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. We're back from a short summer hiatus on Tuesday, September 5, to celebrate the One Page Salon's 10th Anniversary! And what a celebration it will be. Five outstanding … Continue reading One Page Salon
$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. How many times have you started writing a great story and gotten bogged down in the middle? How often have you chugged up that hill of rising … Continue reading “What Your Character Wants: Uncovering the Driving Force of Your Novel” with Sherri L. Smith
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 Junction, TX event will feature Stacey Swann presenting "Past Page One: Moving Fiction Projects Forward" and Rachel Starnes presenting "Problems of Memory in Memoir". We'll start … Continue reading Texas Writes in Junction, TX
$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. Do you have personal stories you want to fictionalize? People we’ve known, moments we’ve witnessed, conversations we’ve overheard, places we’ve been: these influence aspects of our fiction. … Continue reading “The Truth Told Slant: Personal Experience Turned into Fiction” with Nan Cuba
Please log-in to find the button to RSVP. We hope you can join us for our New Member Orientation on Tuesday, September 19 at 12:00 PM CDT on Zoom. Whether you've just signed-up or have been a Member for years, the New Member Orientation is a great opportunity to come together with your fellow Members and the WLT … Continue reading New Member Orientation September 2023
"I have a complex feeling about genre. I love it, but I hate it at the same time. I have the urge to make audiences thrill with the excitement of a genre, but I also try to betray and destroy the expectations placed on that genre." - Bong Joon-ho Join us for a conversation with … Continue reading September Third Thursday: WLT On the Craft of Writing: Genre-Bending Fiction
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Registration for the live webinar has closed, but you can register to receive the recording only. The recording will be made available for 30 days starting 9/25/23. Can't make it to the live class? No problem! All classes are recorded and made available to class registrants for one month. … Continue reading “Show and Tell: The Power of Exposition and Interiority” with Stacey Swann
The Writers' League of Texas is proud to participate in the Readers, Writers and Books event held at the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library in Kerrville, TX. This is a free event featuring Hill Country authors, the Lead and the Writers' League of Texas. The event will have speakers through-out the day, along with lunch. An author … Continue reading Readers, Writers and Books in Kerrville, TX
$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. Want to submit your work to journals and magazines but don't know how? In this class, we’ll talk about what literary magazines are, what editors are looking … Continue reading “Getting Your Foot in the Door: Publishing in Literary Magazines” with Meg Eden Kuyatt
$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, and August presentations and access to the remaining live presentations from September through November), please select the second ticket option or click here ($250 total). NOTE: If you … Continue reading 2023 Agents Symposium: “From Acquisition to Publication” with Chad Luibl
$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. The short story is an incredibly versatile form, and almost anything is possible - but the most successful short stories reveal strategic choices about time. Are you … Continue reading “Writing Compelling Stories: The Relationship Between Time and Structure in Short Fiction” with Chaitali Sen
