Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
August 18, 2014
The Writer’s Store (Writer’s Digest) – Screenwriting Webinar – “Winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy Story Structure”
1:00 pm (PST), check at http://bit.ly/WinningSF-Fantasy
http://www.writersstore.com/courses/online-and-teleseminars/
September 19-20, 2014
14th Annual North Coast Redwoods Writers’ Conference
College of the Redwoods, Del Norte, Crescent City, CA, http://www.ncrwc.org
September 27, 2014
WC2 Masters Workshops – 3 One-Day Masters Workshops with Art Holcomb, Ace Antonio Hall, or Nancy Ellen Dodd, Los Angeles Valley College, CA
http://www.wcwriters.com/workshops
Nancy’s Workshop: “5 Keys for Fixing Your Story”
Frustrated by your progress? Wondering if you’ll ever be able to figure out the problems so you can get your story published or produced? The goal of this class is to teach you 5 Keys that will help you figure out what you are trying to write about and how to write it in the best way you can.
The 5 Keys covered are:
- Where are you in story development?
- Which voice should you use?
- How do you punch up the characters?
- How do you figure out where to begin the story?
- How do you incorporate details, background, and flashbacks?
Author, teacher, and writer Nancy Ellen Dodd will help “you” analyze your story, the problems you need to address, and your next steps toward completion. This workshop includes advanced material not available in her book The Writer’s Compass: From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages. This is a writing and lecture class. Examples will come from participating student’s work during the class and pages submitted in advance.
October 2014 – Wednesdays
IWOSC – 4-week Workshops – based on The Writer’s Compass: From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages, “Developing Your Storytelling Compass and the Key Elements”
Using theme, what’s at stake, and sense of urgency to improve your story and the 7-Stage process for more efficiently developing your story. Contact IWOSC through Gary Young at artsy12@earthlink.net.
The 7 stages include:
- Forming and Developing Ideas,
- Building Strong Structures,
- Creating Vibrant Characters,
- Structuring Scenes and Transitions
- Increasing Tension and Adjusting Pacing
- Enriching the Language and Dialogue
- Editing and Submitting.
October 2, 2014
Screenwriters University (Writer’s Digest) – Online Class – 8 weeks – “Conventions of the Screenplay: Formatting, Dialogue, Imagery and Genre”
October 4, 11, 2011 (Saturdays)
Conejo Valley Adult School – 2 classes
http://www.conejoadultschool.org/Generalclasses/writers-program.htm
“Publishing 101” 9:30am – 12:30pm, Room 7
How do you know whether to go through a traditional publisher or to self-publish? What do you need to do to self-publish and how do you choose whether to do print or eBook? This class will cover the basics and the differences of publishing and help you to create a book business plan
“Show and Develop Characters – Bring Your Story to Life” 1:00 – 4:00 pm, Room 7
Do you understand and know when to use metaphors, inference or descriptions? Do you write so that your readers see the characters interacting within their world? If your story contains too much telling, too many internal thoughts and emotions, this is the workshop for you. You will also learn about character development.
October 23, 2014
Writer’s Digest University – Online Class – 12 weeks – “Creative Writing 101”
http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/online-writing-workshops/creative-writing-101/
Past Events
August 7, 2014
Screenwriters University (Writer’s Digest) – Online Class – 8 weeks – “Conventions of the Screenplay: Formatting, Dialogue, Imagery and Genre”
July 28, 2014
IWOSC Fiction Writing Panel
7:30 pm, Veteran’s Memorial Building, Culver City, CA
Nancy was so busy that she didn’t get the events posted between these dates.
April 21, 2012
LA Times Festival of Books, USC 1:00 pm I will be signing books, USC Alumni Booth http://alumni.usc.edu/news/authors/los_angeles_times_festival_of_books_alumni_author_signings.html
May 2012
IWOSC Upcoming Seminar: 4-Week Class in Orange County Introducing The Writer’s Compass and the 7 Stages Plans to be announced
October 13, 2012
California Writer’s Club of Orange County 11-12:30 Feature Speaker Community Room Orange Public Library & History Center 407 E. Chapman Ave. Orange, CA 92866
November 10 & December 1, 2012
Writers of Kern, Bakersfield, CA: Upcoming Seminar 2 four-hour classes on The Writer’s Compass Location to be decided Seating Limited
April 14, 2012
Romance Writers of America, Orange County Chapter Meeting and first speaker at 10:00 am 12:15 noon I will be the afternoon speaker Brea Community Center, Brea, CA
March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2012
SEMINAR THROUGH IWOSC (Independent Writers of Southern California)
***This is a 4-class Seminar on Wednesdays from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Registration is limited and thru IWOSC. Contact me or check out the IWOSC website http://www.iwosc.org/ at or look for my update.***
March 17, 2012
Writers of Kern
One of the speakers at Writer’s of Kern Mini Writing Workshop Bakersfield, California 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
March 11, 2012
IWOSC Reading at Barnes & Noble
of short story “The Eyes of Mark” from eBook Women Alone short story collection 3rd & Promenade, Santa Monica
March 3, 2012
Conejo Valley Adult School
9:30 am – 12:30 pm Class
February 9, 16, 23, March 1, 2012
SEMINAR THROUGH IWOSC (Independent Writers of Southern California)
***This is a 4-class Seminar on Thursdays, February 9, 16, 23, March 1, 2012, from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Registration is limited and thru IWOSC. Details will be available shortly. Contact me or check out the IWOSC website http://www.iwosc.org/ at or look for my update.***
January 21, 2012
Speaking at The Writers of Kern, The Clarion Hotel, Bakersfield, California Meeting 10:00 am, I’ll be presenting at 11:15 am
November 19, 2011
Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC)
Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland (at Culver Boulevard) Culver City, California Seminar 10:30 am – 1:00 pm A fee will be charged for this event A follow-up with 4 additional classes will be offered in February through IWOSC More information will be posted at http://www.iwosc.org/
November 7, 2011
Los Angeles County Library Foundation Dinner Event
Tickets must be purchased in advance
November 5, 2011
Graziadio Business School – West LA Campus
Leadership Theory & Practice class
10:00 am – 12:00 noon Presentation
October 8, 2011
Conejo Valley Adult School – Thousand Oaks, CA
9:30 am – 12:30 noon Workshop
September 24, 2011
Southern California Writer’s Conference – Los Angeles (Newport Beach, CA)
http://www.writersconference.com/la
September 17, 2011
Long Beach Branch of California Writer’s Club
3:00 pm Presentation from The Writer’s Compass
September 15, 2011
Library Speaker Series
Pepperdine Univeristy Malibu Campus/Payson Library 4:00 pm See free 45-minute video of Presentation here.
September 3, 2011
San Fernando Valley Branch of California Writer’s Club
1:00 pm Presentation from The Writer’s Compass
July 23, 2011
Inland Empire Branch of California Writer’s Club
11:00 am Presentation from The Writer’s Compass
July 19, 2011
Actor’s Pre-Production Reading of Seventy Times Seven
Screenplay by Nancy Ellen Dodd Investors and invited guests only
July 12, 2011
Academic Forum Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management Session on The Writer’s Compass: From Story Map to Finished Draft in 7 Stages
July 9, 2011
Bakersfield Home Education Conference
Calvary Bible Church, 48 Manor Street, Bakersfield, California Exhibitor: Sharing The Writer’s Compass with home schoolers
June 25, 2011
5th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair (10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Free & Open to Public)
1:00-2:00 pm I will be selling and signing books at the Pepperdine Graziadio Booth 43rd Street and Degnan Boulevard, on the Vision Theatre Back Lot Leimert Park, CA
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