Just hearing about the Agents Symposium? Don't worry, you haven't missed a thing! Purchasing the Access Pass will grant you access to all the recordings to every previous Agents Symposium presentation as well as a spot in each future presentation. February “Before the Agent Search” with Maggie Cooper of Aevitas Creative Management Saturday, February … Continue reading 2023 Agents Symposium Access Pass
The One Page Salon (called “the best literary evening in town” by the Austin American-Statesman) is a monthly reading series presented by the Writers’ League of Texas. Five outstanding writers - including Wendi Aarons, (OPS lottery winner!) Felix Cileli, David Wright Faladé, Tonia Ransom, and Chaitali Sen - will read one page from a work … Continue reading One Page Salon
WLT is excited to participate in this year's Boerne Book Festival. Come and join us for the day's programming, meet some fellow Members, and have an all around good time! More info on their website here.
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Can't make it to the live class? No problem! All classes are recorded and made available to class registrants for one month. Learn how to craft well-written horror that creates visceral reactions in your readers they won’t soon forget. The objective of every writer is to create work that … Continue reading “Crafting Great Horror: Eliciting Dread, Disgust, and Terror” with Tonia Ransom
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Can't make it to the live class? No problem! All classes are recorded and made available to class registrants for one month. Does your story move too fast or too slow--or sometimes both at different times? Writers often make the mistake of assuming that the only way to improve … Continue reading “Pacing the Plot of Your Novel or Short Story” with John Pipkin
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Can't make it to the live class? No problem! All classes are recorded and made available to class registrants for one month. One of the first questions readers want to know is "What kind of story is it?" But writers need to be able to answer the question more … Continue reading “What’s Your Story About? Theme, Story, and Structure” with Greg Garrett
For our October Third Thursday, we'll be back in-person at BookPeople. If you're in the Austin area, we hope you'll join us for this special event. If you're not in the area, don't worry! We'll be live streaming on our YouTube Channel. "The revision for me is the exciting part; it's the part that I … Continue reading October Third Thursday: “Killing Your Darlings: The Process of Revision”
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Can't make it to the live class? No problem! All classes are recorded and made available to class registrants for one month. Demystify the nonfiction book proposal process. Unlike fiction manuscripts, which are normally completed in full prior to being sold to an editor, nonfiction books are often sold … Continue reading “Crafting a Nonfiction Book Proposal” with Jessica Wilbanks
$25 per ticket If you’d like to register for all of the Agents Symposium monthly presentations (including the recordings for the February, March, April, May, June, July, August, and September presentations and access to the remaining live presentations for October and November), please select the second ticket option or click here ($250 total). NOTE: If … Continue reading 2023 Agents Symposium: “Publication Day and Beyond” with Mark Gottlieb
This October, we’re doing something we’ve never done before and all of our Members are invited. We’re so excited to announce what we hope will be the first annual WLT All Member Meet-up. Save the date of October 28, because we will be joining together - both in-person and virtually - in meet-ups across the … Continue reading WLT All Member Meet-up
$236 for members $476 for nonmembers Learn the practical tools that will help you write a novel from start to finish. This class package aims to equip writers with the practical tools to take on the novel writing process and finish it. From the pre-planning stages of novel writing, including outlines and character studies, to … Continue reading “The Novelist’s Toolbox” Class Package
Every November, we bring our writing time and our writing community together for dedicated writing meet-ups throughout the month. Join us for ten virtual sessions, three hours each, thirty hours total. Log in, sit down, write. It’s that easy. These are 3-hour sessions on Zoom. No speaker or presentation, but your friendly WLT staff will … Continue reading 2023 Write-in November 1
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Can't make it to the live class? No problem! All classes are recorded and made available to class registrants for one month. This class is a part of "the Novelist's Toolbox" class package. This class will put writers on the right path to starting a new novel. By breaking … Continue reading “Prep Your Novel” with Alex Temblador
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Can't make it to the live class? No problem! All classes are recorded and made available to class registrants for one month. Get ready to dive into worldbuilding. In this class, you’ll learn a variety of approaches to worldbuilding in science fiction and fantasy, building on examples from writers … Continue reading “Worldbuilding Tactics for Science Fiction and Fantasy” with Matt Bell
Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions focused on the craft of writing. Our Clyde, TX event will feature Stacey Swann presenting "X Marks the Spot: Mapping Real Places in Fiction" and Diane Spechler presenting "Writing Our Lives: The Art … Continue reading Texas Writes in Clyde, TX
Every November, we bring our writing time and our writing community together for dedicated writing meet-ups throughout the month. Join us for ten virtual sessions, three hours each, thirty hours total. Log in, sit down, write. It’s that easy. These are 3-hour sessions on Zoom. No speaker or presentation, but your friendly WLT staff will … Continue reading 2023 Write-in November 4
