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Topic of the Night: Pulp Writers’ Abilities
Pulp Writers’ Abilities I got a great question today about some of the basics the really prolific pulp writers did to be so productive. And how to go about finding out about a lot of their styles. How I have learned about so many of the older pulp writers is by reading book about them in their own words, reading books about the era, and just finding anything I could to read about the pulp writers of the 1920s to 1950s. A great first book to start is Frank Gruber’s The Pulp Jungle. Oh, trust me, you will realize how little you have given to be a writer after reading…
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Just Finished Romance Time Travel Class
Super Fun!! Some great reading for me, and now that I have shown to myself I can read stories again with my improving eye, I will be catching up on the stories I am behind on. Give me one more week , folks. And for one last time, here is all the fantastic stuff about the March workshops that are starting right now, plus the fun surprise that was at the bottom of Monday’s post. That ends late tomorrow (Friday) night. These are all on WMG Teachable. Collection Classes… Creatures Collections Class Spies Collection Class Heroes or Heroines Collection Class Fantasy Collection Class These are nine weeks long in which…
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Wow! A Lot of March Classes Starting
I Said 12 Classes Starting… But forgot a few of the special workshops from the Kickstarters. The two fantasy start Tuesday for their second session and the science fiction ones start in a week (I will contact you this coming week). And I also did not count the Study Along which is keeping me crazy busy reading as best I can. I am still very slow at that. And fun to see how many people read to the bottom of yesterday’s blog. Just a little Easter Egg, I guess some people call it. Anyway, again here are the workshops that are starting that are available to everyone… These are all…
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Great New March Workshops Starting Up!!
Twelve Workshops Starting In March… Yes, that is a bunch. Four of the 9-week collection classes, Advanced Character Development, and seven regular workshops. (Also a Study Along has started, but if you are not already in that one, you are out of luck.) These are all on WMG Teachable. Collection Classes… Creatures Collections Class Spies Collection Class Heroes or Heroines Collection Class Fantasy Collection Class These are nine weeks long in which you write five new short stories to the theme as you see it, put it all together, and publish it on the ninth week, with me helping every step of the way. Advanced Craft Class Advanced Character Development…
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March Workshops All Available
LIST OF ALL MARCH WORKSHOPS… Except for one special addition, here are the March workshops that will be starting up. There are some good ones. And the resurrected Classic Workshop this month is Writing with Pulp Speed. It is a regular workshop for just this one month only. And note that four new Collection Classes are starting up and also the new Advanced Craft class. And another note: You really should open your email from me in the Teachable system. Just saying… (grin) And if you don’t get the Teachable emails because you have it turned off, turn it on and then write me. REGULAR WORKSHOPS Class #24… March 7th…
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New Workshops and Last Day of the Sale
Half-Price Sale ends late Sunday Evening… And I got a number of new workshops up, three just today before the sale ends. The big new class, starting in September is the regular six-week workshop SEPTEMBER APPLIED DEPTH. (You must have taken the Depth workshop to take this one. Yes, it will be offered every month for a while.) Also today I put up three new classic workshops as promised. Classic Pulp Speed Classic Power Words Classic Making a Living from Novels These originally were six week regular workshops, but are now classic. Only differences are that you take them at your own speed and do the assignments only for yourself.…
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Ron Collin’s Take On My Last Post
Very Much Worth Reading. You can find it here: http://typosphere.com/2022/08/19/pulp-speed-its-just-me-in-here/?fbclid=IwAR2M7fDfL_WSU4rusYyC72ugOU4XVNs4lb54IR9IFHpuSUKfWzMCoCohlPk And I think his comments are stunningly healthy and level on a topic like Pulp Speed that has little healthy about it, or level for that matter. Give it a read. Very much worth it. Thanks, Ron!
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September Workshops Now Available
Including new Applied Depth Workshop Yes, Applied Depth as been added to the Lifetime Workshop Subscription. And yes, just sign up for any of them on Teachable. Depth in Writing workshop is required to take the Applied Depth, plus it is suggested to take the Advanced Depth workshop before as well. Applied Depth Workshop takes the concepts of Basic Depth and then applies those concepts to all the major genres. Openings of stories and novels are different from genre to genre. And yes, basic depth tends to work, but there are techniques for each genre, reader expectations of opening for each genre, that will help you get readers of a…
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More Workshop Curriculum
More Workshops and Classes Sorted into Areas of Interest The many, many workshops and classes we have are amazing, and to be honest, I sometimes lose track of them, since I am the only one at WMG who keeps track of these. I often just get so excited about doing a new class I don’t do upkeep on older ones. Just my desire to keep learning. So broke this down into areas that might make sense to help each writer find what they need to help them move forward. Remember, this week there is a half-price sale going on for all of this. The code is: JulyRegularSale Just hit purchase…
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Dates of the Monthly Workshop Sales
Yes, We Are Setting The Dates… As I said yesterday, each sale will be the last week of the month, usually from Sunday to Sunday. So here are the dates… (July is going now.) I am going to include the codes to get the 50% off of anything on WMG Teachable. July 24th through July 31st… Code is… JulyRegularSale August 21st through August 28th … Code will be… AugustRegularSale September 18th through September 25th…. Code will be… SeptemberRegularSale October 23rd through October 30th… Code will be… OctoberRegularSale November 20th through November 28th (Monday)… Code will be… NovemberRegularSale December 18th through December 30th (Friday)… Code will be … DecemberRegularSale So now…