Writing for a Living: Survival Guide

Writing for a Living: Survival Guide, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 4, with 9 lectures, based on 3 reviews, and has 48 subscribers.

You will learn about Have a working knowledge of the business side of writing. Understand how the role of the professional writer evolved. Understand the basics of copyright law, working with agents, self-publishing and more. Understand how to promote your work and write press releases. This course is ideal for individuals who are Writers of all levels. It is particularly useful for Writers of all levels.

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Summary

Title: Writing for a Living: Survival Guide

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 4

Number of Lectures: 9

Number of Published Lectures: 9

Number of Curriculum Items: 9

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 9

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Have a working knowledge of the business side of writing.
Understand how the role of the professional writer evolved.
Understand the basics of copyright law, working with agents, self-publishing and more.
Understand how to promote your work and write press releases.

Who Should Attend

Writers of all levels.

Target Audiences

Writers of all levels.

This is not a course about how to write! It is, instead, a practical guide to the business side of things, covering everything from the mechanics of the publishing industry to copyright laws, how to deal with rejection, literary agents, self-publishing, promotion, writing queries and press releases and much more.

In short, this course covers the sort of things anyone planning to sell their writing should know.

Writing can be its own reward, a gift to the self that can last a lifetime. But earning a living as writer isn’t about art or bliss. It’s about commerce, which means either finding an audience willing to pay for your work or creating one. Art and its sibling “quality” have a place in that process, but they don’t necessarily control or dominate it.

Sound difficult? It is! If it also sounds fascinating, challenging, and enjoyable, and you’re looking for a nuts-and-bolts understanding of how to navigate the writing life, great. These 8 pithy lectures are for you.

Instructor Stefan Petrucha has written over twenty novels for major publishers, including Random House, Grand Central Publishing and Harper Collins, as well as hundreds of graphic novels for Marvel, Dark Horse, Topps Comics and more.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Writing for a Living: Survivors Guide Introduction

Chapter 2: Lecture 2: An Informal History of Publishing

Lecture 1: Lecture 2: An Informal History of Publishing

Chapter 3: Lecture 3: Copyright

Lecture 1: Copyright

Chapter 4: Lecture 4: Queries

Lecture 1: Queries

Chapter 5: Lecture 5: Rejection

Lecture 1: Rejection

Chapter 6: Lecture 6: Literary Agents

Lecture 1: Literary Agents

Chapter 7: Lecture7: Self-publishing

Lecture 1: Self Publishing

Chapter 8: Lecture 8: Promotion

Lecture 1: Promotion

Chapter 9: Lecture 9: The Press Release

Lecture 1: The Press Release

Instructors

Stefan Petrucha
Author of over 20 books and hundreds of graphic novels!

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