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101 (or so) Ways You Can Use Your Writing Talent

Advertising, Copywriting

  • PR
  • book jackets
  • brochures
  • ads
  • catalog copy
  • direct mail
  • press releases
  • public relations
  • sales letters
  • speeches

Audiovisual & Electronic Comm.

  • audiocassette scripts
  • audiovisuals
  • radio copy writing
  • radio documentaries
  • film scripts for education, business and industry
  • screen writing
  • slide presentations
  • TV documentaries
  • TV editorials
  • TV home shopping
  • TV news

Books

  • novels
  • children's picture books
  • non-fiction
  • how-to
  • biographies
  • autobiographies
  • textbooks
  • translations
  • movie novelization
  • ghostwriting
  • editing
  • proposals & queries
  • summaries for book clubs
  • jacket copy
  • proofreading

Business & Technical Writing 

  • annual reports
  • audiovisual scripts-multimedia
  • booklets
  • letters
  • meeting guides
  • business plans
  • catalogs
  • consumer complaint letters
  • corporate comedy
  • corporate histories
  • corporate profiles
  • executive biographies
  • folders
  • fundraising materials
  • ghostwriting
  • grants
  • appeals
  • handbooks
  • in-house publications
  • manuals
  • promotions
  • market research
  • reports
  • medical writing
  • newsletters
  • public relations
  • resumes
  • sales letters
  • scripts for films & video
  • speeches
  • technical writing
  • training programs
  • translations

Editorial/Design Packages

  • desktop publishing
  • greeting cards with art
  • photo brochures

Educational & Literary

  • poetry
  • short stories
  • seminars/workshops
  • tutoring
  • critiques

Magazines & Trade Journals

  • art/reviews
  • book reviews
  • feature articles
  • fillers
  • columns
  • poetry
  • criticism
  • trade articles
  • profiles
  • short stories
  • news reports
  • ads
  • editing

Newspapers

  • ads
  • arts reviews
  • book reviews
  • columns
  • features
  • obituaries
  • science articles
  • news

Misc. Editing, (Cards, Keepsakes)

  • church history
  • comedy for entertainers
  • comics
  • craft ideas & instruction
  • encyclopedia articles
  • greeting card verse 
  • family histories
  • party toasts/limericks
  • letters to/for friends
  • limericks
  • restaurant guides
  • special occasion booklets 
  • weddings 
  • anniversaries
  • bar mitzvahs
  • funerals
  • gifts for friends & family
  • reminiscences

More Handy Lists and Crib Sheets

  1. 101 Ways You Can Use Your Writing Talent
  2. 30 Things to Write in Thirty Minutes
  3. Tips for Public Readings
  4. Writers' Affirmations
  5. Sample Format for Query or Cover Letter
  6. Sample Format for Article or Short Fiction Manuscript
  7. Critique Groups - Snappy Introductions
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Shut Up & Write!
with Judy Bridges
Summer Session: August 14 & 15, 2010
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Develop your skills.
Build confidence.
Get moving!

Women's Writing Retreat
with Judy Bridges & Laurel Landis
October 3 - October 9
at The Clearing in Door County, WI
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Redbird Women's Writing Retreat
Apr 28 - May 1, 2011

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Writers' Wellspring
with Judy Bridges
May 30 - June 5
at The Clearing in Door County, WI
Contact The Clearing for information and Registration

Spring Writers' Showcase
Roundtable participants will celebrate a year of writing by sharing excerpts from their work. No registration necessary. Free.
Wednesday May 5, 7pm - 8:30pm

The Hairshirt Retreat
Redbird Women's Writing Retreat
April 22 - 25, 2010

Create A Circle Of Support
at Fox Valley Technical College in Neenah WI
With Judy Bridges
Sat, March 20, 2010

Getting Published In 2010
Fresh Approaches To Today's Market
with authors Kirk Farber, Doug Jacobson,
Shannon Jackson Arnold, Karen McQuestion,
Eva Augustin Rumpf and Stacey Kannenberg
Panel moderated by Judy Bridges
Thurs March 11, 6:30pm

Writing Life Stories
With Carol LaChapelle & Judy Bridges
Sat, Feb 27, 2010

Start Your New Year Right
Create Your Best Year Ever
with Roi Solberg
Thursday, January 14, 2010