Last night, I taught a persuasive writing workshop for Golden Ears Writers, as part of their Lobby Night series at The ACT.
Thanks to everyone who came out. As promised, here is the reference list.
Books:
The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric Sister Miriam Joseph, Paul Dry Books (in particular, the chapter on fallacies)
Story Engineering: Mastering the Six Core Competencies of Successful Writing by Larry Brooks
The Breakout Novelist By Donald Maass
The Elements of Style (Illustrated) by Strunk, White and Kalman
The Canadian Press Stylebook: A guide for writing and editing
Websites:
RWA Chapter Listings (check individual chapter websites for on-line workshop listings)
Articles:
Guidelines for creating plain language materials
The Persuasive Narrator by Roy Peter Clark, May 23rd, 2006
The Line between Fact and Fiction
Sounds like a great night, and I know you did a great job.
By the way, I’ve tagged you for “7 Things” over on my blog.
I am finally catching up to this, Devon!
Katherine