I can hardly wait to meet you!
My favorite aspect of author life is engaging readers. I am happy to visit your school or library for a workshop or full day. Following are my available workshops and author talks:
Workshop: Scene Work
What makes a scene meaningful? Which details convey the most important feelings to your readers? We'll write and edit work in this hands-on workshop.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Workshop: Character Work
How do writers create believable characters? How can you create a meaningful connection between your characters and readers? We'll write and edit work in this hands-on workshop.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Workshop: Scene Work
What makes a scene meaningful? Which details convey the most important feelings to your readers? We'll write and edit work in this hands-on workshop.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Workshop: Character Work
How do writers create believable characters? How can you create a meaningful connection between your characters and readers? We'll write and edit work in this hands-on workshop.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Tandem Workshop (a week or two apart)
Finding your Story
Harness your passions to discover the story you were meant to write.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Telling Your Story
Focus on how to tell your story to effectively convey your feelings and ideas.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
(Not quite ready for a tandem workshop? I can teach these separately.)
Finding your Story
Harness your passions to discover the story you were meant to write.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Telling Your Story
Focus on how to tell your story to effectively convey your feelings and ideas.
Audience: Tweens, Teens, or Adults
(Not quite ready for a tandem workshop? I can teach these separately.)
Author Talk: How an Idea Becomes a Book
Let's talk about the whole process from single idea
to hardcover book in book stores.
Audience: Elementary, Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Author Talk: My Author Story
There's the ideal way an idea becomes a book. . .and then there's the way I did it. Many readers ask about my writing process and how my first book became a novel. This is the whole story.
Audience: Elementary, Tweens, Teens, or Adults
Did you have a different topic in mind? I'm happy to entertain new ideas!
Each of these hourlong visits is a 50 minute workshop or presentation plus 10 minutes allotted at the end for Q&A. My presentations at Title I schools are free of charge; for all other schools, each hourlong visit costs $200. If you'd like a longer visit or multiple presentations, I am happy to work with you to adjust rates. Contact me at visits@michelebacon.com so we can discuss our options.
I look forward to hearing from you!