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Nourish your wordcraft with these two free Writer's Diet Clinics!
Dear fellow writer,
As part of our seasonal focus on the World of Wordcraft, I’m offering two free 2-hour Writer’s Diet Clinics over the next two weeks. Join me for a tasty conversation on how to cook up delicious, nourishing prose for your readers to savor!
In the first hour of each session, I’ll take you through a brief Writer’s Diet tutorial to introduce you to my free online Writer's Diet diagnostic tool and its younger, more sophisticated sibling, the Writer’s Diet app for MS Word. (Seasoned WD users may opt to spend that time doing a 25-minute pomodoro instead).
In the second hour, I’ll run a live writing clinic to help you make sense of your Writer’s Diet test results. Feel free to bring along a short writing sample (100 - 1000 words) or a longer Word document for us to look at together.
This live Zoom event will be offered twice over two weeks, so that at least one of the sessions will be accessible in your time zone, no matter where you live in the world.
Session 1: 9-11 am British Standard Time (UTC+1) on Tuesday April 30
Session 2: 4-6 pm Eastern Standard Time (UTC-4) on Wednesday May 8
You can find the best time for your location by using this time zone converter or by checking our WriteSPACE guest calendar.
The first hour of each session is FREE to all registered participants; the second hour is for paid newsletter subscribers and members of my WriteSPACE community. (Not a member? Click here and use the discount code SNEAKPEEK for a sneaky 30-day free trial!)
Register below to receive the Zoom link, which will be emailed to you a few hours before each event begins. A video replay of the first hour will be sent to all who register.
I’d love to see you there!
The Wordcraft Catalyst
My new 6-week Wordcraft Catalyst is well underway, and we’ve been having a fabulous time exploring the delights of vivacious verbs, concrete nouns, punchy prepositions, edgy ad-words, clutter-free clauses, and shapely syntax. It’s still not too late to enroll! You’ll have access to all of the resources for the lifetime of the course (in other words, years!), so there’s plenty of time for you to catch up on what you’ve missed.
Mountain Rise Retreat
Enrollment closes soon for Mountain Rise, my 7-day, 6-night onsite writing retreat in the beautiful alpine village of Wengen, Switzerland. Join me and an exclusive cohort of fellow writers for a magical week of daily workshops, craft-focused coaching, and plenty of individual writing time. You’ll never forget this once-in-a-lifetime experience in one of the most spectacular writing venues in the world!
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Kia pai tō koutou rā (have a great day) – and keep on writing!
Helen
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