"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK'15 - Writing Intensive with Hester Bass

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK'15
- Writing Intensive with Hester Bass

Hester Bass will host a half-day writing intensive titled, "Picture Books That Perform: Setting the Stage for Success".

*Intensives are an additional fee. Please see Registration page for cost.

Picture Books That Perform: Setting the Stage for Success
Great picture book writing begs to be performed. Add rhythm to your language and drama to your plots in a writer’s intensive with Hester Bass, using acting techniques to create dynamic characters and authentic action in just a few words.

AUDIENCE: Writers, all levels.

ABOUT HESTER BASS:

Hester Bass grew up in rural Georgia, but now spends her time in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was a broadcast copywriter, rock singer, Shakespearian actress, singing telegram messenger, and television game show contestant before becoming an author.
Her newest book Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama (Candlewick Press, illustrated by E.B. Lewis) is a Junior Library Guild selection, SIBA Okra Pick, and represented Alabama at the 2015 National Book Festival. Hester also wrote The Secret World of Walter Anderson, which won the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, SIBA Book Award, and was named one of the Best Children’s Books of the Year by Kirkus Reviews (starred review), CCBC Choices, and Bank Street College of Education.
Hester has made presentations at several SCBWI regions, ALA, and NCTE conferences, utilizing her years as a performer to “encourage the most reluctant reader to read and the hesitant student to write.” 

LINKS:

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Click here to REGISTER FOR WIK'15 now!

"Something for Everyone!" 30 Days of WIK15 - Hester Bass

"Something for Everyone!"
30 Days of WIK15 - Hester Bass

Hester Bass will host several workshops during WIK15:

• Who’s the Boss? The Role of Editor, Author, and Illustrator w/ Kaylan Adair & E. B. Lewis
  Learn from the experiences of Candlewick Press editor Kaylan Adair, author Hester Bass, and illustrator E. B. Lewis about the process of successful collaboration that creates rewarding relationships and award-winning books.
  AUDIENCE: Writers and illustrators, all levels. 
• Relax and Remember: Acting Techniques for Precise Writing
  Develop skills every writer needs: concentration and sense memory. Practice exercises from the world of acting to recall specific details for any scene, which help you write more precisely and create the authentic emotional response you intend for your readers.
  AUDIENCE: Writers, all levels. 
• Honing Your Home-Run Pitch.
  Create your own luck when preparation meets opportunity! Learn to craft and practice a one-line and a one-paragraph pitch for your work-in-progress, including tips on how to deliver them during that elevator ride to impress an editor or agent.
  AUDIENCE: Writers, all levels.
  

Hester Bass will also host a half-day Writing Intensive workshop on Friday, October 16, 2015.

*Intensives are an additional fee. Please see Registration Page for cost.

  

ABOUT HESTER BASS:

Hester Bass was a broadcast copywriter, rock singer, Shakespearian actress, singing telegram messenger, and television game show contestant before becoming an author. Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama (Candlewick Press, illustrated by E.B. Lewis) is a Junior Library Guild selection, Alabama’s representative at the 2015 National Book Festival, SIBA Okra Pick, and received a Parents’ Choice Silver Honor. Publishers Weekly said in a starred review: “This is nonfiction storytelling at its best.” The Secret World of Walter Anderson won the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, SIBA Book Award, and was named one of the Best Children’s Books of the Year. She has offered presentations for SCBWI regions, ALA, ILA, NCTE, and more to, as one librarian said, “encourage the most reluctant reader to read and the hesitant student to write.” Hester Bass lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

LINKS:

Website

Click here to REGISTER for WIK'15 now!