READING YOUR OWN WORK –

 

Group workshops  $100/hour

            One hour - 3-4 participants

            Two hours - 5-7 participants

            Three hours - 5-8 participants to three hours w/ more individualized feedback

           

To contact me about workshops, email marcyarlin@gmail.com

 

In each session, you will:

  • Develop confidence and comfort speaking in front of a group

  • Read/present your work to the group, with individualized feedback            .

  • Focus on needs of audience – small group, large meeting rooms, etc.

  • Learn about pacing, tone, rhythm to make presentation or story interesting.

  • Learn how to use body language – eye contact, posture, gestures –  to make your story/message more effective

  • Learn how humor and strong emotion can draw an audience in.

 

Sessions include

  • General discussion on above topics

  • Initial 3-5 minute reading of your material

  • Instructor Feedback #1

  • Individual practice

  • Second reading of work

  • Feedback #

 

Individual sessions provide the same instruction as the  group,  Minimum one hour.  $96/hour. Two or more hours:  $70/hour

Plus

  • Particular attention to line-by-line readings

  • Techniques for vocalizing specific dialogue, narrative, and inner thoughts of different characters.

  • Help in choosing and adapting written text for oral presentation.

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As fellow BSFW-er Dan La Noue wrote:

Some fiction writers are great orators -- either by nature or through training. I am NOT one of those writers. So when I signed up for a pitching roundtable with two esteemed literary agents, I was nervous about having to read my query letter and novel sample aloud. Thankfully, I had a great coach and mentor in my corner. Marcy Arlin, a speculative author and theatre director, led me through a series of practice sessions with patience, wisdom and wit. With line-by-line, syllable-for-syllable precision, she helped me turn my written words into vibrant spoken words. She helped me better understand the pacing and rhythm, emphasis and enunciation, tone and cadence of my writing. Bottomline, she gave me confidence that I could tell my story aloud with conviction and intentionality. I highly recommend her to my fellow authors!