The Company of Other Writers
Just being in the company of other writers—professional, published writers as well as those who are exploring—is motivating.
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Just being in the company of other writers—professional, published writers as well as those who are exploring—is motivating.
Los Angeles: Inspiration audience member
I loved the candor, warmth, humor, and passion that wove through all the presentations.
Los Angeles: Inspiration audience member
I found the personal stories of such accomplished writers to be inspiring and informative. The panelists were great role models.
Los Angeles: Inspiration audience member
I’m right at the place where I need to start sending things out again.... The event gave me the push I need.
Los Angeles: Inspiration audience member
The morning after the event I wrote more than ever.
Los Angeles: Inspiration audience member
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“My business is to create,” wrote William Blake. This week, write a story whose protagonist is also in a creative enterprise. Your character can be an artist, or he or she can be involved in a field your typical reader may not initially think of as creative. Try to find and describe this creative impulse.
The second Poets & Writers Live event was held on June 21, 2014, at Scandinavia House in New York City, and featured agents, editors, and authors engaged in panel discussions and conversation about how to sustain the writing life, the many reasons why we write, the author-agent relationship, and how agents and editors work together on behalf of writers. The day-long event concluded with a reading by award-winning poet Frank Bidart followed by a cocktail reception where writers networked and discussed the day's program.
The inaugural Poets & Writers Live event was held on January 11, 2014, at the literary arts center Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles, and included a talk on publishing, a panel discussion about resources for writers who live in Los Angeles, a conversation about why we write, a featured reading by Dani Shapiro, and a literary mixer where participants shared advice and inspiration.