"Lori, you are amazing. Your knowledge and the ease at which you present it is such a gift. Thank you for another valuable presentation."
--Susan Szollosi


"This lecture was very helpful. As writers with goals, Lori is very good at establishing a focus and providing the right questions to ask ourselves. ”
--Elizabeth Tait

“Thanks so much for a wonderful workshop on marketing. In a short period of time, you covered the basics and beyond. I loved your question/answer approach, which allowed additional feedback from the writers in the group.”
--Jennifer Rowe

“Lori's session was thoughtful and thought-provoking. She challenged the group to think about issues that they may not have considered before. ”
--Mike Goldscheitter

“This session gave me food for thought, some good resources to consider and a few ideas regarding my own projects. ”
--Shane Cooper

“I've studied this important topic before, and Lori's presentation gave me new insights. I'm glad I could attend. ”
--Ann Lynn

“ Very good presentation of material that matters to what I am working on now. Thanks Lori. ”
--Sue Campbell













Boulder Writers' Workshop
 

Lori's Classes
Lori's Classes
 

2012 Boulder & Denver Writing Workshops, Classes & Critiques

BWW Literary Salon

Westminster
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Barnes & Nobles, Westminster

Boulder
10:30 a.m. to noon
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Address to be announced

Free to the public | Register at www.boulderwritersworkshop.org

In the fashion of the great literary salons of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Boulder Writers' Workshop hosts a lively discussion about writing and publishing twice each month.  Members talk about their writing successes and challenges, solicit advice, share their experiences and keep each other up-to-date on trends.  Our topics range widely--covering the art, psychology, spirituality, business and craft of writing and publishing. All genres, abilities and experience levels are welcome.  Our group consists of published and newbie authors. 

Reading Between the Lines: Structuring and Staging Dialogue for Revelation, With Award-Winning Author Catherine Brady

1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 2, 2012
Boulder Location To Be Announced
$45 General Admission | $40 Professional Members
Please preregister at www.boulderwritersworkshop.org

Award-winning author Catherine Brady will visit the Boulder Writers’ Workshop on June 2, 2012, to give an exclusive Colorado lecture. Dialogue offers the most direct means for exploiting one character to reveal the hidden inner life of another, to force secrets to surface in ways that have consequence. This workshop emphasizes “site-specific” strategies for creating dialogue that sounds authentic and dramatizes the effect of one conversational partner on the other and also looks at how writers can stage dialogue so that aspects of setting, including props, come into play in the dynamic engagement between characters.

Catherine Brady is the author of three short story collections, including Curled in the Bed of Love, winner of the 2002 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and The Mechanics of Falling, winner of the 2010 Northern California Book Award for Fiction.Her stories have appeared in numerous literary journals and Best American Short Stories. She’s also the author of a book on writing craft, Story Logic and the Craft of Fiction, and a biography of a Nobel laureate, Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres: Deciphering the Ends of DNA.  She teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco and is currently at work on a novel.

The Boulder Writers' Workshop ( www.boulderwritersworkshop.org ) is organized by Writing Coach Lori DeBoer ( www.lorideboer.com ). In addition to the weekly meetings in Boulder, we also feature great writing workshops through our subsidiary, the North Metro Area Writers group on some Thursday evenings in northern Denver. 

Lori works with writers of all genres both locally and nationally and is the founder and director of the national organization, Associated Writing Coaches (www.associatedwritingcoaches.com). Please e-mail her if you have questions or want to speak to our group. 
Peak Critique Club

Get your writing in top shape with the Peak Critique Club. Weed out weak writing and learn story-strengthening strategies. Gain a greater understanding of what makes a story work, through critiquing other people’s pieces and having your own critiqued. Writing exercises and spot-training with Writing Coach Lori DeBoer will whip you into peak writing performance so you can reach your publication goals.

Because this class is suitable for serious writers only, those interested in joining the club must apply with a brief letter of intent, a one-paragraph project proposal and a writing sample. The writing sample should be under 20 pages and formatted according to industry standards. Send your application materials in a Microsoft Word format attached to an e-mail to Lori DeBoer.

Club members must agree to:

  •   Submit three pieces of writing from 15 to 24 pages each for critique
  •   Submit one rewrite for evaluation by the instructor at the end of the nine-week session
  •   Read and critique other members’ work each week
  •   Complete the outside reading and writing assignments

This class is open to those working on short stories, personal essays, novels (any genre), memoirs or narrative nonfiction books. It is not suitable for those writing how-to books, business books, plays, poetry or children’s picture books.

Lori is the director of The Boulder Writers’ Workshop. As a writing coach, she has helped hundreds get published and win awards in memoir, fiction, screenwriting and journalism. She has an MFA in Creative Writing. Her essays and articles have appeared in Creative Nonfiction, The New York Times, Mamaphonic and elsewhere. Her awards include a top-25 finalist from Glimmer Train for short fiction.

$360 General Admission 
$300 BWW Professional Members 

10 a.m. to noon
Saturdays, April 7 – June 30, 2012 
Nine weeks total
 (one week off every month)

Boulder Location to be announced

Application deadline: March 25
Limit: 9 writers

Register at
www.boulderwritersworkshop.org