I’m Waverly Fitzgerald, a Seattle-based writing teacher, writer and writing coach. I love working with writers to help them achieve their writing goals.

PERSONAL APPEARANCES, SPRING 2009

Editors Guild Conference
March 28, 2009
Don't miss this conference if you work or are considering working as an editor or writing coach. I thoroughly enjoyed the first conference two years ago, and am happy to be facilitating a discussion group at this year's conference. It's a fun, friendly and generous group.

Field's End Conference
April 18, 2009
My absolute favorite writing conference. It's small, it's well-run, the speakers are engaging and informative, the food is delicious, the setting is superb. I especially appreciate how every aspect of the conference is designed to help writers meet and talk to each other in an atmosphere of mutual respect. We're not just racing from hotel room to hotel room, but mingling over delicious food, lingering on the lawn admiring the ocean view, enjoying a conversation with the person sitting next to us on the shuttle bus from the ferry to Kiana Lodge.

I'm honored that I was invited to participate this year. I will teach a workshop called "Whose Voice Is It?" and provide feedback during one of the popular and clever Page One sessions. There are three of these for fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Writers submit one page of work and during the workshops, pages are chosen at random, read anonymously and feedback provided. It's instructive for both the author and the audience. Registration begins February 1. For more information, go to: www.fieldsend.org/Conference.html

Writer
I wrote my first novel when I was 13. My third novel was published by Doubleday when I was 25. I just completed my seventh: a detective novel set in Seattle. I also write personal essays about tango dancing and non-fiction articles about seasonal holidays, as well as content for my web site.

Teacher
I love teaching writing almost as much as I love writing. I teach writing classes throughout the Seattle area. I've also been a guest speaker at regional writing conferences.

Writing Coach
As a writing coach, I meet with my Seattle clients in coffee shops and work with writers across the United States via mail and email. I've been editing and coaching writers for over 20 years.

Articles
Read about writing heresy, time and the writer, writing rituals and other articles on writing by Waverly.

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Current Schedule of Classes:
WINTER 2009

Read Waverly's article on:
Finding Your Readers:

“Writing is an act of communication and without an audience, the act is only half complete. Yet writers often fail to complete this cycle. I know I’m guilty of this.
 
Do any of these apply to you? They all describe me.

The Word Hoarder: You have complete articles, poems, maybe even books which have never been sent out

The Perfectionist: You’re still revising and will send your work out once it’s perfect

Need To Think About It: You received feedback on your work from an editor or your writing group, then filed the writing away uncertain how to proceed

Rejection Phobic: You received one or more rejections and have decided to shelve that piece of writing
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School of the Seasons