The Writer's Peak Workshop

11/3/2017

I'm so excited... and I just can't hide it...

Today starts Day 1 of 2 with none other than David Farland, The Story Doctor at his Writer's Peak Workshop in Provo, UT.
I've been following his blog on writing tips for the past year and I can't begin to describe how much his insights and recommendations has helped me improve my skills. If you're not already on his mailing list, I suggest you get on it NOW!

Here's a description of the event:
Bestselling authors typically have a few things in common. They know what they want to write, and they develop the skills needed to write efficiently.

But many new authors suffer from writer’s block (usually because they haven’t learned what they are doing yet), or they may bring unhealthy mindsets to the craft. Well, we can fix those problems!

In this course, New York Times Bestselling author David Farland will team up with neuro-linguistic programming instructor Forrest Wolverton to teach the skills you need in order to overcome writers’ block, write more effortlessly, rearrange your own priorities, and increase your productivity. The goal is to help you develop the tools that you need in order to become a super-productive writer, the kind who can complete multiple books per year and win the trust of publishers and fans.
We’ll cover such topics as:

Designing a Career. Many writers waste years trying to figure out what to write. We’ll provide information so that you can decide now what career path you would like to pursue, and then set goals accordingly.
Moving from to apprehension to excitement. Have you lost your love of writing? We’ll teach you how to ground yourself in such a way that writing becomes more than effortless, it becomes something that you are eager to do!
Learn to set compelling goals that you will be driven to achieve.
Eliminate internal conflicts and self-sabotage that keep you stalled out.
Learn how the professional authors manage their mental and emotional state to write when they want to--and do it for yourself.
Take control of your motivation and direct it toward what you want.
Are you better at starting, maintaining, or finishing? Would you like to be able to do all three and get you stories out and finished?
Find out how to decrease the time it takes to find solutions for any task or challenge.
Learn how to effectively tell your stories by understanding plots, characterization.
Discover the secret to silencing your inner critic when it is sabotaging your work
Eliminate doubt about your future success.
Learn how to organize your mind like bestselling authors and get results fast.

Not only is David a best-selling author, but he's also the head judge for the Writers of the Future contest. I've been trying to break into that career-launching platform since I first learned about it at my critique group.