Why an Online Class is Good for You

We all learn differently. Some of you may need the crack-slap harshness of a teacher’s burning gaze on your actual skull to motivate you to learn. But many people I know prefer the silence and stillness of working at their own desk without those nasty halogen lights or the sound of fellow students snapping their gum.

Online classes are also good for anyone who:

• Wants to work at their own pace
• Is shy in groups or prefers smaller settings
• Likes to control their own learning environment
• Wants a great educational experience for an affordable price

If you fall into this category, then I just happen to have some classes for you.

Fiction’s Magic Ingredient, Sessions I and II.  There is only 1 spot remaining in Session I and we’re almost half full in Session II! Register by July 15th to get these classes at $99–that’s $50 off the regular price!

Learn to Layer. The Art of Scene Types.
October 5 through 30th. 4 weeks.

It’s one thing to master the scene, but another to learn to layer them for powerful effect. Avoid “monochromatic” fiction that lacks variety and texture. In this class you’ll learn about the ingredients of, and how to wield, different scene types, from slow, contemplative scenes, to heavy-hitting dramatic scenes and dozens of others in between.

You’ll never write the same style of fiction again!

Paypal registration will be up in a few days for the October class at www.jordanrosenfeld.net. Meanwhile, email me via the contact page to sign up or post a comment here with your email address.

Adjusting to the Noise

I will admit that I felt overwhelmed by Twitter up until, oh, yesterday, I’d say. I don’t know if it’s that, as a mother, I’m already juggling six streams of action at any given time, or if  the human brain born before say, 1985, takes extra time to become wired to follow 500 lines of conversation at once. Either way, it gave me a headache every time I logged on.

Then I downloaded Tweetdeck and just start to follow the stream of voices the way I might listen to conversations in a cafe–some of them stick and others drift right past me.

And now? Now I have to admit I’m hooked. It took me a similarly longish amount of time to get pro at Facebook. But I’m not ready for whatever micro technology is to follow Twitter. One word  posts on ring-sized devices? Why does technology seem to condense down to the more and more micro?

I feel for the elderly with their swollen knuckles and bad eyes. Today’s technology is ageist by its very design.

And now my tiny boy is demanding I take my attention off blogs and Twitter and put it back where it belongs–in the human realm.

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Would you like to be inspired? Pushed to be a better writer? Motivated to free yourself from attitudes about publishing that hold you back?

For free?

It’s not too late to SUBSCRIBE (for free) to the Write Free e-newsletter. The June, 2009 issue is going out late–Monday. This month features Editor Unleashed’s Maria Schneider. Getting (Your Writing) Back in Gear. Forming Writing Partnerships..and more!