
Memoir and Creative/Fiction Classes, Live
or Virtual
KEYWORDS: FUN! and
You
can do this!
Classes Led by Ina, The "'Pawprints' and Memoirs Lady"
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Librarian's Review of Class
"Thank you for
being an excellent teacher!" Moty Zahavi, actor, new writer to
appear on the web and in the next member book, "Stories From The
Heart," Vol. 4
"You
have a way of getting people to open up that is unique. We were in a
room full of strangers and everyone felt comfortable sharing their
stories. That's a very rare talent." E. Meyer., Artist and Jeweler,
participant in Burbank Library Workshop, Class Member, cover artist
for "Stories From The Heart, Vol. 3"
Ongoing free
classes for seniors Monday mornings 10:15-noon. Felicia Mahood
Senior Multipurpose Center, 11338 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
90025.
Open to new writers and published authors. Fun and you get into our
books!
CREATE A
BEGINNERS OR ADVANCED CLASS FOR YOUR OWN GROUP WITH INA IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA:
Annap@InasPawprints.com
Also available:
Private coaching
in writing memoirs, fiction, publishing. Contact Ina for more
information. Available in person or by phone.
Don't live in Los Angeles? Try
our virtual classes, for online fun. Plus, ideas on how to start a
local club.
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Do you have scraps of
paper sitting in an old shoe box?
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Have you thought you'd like to get those scraps
organized, and maybe the family will quit bugging you?
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Or are you a writer new to the memoir form?
Then You Owe it to Yourself!
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! Break through writer’s block!
Ina’s Weird Prompts™
and books, including
“How to Write Your Memoirs” make it
easy, and fun!
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Organize your ideas.
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Fire that inner critic!
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Create either fiction or
memoirs even people
who are not your mother will savor!
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Enjoy sharing your
stories with people from different worlds.
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GET PUBLISHED! Our last
collection is an Amazon.com bestseller.
“This workshop opens up the floodgates to
memories long buried but not forgotten.”
Kay Roberts, author, stand-up comic and actor
“Ina has the gift of
getting people to open up. She got me writing in a
direction I never would have gone on my own.”
Chrystine
Julian, poet, upcoming book,
"The Sensual Spirit"
"Makes my week!"
Howard Westley, first-time author, "Stories From
The Heart, Vol. 2"
"After all these years of scraps of
paper, finally magical sense! And seeing myself in print
makes me feel complete."
Jane Madeline, first-time author, "Stories From The
Heart, V. 2."
“It’s just plain
fun!”
Sophie Chudacoff,
94 year old dynamo, writer/fund raiser for City of Hope
And a few more:
“Expands my mind.”
“Opened the floodgates.”
“Enlivening, spirited discussions in writings.”
“Interesting and inspirational.”
“Wonderfully uplifting.”
“Unlocked the doors to memories long forgotten but still
present."
“The participants are nice, the group inclusive; I’ve
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You'll get to experiment with a wide range of prompts
and easy exercises that jog your memories. You'll find it
easier than you thought to ransform treasured moments into beautiful stories on paper.
You'll also get ideas for structuring both short stories and
books. And you'll get an opportunity to be published, online
here at
www.InasPawprints.com
and in books (see next paragraph).
Special techniques draw on Ina's
experiences as a writer and publisher of Amazon.com best selling
books, newsletters and articles, and in working with people
around the country. She also draws on her books, How to Write
Your Memoirs: Fun Prompts to make Writing…and Reading…Your
Life Stories a Pleasure,©, Amazon.com bestseller
Pawprints, the book of furry memoirs, and the
Stories From The Heart ©
series, compilations of writings by members of her Pawprints
Writing Club™. (Vol. 2 became an Amazon.com Top Seller;
the third in the series was published in spring of this year.
Scroll down to see more.)
LIBRARY "BOOK REPORT"
We are pleased to
report that we had a full house (65) at Ina's recent Memoir Writing
Workshop sponsored by the Burbank Public
Library.
People who came included an Emmy Award winning comedy writer, a
creative writing teacher with an MFA in her field, actors, and folks
from many other walks of life, countries and eras.
Many thanks to Program and Publicity whiz,
Louise Paziak, and staff for all their support. Thanks also to Ms. Paziak for writing Ina:
"I wanted to thank you for providing our patrons with a
wonderfully creative afternoon. It was exhilarating to see such
a diverse group of people turning out for the class and
determined to improve their writing...Creative writing is still
vitally important in this era of text messaging and cell phones.
Everyone had a story to tell and it was really fascinating to
listen to them share their memories. I thoroughly enjoyed
sitting in on your class.”
Don't live in the Los Angeles area? Click here to start a
memoir writing
club in your home town.
Click here to find out more about a
Creative/Fiction Writing club if you're not in the L.A.
area...
If you live in Los
Angeles,
you are also welcome to
come to our free class Monday mornings for seniors.
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New! We Writing
Class Training for Groups!
FOR SENIOR CENTERS/ COMMUNITY GROUPS/ CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS:
Ina Hillebrandt, founder and Executive Director of
Pawprints Literacy Plus, is available to train your staff. Unique, easy to learn
creativity and motivation tips and tools that make it easy to help
your adult and senior members and staff to get all the benefits of
writing their memoirs -- a heightened sense of well being,
enthusiasm for living, knowledge they are creating a valuable gift
for themselves and their families.
Classes also
available for your members, residents.
Both training and classes
includes
optional book production and design. For more information on
senior living staff and training programs, click the button below:
NOTE TO ALL:
We publish the
best short stories on our site --
you may want to
submit your own
short stories for consideration.
Corporate training for creative writing/team building also available
from
Ina, a Fortune 500 Consultant for
20+ years for clients such as SEARS, VISA, IBM, etc.
For more information
on Senior or corporate classes or training, contact us at 310-471-5048, or via e-mail:
annap@InasPawprints.com.
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information on
Kids'
Literacy,
Writing and Reading programs, and the
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Clubs.
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