​2019 Put Your Heart in a Book Conference
Pre-Conference Workshop
Friday, October 18, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Bob Mayer and Friend

New Jersey Romance Writers is excited to offer an in-depth craft workshop with renowned author and speaker Bob Mayer.

Bob Mayer is the grandfather of two future leaders of the Resistance Against the Machines, a NY Times Bestselling author, graduate of West Point, former Green Beret and the feeder of Cool Gus. He’s had over 75 books published and sold over 5 million, including the #1 series Green Berets, Area 51, and Atlantis. Born in the Bronx, having traveled the world (usually not tourist spots), he now lives peacefully at an undisclosed location. Visit him at www.bobmayer.com.

Pre-Conference Workshop:
THE CREATIVE PROCESS WORKSHOP
How do we create? Where do our stories come from? Why do we write? Sometimes the question is: are we even writing what we should be writing?

Our creative process is the core of our writing and the better we consciously understand it, the more effectively we can raise our process of craft into the creation of art. Process is unique to each writer, but there are common traits and ways to uncover it. We have to understand how our minds work, how we create, how we process idea, story and channel them into our writing. A topic rarely covered, but I’ve found it’s the most fundamental thing a writer needs to understand. Process also affects how we relate to the business and the people who we work with.
 
Schedule
Introduction to Process
Personality types and how they affect our writing
Gender Archetypes, Linear and Circular
Profiling for creativity and efficiency
The 3 Steps of Change and the 5 Emotional Stages
Streaming and/or Outlining
Mining the Subconscious: Dreams, Editing and more
How Our Process Affects Our Business
On Becoming An Artist

The Pre-Conference Workshop Fee is $50 and may be added to your Conference Registration during the registration process.
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Join us for this special three-hour event, which will take place the morning of Friday, October 18, prior to the NJRW Put Your Heart in a Book Conference.