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PUTTING YOUR CREATIVITY FIRST

July 12, Saturday, 5:00-6:00 p.m. (one session)

$40 (includes a copy of 1,000 Words)

Putting Your Creativity first will feature a talk, writing prompts and group write-along, followed by a Q&A on the creative process, writing community, and business of art. Jami will also explain the development of the worldwide literary movement #1000wordsofsummer, her wildly popular grassroots movement which inspired a book-length extension of it, 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round.

All registered participants receive a copy of 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round. Books will be distributed at the workshop.

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Jami Attenberg

Jami Attenberg

Jami Attenberg is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including The Middlesteins, All Grown Up, the recently published A Reason to See You Again, and a memoir, I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home. She is also the creator of the annual online group writing accountability project #1000wordsofsummer, which inspired the USA Today bestseller 1000 Words:A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round. Jami has also written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times, The Guardian, and others. Her work has been published in sixteen languages.

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