Due to the sucess of our last Writer's Digest University Editors' Intensive event, Writer's Digest will be hosting another Editors' Intensive weekend March 21-22, 2009.

Attendees can expect a day of helpful seminars covering such topics as pitching agents and editors, self-editing and revision, and how to succeed as a writer during a transformational time. 

Registration for this exciting event will open the first week of February.

Check out the tentative schedule below, as well as some photos from our previous event.

WD Editors’ Intensive: March 21-22

9 a.m.
10 Secrets for Succeeding as a Writer in a Transformational Time
Jane Friedman, Publisher & Editorial Director, Writer’s Digest
No matter what type of a writer you are, there are certain secrets that can speed your path to publication and make doors open where they wouldn’t before.

10:30 a.m.
How to Pitch Agents, Editors, and Other Industry Professionals
Jane Friedman, Publisher & Editorial Director, Writer’s Digest
The principles of approaching and impressing the right people, whether in-person or in-writing, with templates and examples for how to write strong queries and e-queries.

11:30 a.m.
Open Q&A with editors
Jane Friedman, Publisher & Editorial Director, Writer’s Digest
Alice Pope, Managing Editor of the Writer’s Market series
Jessica Strawser, Editor of Writer’s Digest magazine

Lunch

1:00 p.m.
Social Networking & Online Tools
Alice Pope, Managing Editor of the Writer’s Market series
Jane Friedman, Publisher & Editorial Director, Writer’s Digest
Learn how to make effective use of sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn—and also how to develop strong sites/blogs and participate in the larger writing community.

2:30 p.m.
Self-Editing, Revision, and All the Must-Haves Before You Submit
When is your manuscript ready? Get an editor’s perspective how to take your work through a comprehensive improvement process that offers you the best chance for success on an editor’s or agent’s desk.
Alice Pope, Managing Editor of the Writer’s Market series
Joe Stollenwerk, Director of WritersOnlineWorkshops.com

3:30 p.m.
Why I Stop Reading
A panel of WD’s manuscript critiquers comment on the qualities of the manuscripts they have read and when it becomes a manuscript to reject.

4:30 p.m.
Open Q&A with editors
Jane Friedman, Publisher & Editorial Director, Writer’s Digest
Alice Pope, Managing Editor of the Writer’s Market series
Joe Stollenwerk, Director of WritersOnlineWorkshops.com
Zachary Petit, Managing Editor of Writer’s Digest magazine


























The Writer's Digest panel: Joe Stollenwerk, Jane Friedman, Alice Pope, Chuck Sambuchino

























A gathering of writers from across the country.

























One-on-one manuscript critiques with Writer's Digest editors.