To purchase access to all 10 of our recorded 2020 webinar series, please register here. Access ends June 30, 2021.
2020 NCW Webinar Series Playlist:
We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with others, even if we’re all just hanging out online together. See if it’s true for you at 10:00 MDT on Thursday mornings.
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. And don’t worry, no one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. SCHEDULE: 10:05ish (MDT) - Quick introductions 10:15ish (MDT) - Timer starts: write for 1 hour 11:15 (MDT) - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing WHAT DO I NEED? A computer with working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83405895206 OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS: Technical difficulties are part and parcel of getting together online. If you’ve never used your computer for an online meeting, take a few minutes before we meet to familiarize yourself with how to use Zoom by reviewing the below tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VebiA5pGq0 If you run into technical issues, remember that this is the time you’ve carved out for yourself and your writing. Whether or not you were able to join our online meet-up, go ahead and get your writing started, then leave a comment below to let us know how it went for you. Feel free to message Bonnie if you have any questions or problems joining!
Now online!
Shut Up & Write is an international writing community that provides the tools and support for writers to get their writing done. We host free, weekly in-person events for writers all over the world.
Shut Up & Write helps anyone with a writing project, regardless of what they are working on. We have writers who are working on screenplays, novels, short stories, poems, school essays, memoirs, blog posts, dissertations… you get the idea. Our writers come to our events to focus on their writing during a one-hour or marathon session with no pressure, only encouragement and support.
Register and RSVP at the link below.
https://www.meetup.com/shutupandwritefortcollins
Learn the easiest way to build and maintain a website so you can focus on what you do best: writing. Tom Flanagan will teach you how to purchase a domain name and web hosting; how to build a beautiful, mobile-friendly website; and how to add search engine optimization so that your website will be found!
This class is excellent for authors who have no website at all, as well as for authors who have one but don't know what to do with it.
This workshop will take place over 4 weeks, and by the end of the series, you will have an author website that works for you.
The cost of purchasing a domain name and web hosting is not included; please make sure to have extra money set aside if you have not already purchased one.
This workshop will be recorded, so if you have to miss a class, you can catch up on your own time.
Tom Flanagan is the Chief Innovation Officer at The Group in Fort Collins where he oversees marketing and technology. A graduate of the New England Institute of Technology, he has always been fascinated with how people interact with technology. Prior to joining the Group, Tom was a Technologist in Silicon Valley, and a featured speaker at Apple, Google, and Microsoft.
Tom's first book, "The Potato Puff Surprise" is a coming-of-age story about growing up, battling bullies, and dabbling in the dark art of home improvement. He is currently hard at work writing his first novel.
Join us for DimeStories, an open mic event where writers share their 3-minute stories – fact or fiction. These events will be held 2ND WEDNESDAY of the Month at The Forge Publick House, 255 Old Firehouse Alley, Fort Collins, CO. The Fort Collins Chapter event is hosted by Amanda Martinek.
Please bring and wear a mask while indoors and practice safe social distancing.
Writers can sign up to read for 3 minutes at 6:30 PM and the show starts at 7:00 PM. Authors of all experience levels are welcome to sign up and read. Friendly audience, appreciative of the writing work you do… Bring a friend, bring a story (okay to just listen). DimeStories Fort Collins is affiliated with DimeStories International. Events are held each month in San Diego and Costa Mesa, Calif. and Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information about DimeStories, visit http://dimestories.org/
Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. And don’t worry, no one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. SCHEDULE: 10:05ish (MDT) - Quick introductions 10:15ish (MDT) - Timer starts: write for 1 hour 11:15 (MDT) - The End: chat, take off, or keep writing
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83405895206
WHAT DO I NEED? A computer with working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones. OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS: Technical difficulties are part and parcel of getting together online. If you’ve never used your computer for an online meeting, take a few minutes before we meet to familiarize yourself with how to use Zoom by reviewing the below tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VebiA5pGq0 If you run into technical issues, remember that this is the time you’ve carved out for yourself and your writing. Whether or not you were able to join our online meet-up, go ahead and get your writing started, then leave a comment below to let us know how it went for you. Feel free to message Bonnie if you have any questions or problems joining!
Class meets weekly on Tuesdays from 1-2pm starting July 14
This series will take the aspiring author from discovering and developing story ideas through the outlining process. The goal of this program is to give writers immediately-applicable tools and techniques to tackle their dream of writing a novel.
Week 1: How to think like a writer; story idea exploration and discovery Week 2: Defining plot versus story; honing story ideas into premise lines Week 3: Developing a blueprint of your story. Week 4: Turning your story blueprint into a living, breathing novel.
Photo credit: Julie Blackwood
This class will be taught by Grant Blackwood, The New York Times bestselling author of the Briggs Tanner series, (The End of Enemies, The Wall of Night, and An Echo of War). Mr. Blackwood is also the co-author of the Fargo Adventure Series (Spartan Gold, Lost Empire, and The Kingdom) with Clive Cussler, as well as the co-author of the #1 NYT bestseller, Dead or Alive, with Tom Clancy, and the new thriller, The Kill Switch, with James Rollins.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83405895206 WHAT DO I NEED? A computer with working camera and microphone, a good internet connection, and optionally, headphones. OTHER IMPORTANT DETAILS: Technical difficulties are part and parcel of getting together online. If you’ve never used your computer for an online meeting, take a few minutes before we meet to familiarize yourself with how to use Zoom by reviewing the below tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VebiA5pGq0 If you run into technical issues, remember that this is the time you’ve carved out for yourself and your writing. Whether or not you were able to join our online meet-up, go ahead and get your writing started, then leave a comment below to let us know how it went for you. Feel free to message Bonnie if you have any questions or problems joining!
Join us for a creative mix of fiction and nonfiction, poetry and prose, as Rise contributors read from their works. There will be time after each piece for Q&A. Register today! https://bit.ly/NoCoRiseRead
Join us at the Gulo Gulo Poetry Open-Mic to recite your poetry and prose in a non-competitive format to a receptive audience.
On the 3rd Wednesday of every month, from 7pm to close, Wolverine Farm Letterpress & Publick House invites the great writers community of Fort Collins — and beyond — to share, connect, and grow in their literary fashion.
Each month there will be a rotating co-host so leaders in the community will encourage more of our community to lead!
You wrote it. Now let’s hear it! …and be constructive…
Accessibility:
This event will be held in our Upstairs Event Hall, which regretfully is not handicapped accessible.
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