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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 and Wed, 23 Jan 2008 9:45 to 12:00 am, Sanlitun

INSPIRED Members: RMB 300 (for the two seminars)

INSPIRED Guests: RMB 600 (for the two seminars)

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION Many people have the idea of becoming a freelance writer. This two-part seminar with writer Alan Paul will help you learn how to achieve this elusive but reachable goal. Alan will help you learn how to pick a topic, find your voice, write a story and then sell it, focusing on the three primary English-language magazines in Beijing.

TAKE AWAY BENEFITS You will gain an increased confidence in your writing ability. A simplified, clear-headed understanding of how magazines work that will demystify the process.

METHODOLOGY The seminar will explain how magazine editors think, helping you focus your writing to make it more saleable. It will also focus on the art of writing in order to help you write with clarity and confidence.

WORKSHOP DURATION: 2 seminars of 2 hours each

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER ALAN PAUL Alan Paul writes The Expat Life column for the Wall Street Journal Online and is also the That's Beijing sports columnist and pens The Beijing Baba column about raising expat children for TBJ Kids. He also contributes from Beijing to Wall Street Journal, Sports Business Journal, NBC.com and has written in the past for publications and websites including the New Yorker, People, Entertainment Weekly, the Washington Post and ESPN.com.

To register for this event, go to www.inspiredbeijing.com or call Jasmine at 13621132201.

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9 months ago

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In this two-part INSPIRED workshop Alan Paul, writer and contributor for outlets as diverse as the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, People, and ESPN.com, will walk you through the basics of crafting a story and selling it to the primary English-language magazines in Beijing. Perfect for anyone dying to write for City Weekend.