In recent years, AI has been gaining a lot of attention in the writing industry. This event explores the many…
Once a month, IWOSC hosts a panel to discuss writing and publishing topics.
Legal and Tax Tips for Writers and Other Creatives
Legal and Tax Tips from the experts for writers and other creatives Fretting over your taxes? Worried about health insurance? …
THIS IS US: The Independent Writers of Southern California at 40
It’s an Anniversary Party! Ever since our founding exactly 40 years ago, in November of 1982, IWOSC has prided itself…
IWOSC’s Annual Literary Agents Panel
IWOSC Presents its Annual Literary Agents Panel for 2022 What Writers Must Know About Working With Agents Today Wednesday, September 28 6:00…
IWOSC Reads Its Own
IWOSC Members Read from Their Own Works Join us this Sunday for our biannual Reads Its Own virtual program August 14, 2022,…
Indie Publishing and Small Presses
Indie Publishing and Small Presses: What Writers Need to Know Do you, like many writers today, hope for traditional publishing…
What Today’s Writers Need to Know About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
What Today’s Writers Need to Know About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Discover what DEI Means to the Writing and Reading…
Online Panel (Webinar): Everybody’s a Critic
How to Get Your Writing and Film Projects Noticed by Top Critics — and How to Become One Yourself! In…
Self-Publishing with BookBaby with Steven Spatz, President Emeritus of BookBaby
Steven Spatz, President Emeritus of BookBaby, will share with his audience of essayists, novelists, editors, book designers, authors of all…
Writing Short: The Art of the Short Story and Personal Essay
In our time-crunched world, it can be satisfying to write, complete and publish shorter works–such as the short story and…
Romance and Women’s Literature Writing
Tips for Writing for the Biggest Markets in Fiction Today
Romance and Women’s Literature WritingTips for Writing for the Biggest Markets in Fiction Today Wonder how successful authors keep sending…
IWOSC January: Marketing Your Books in 2022
After nearly 2 years of Covid and lockdowns, how do you tell the world now about your book? Book store signings and…
Trends in Publishing
Monday, January 25, 2016 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. (networking follows the program) WHAT DO PUBLISHERS WANT? As the greatest writer…
Behind The Screen: Writing for TV Today – and Tomorrow
TV is a booming business for writers with one-hour dramas and dramedies, half hour semi-comedic series and animation. Even reality…
Tricks Of The Trade – Writing Advice from the Experts
TRICKS OF THE TRADE – Writing Advice from the Experts There’s no one formula for writing – there are a…
Public Speaking for Writers: Overcoming Your Fears and Making the Best Impression with Clinton Young
In today’s era of Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, having a public presence, brand, and followers is a must. And…
Literary Agents Panel – How Writers Can Get Represented Today
Wednesday, September 29, 20216:00 to 8:00 p.m. Pacific (to accommodate agents from NY)IWOSC members – freeNon-members – $15Jump down to registerRegistration…
Ghostwriting and Written With Collaborations
Ghostwriting books for the business, academic, self-help, and biographical/memoir markets can be a lucrative way for someone with a firm skill set as a writer to establish their writing business, or just add an extra stream of income to fall back on. And almost every emerging journalist or movie/TV critic hopes to get a job as a “written with” on a celebrity or politician’s memoirs or book of ideas. So how do you go about it and get started? What’s involved, and how do you make your best impression?
This IWOSC Panel of top experts will address all that and more, as some of America’s top “ghosts” come out into the open, and share some of their top trade secrets. Some of the topics we’ll be discussing include…
Getting Ready to Publish Your Book
Getting ready to take your book out to the world? Wonderful! Got questions about how to go about getting published? Such as whether to publish yourself or try for a traditional publisher, and what the steps are for each? Our experts will talk about these questions and more, and provide a number of handouts to help you take concrete steps to get your unique voice heard.
Writing Successfully for Children in Today’s Complex Time
Online Panel: Writing Successfully For Children In Today’s Complex Time This Panel has passed but you can purchase a recording…
Write More in 2021
Online PanelWebinar: Writing More Wednesday, February 24, 2021 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Pacific IWOSC members – free Non-members – $15…
New Opportunities writing In Film & TV 2021
Online PanelWebinar: New Film & TV Writing Opportunities 2021 Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Pacific IWOSC members…
How to Write Funny 2020
“Dying is easy; comedy is difficult,” especially these days.
But we persist because we can. From the farces of Feydeau, Baudelaire, and Wilde, on to George Carlin, Lenny Bruce, Larry Gelbart, Terry Southern, Paddy Chayefsky, and Norman Lear, right on through to Dave Chappelle, Mindy Kaling, and Stephen Colbert today, blistering social satire and, yes, even a few organic laughs are necessary for our sanity.
How do we incorporate humor and zest to spice up our memoirs, novels, and screenplays (especially if they AREN’T straight up comedies)?
What Writers Must Know about Finding & Working with Representation Today
Online Panel: What Writers Must Know About Finding & Working with Representation Today Wednesday, September 30, 2020 6:00 – 8:00…
Monetizing Your Message – 5 Steps to Book-Selling Success
Online Webinar: How to Monetize Your Message – 5 Steps to Book-Selling Success Monday, August 24, 2020 7:00 p.m. Pacific IWOSC…