The Central Coast Writers’ Conference at Cuesta College is offering eight master classes in addition to its main conference registration.
Each optional workshops is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, September 25 for a fee of $150, with some scholarships available. Each sessions takes place immediately before the main conference begins, and you do not have to be registered for the conference to register for a master class.
Limited to 20 students, each class offers access to exceptionally skilled, encouraging instructors and is designed to help authors elevate their writing as well as foster fellowship and support throughout the conference and beyond.
Classes and their instructors include:
- Advance Your Picture Book Closer to Publication with editor and author Henry Herz
- Author Sites Made Simple: Build Your Author Website in One Day with 20-year publishing industry veteran Natalie Obando
- From Manuscript to Marketplace: Your Step-by-Step Roadmap from Draft to Done with Brian Schwartz of SelfPublish.org
- Story Structure Made Simple: Master the 7-Point Story Arc Framework with certified book coach, developmental editor, and author Nicole Meier
- The Power of the Rewrite with editor and award-winning author Patricia Alexander
- Transform Your Poetry from the Page to Journals and Books with poet Juan Pablo Luzuriaga and Blue Light Press publisher Diane Frank
- Unlocking Voice on the Page: Level Up Character and Style with author, manuscript editor and writing coach Jordan Rosenfeld
- Writing Riveting Fight and Action Scenes with NY Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry