Online Writing Classes and Live Presentations
Dave is now offering online versions of his fun and popular travel and humor writing classes! Plans are also in the works for a “Psychology of Writing” class to help with issues such as writer’s block, self-censorship, motivation, and more.
In addition, Dave offers personalized, one-on-one writing and humor coaching in a wide spectrum of genres. For details, drop him an e-mail.
Here are his upcoming workshops:
Dayton, Ohio: April 18-21, 2012
Catch Dave at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop
Travel humorists don’t dream of smooth journeys. When chaos strikes, our funniest stories are born. Learn more when Dave speaks at the 2012 Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in Dayton, Ohio. The topic: “Travel Catastrophes for Fun and Profit.” For details, please visit humorwriters.org.
Online Writing Workshop: May 1 – June 5, 2012
Professional Humor Tricks for Writers, Speakers, and Other Misfits
Discover the techniques professional comedy writers use to write consistently, exceptionally funny material. This six-week workshop will teach you how to think, write, and be funnier. (You will not learn how to smell funnier. You must figure out that part on your own.)
Each week’s lesson will offer techniques and exercises to help incite maximum laughs. Dave will help you develop your own voice and personal style, and identify common mistakes that might be holding you back from being as funny as you can be.
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Online Writing Class Coming Again Soon
Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary Travel Tales
Geared toward beginning and intermediate travel writers, this five-week course focuses on a specific type of travel writing: the personal travel tale. We’ll start with a crash course in how to write lively and meaningful travel journals. Then, we’ll craft those “rough draft” diaries into polished stories we can share with friends, put in a blog, or publish professionally.
Each week, you’ll receive a lesson via e-mail, and optional exercises related to that lesson. In our private, online group, you’ll have the chance to critique and be critiqued by your classmates in a supportive and encouraging environment.
For More Info, Please E-mail Dave.
Online Writing Class Coming Again Soon.
Advanced Humor Critique Group
Survivors of Dave’s basic humor writing course have asked for more… so for five weeks we’ll have a cozy, online group where you can submit a story a week for peer critiques and feedback from Dave. (1,000 words maximum per week, please, though if you have wordier projects, let Dave know and he’ll come up with an individualized plan for you). You can submit five different stories, or submit revisions of the same story in multiple weeks – whichever is most useful to you. (And as before, if you work with a different humor genre, such as stand-up comedy, script writing, or cartooning, you’re welcome to focus on that too.)
Dave will send out a short prompt each week to give you ideas for your writing. You can follow that prompt for inspiration, or write whatever you like.
Is this group right for you? If you have already taken Dave’s primary humor course, “Professional Humor Tricks for Writers, Speakers, and Other Misfits,” you’ll do fine here. You know how Dave’s critiques work. If you have taken one of Dave’s shorter, in-person humor workshops, or if you already have some humor writing experience and don’t feel you need the basic course, drop Dave an e-mail – with a writing sample or some info on your writing / humor background – and he will let you know if this course sounds like a good fit for you.
For More Info, Please E-mail Dave.
More Online Writing Classes Coming Soon!
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Dave is also available to speak in person to groups of any size on a variety of writing and travel topics. He also offers hilarious, customized keynotes for special events. He is currently based in Singapore but travels frequently to other parts of the globe. For more information, please e-mail him at dave@globejotting.com.
