize your work is one important thing I needed to hear.  Don’t tie it up too nicely is another.  Let the reader do some of the work, but shape it and make it attractive to the reader still another.  Let the reader answer the questions you set forth.  The best advice yet – thank you
Carol.

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PUBLISH YOURSELF AS THE EXPERT – Business Women’s Boot Camp

February 10, 2010 by Patricia Brooks

}  PUBLISH YOURSELF AS THE EXPERT!

}  Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM – www.BrooksGoldmannPublishing.com

}  ENTREPRENEURIAL WOMEN’S BUSINESS BOOT CAMP – FEB 6th, 2010

}  Chaparral Suites – Scottsdale, AZ 10:00-3:00 p.m.

}  www.businesswomensbootcamp.com

}  Understand What Moves You

?     Don’t think about the READER as you write

?     Don’t think about your past SUCCESSES

?     Envision what you want the BOOK to be

 

}  Understand What Moves Them

?     Remember it’s not what they HEAR in your work

?     Remember it’s what they are EXPERIENCING

?     Remember they want a passionate TEACHER

 

}  Develop a Book Proposal/Outline

?     Get out of your COMFORT zone

?     Learn to deserve your AUTHORITY

?     Make it VIABLE

 

}  Honor for Whom you Need to be a VOICE

?     Evaluate your ideas in terms of your AUDIENCE

?     Note how they will be impacted in a POSITIVE Way

?     Show your PERSONALITY, let them get to know You

 

}  A Winning Writing Plan – THE DO’S

?     Remember the opening is the immediate HOOK

?     Begin in the right place with the BEST material

?     Give them good stories – include your EXPERTISE

 

 

}  A Winning Writing Plan – THE DON’TS

?     Don’t open with anything but the TRUTH

?     Don’t bore us – get to the POINT

?     Don’t push HUMOR, let it flow naturally

 

}  A Winning Writing Plan – THE BRAIDING

?     Do an element of SURPRISE for the reader

?     Use THREE topics or approaches in Braiding

?     Allow for “NATURAL” organization in your structure

 

}  Five W’s of Good Reporting – the Five P’s for SUCCESS

?     Who, What, When, Where, Why

?     Patience, persistence, perseverance, perception, perspective

 

}  GOALS – steps to consider

?     Write a book that is VISUALLY appealing

?     Produce a GOOD Product then GOOD Marketing

?     LISTEN to advice you hear over and over again

 

}  OBJECTIVES – destinations to seek

?     Develop a STRONG Author’s Platform

?     Connect to your readers with HEART and SOUL

?     Think commercially and KEEP them

 

 }  STRATEGIES – action plan ideas to ponder

?     Consider a co-author for COLLABORATION

?     Be both analytical and emotional – LEFT/RIGHT

?     Keep a distinct TONE and PACE

 

}  Research for YOU

?     Look to the Future – and observe TRENDS

?     Seek RISKS – but stay true to your voice

?     Press Ahead – yet MONITOR your plans

 

}  Develop a Pre-marketing PLAN

?     Get a “BRAND” – situate your work

?     Get a business “MINDSET” – make comparisons

?     Be “CREATIVE” – where is the hole in the market?

 

}  The FINAL Analysis

?     Why are you the EXPERT – the authority?

?     What is your EXPERTISE – the topic?

?     Are you willing to be AUTHENTIC to create “buzz”?

 

 

My Offer ONE FREE HOUR of consultation on publishing or writing or editing

?     Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM        CELL – 480-250-5556

?     EMAIL – [email protected]

?     www.blog.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com

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Patricia L. Brooks, author and publisher, to speak at Barnes and Noble

December 16, 2008 by Patricia Brooks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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                        Brooks Goldmann Publishing Company, LLC

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Scottsdale, AZ  85251

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ARIZONA BOOK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION and Barnes and Noble Scottsdale to feature Scottsdale Author/Publishing Consultant

 

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, December 15, 2008 – Published author, publishing consultant and Scottsdale business woman, Patricia L. Brooks, www.plbrooks.com will be the featured speaker on January 8th, Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble at 90th Street and Shea in Scottsdale. 

 

The Arizona Book Publishers Association, in partnership with Barnes and Noble, continue their speaker series with Patricia’s talk “The Gift that Keeps on Giving – sharing the Journey of Writing”.  Patricia takes you on the path of Writing Inspiration to your writing passion.  The journey is fresh and uplifting in its account of how she has Prepared to be an Author.  Her perspective on a Writing Plan for Organization is generous and worth noting. 

 

Patricia shares her inspirational portrait of the relationship you want to develop with your writing on the Road to Revision.  This author shows wit, courage and faith during these times of challenge by giving you Research Rules before the Birth of your Baby.  As well as insight into a philosophy of writing life worth emulating, she inspires you regardless of the Publishing Predicaments and challenges to Launch Live you will encounter.  Your vision for The Big Picture to success in writing is illustrated. 

 

Patricia L. Brooks is president/founder of the Scottsdale Society of Women Writers, a member of the AZ Authors Association, AZ Book Publishers Association and Phoenix Writers Club.

 

She is owner of P. L. Seminars, LLC (www.plbrooks.com), Brooks Goldmann Publishing Co., LLC, (www.brooksgoldmannpublishing.com) and is associate faculty at Arizona State University – teaching Marketing, She has resided in Arizona for over 30 years and been active in the business community for all of that time. 

 

Patricia holds a Masters Degree in Organizational Management, the Advanced Toastmasters designation and has been named to “Who’s Who of America’s Teachers.

She can be reached at [email protected] or 480-250-5556.  Patricia will be signing books at this event as well for Gifts of Sisterhood, a memoir.  Free chapters available for your viewing pleasure on www.plbrooks.com

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