June 6-20, 2011

Okay… I Confess: Watch TV, Shop at the Mall and Surf the Internet to Make Money

Instructor: Marilyn Puett

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

While it may sound like an infomercial for a get rich quick scheme, Okay… I Confess offers information and tips on how to create a source of outside income by writing short stories for the confessions and romance magazines.  This two-week workshop is geared for writers who want extra income while waiting to sell their first book, are between royalty checks or simply want an extra income stream.

This course takes students step by step through writing a confession.  It begins with learning the market, developing hooks and compelling story lines and structuring a story properly.  By the end of the course, students should have a story ready for submission.

Additionally, participants will be given the opportunity to submit the first few pages of a story they start during the class and have the pages critiqued by published writers.  Two stories will be selected toward the end of the class to receive a full critique.

INSTRUCTOR BIO:

Marilyn Puett has sold over thirty-five stories and a half-dozen short feature articles to the confessions and romance magazines.  Her other writing credits include Bylines Writers’ Desk Calendar, stories on the Long and Short Reviews website, and an article called “Short Shorts – Not Just a Fashion Statement” was featured on the Writing for Dollars website.  She is a three-time NaNoWriMo winner, and Harlequin SuperRomance requested a partial for the book she wrote for NaNo in 2008.  Marilyn is a member of Heart of Dixie RWA and has served RWA on both the local and national levels.  A founding member of The Writing Playground, a website for aspiring writers (www.writingplayground.com), she lives in her empty nest in north Alabama and dotes on her granddaughter.