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Meet Instructor, Dani Nichols!
Dani Nichols is a journalist, essayist, and children’s book author. Her independently-published kid’s book, Buzz the Not-So-Brave, sold more than 800 copies in its first 20 weeks in print (by contrast, most independent books sell less than 250 copies over their lifetime). Buzz the Not-So-Brave is in retailers all over Oregon and has won a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, a Next Generation Indie Book Award, and a Will Rogers Medallion Award. Dani’s essays have also won several awards and been published in The Other Journal, Oregon Humanities, Reckon Review, Barren Magazine, and more.
Register for one of Dani’s upcoming courses today!
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Delicious Food Writing
Write Like a Dog
In this workshop you will take on the perspective of animals rather than humans, using a dog as your muse. Through writing exercises, discussion, and readings, explore the writing process and gain a better understanding of writing from another point of view entirely not your own.
Multiple Dates Available
Saturday, March 15 and 22
1-3pm
Online Zoom; $59
Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4
1-3pm
COCC Health Careers Center; $59
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Get Your Novel or Memoir Published
If you are writing or have written your fiction novel or memoir and want to learn about the next steps toward publication, this course will show you what is needed to acquire an agent or publisher. You will learn how to write a pitch, query letter, long and short synopsis, potential back cover blurb and more.
Wednesdays, April 9-May 14
9am-12pm
COCC Chandler Lab; $199
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Novel and Memoir Writing
In this course, learn essential building blocks for fiction and memoir including plot, setting, theme, characterization, point-of-view, and dialogue. What is the hero’s journey, and how does a writer develop a story concept into a page-turning best seller? Award-winning author and college educator Kathryn Mattingly will inspire you to begin your novel, complete your first draft, or reassess what you have written so far. Open to novel and memoir writers of all levels!
Thursdays, April 10-May 15
5-8pm
COCC Health Careers Center; $199
