ONLINE Getting Ready to Write!
One-Day Workshop | Thursday, February 19, 2026
11am-1pm PT | 12pm-2pm MT | 1pm-3pm MT | 2pm-4pm ET | 3pm-5pm AT
Instructor: Cristy Watson
MEMBER PRICE: $40.00
NON-MEMBER PRICE: $60.00
Jumping in with both feet, or just dipping a toe in the water? Or wanting to move from constantly treading water, to doing the front crawl? This workshop will help novice writers get started with writing and give more seasoned writers an opportunity to reset their path. Tools and ideas of what worked to help this author become an award-winning writer of eight trade-published novels, with poetry, appearing in various anthologies, will be shared to get you ready for writing… Join facilitator Cristy Watson for insights and inspiration in this workshop!
This is an interactive online class using the Zoom web platform.
Cristy Watson is an award-winning author of eight novels for middle-grade and young-adult readers, as well as having poems appear in several magazines and anthologies. Since retiring from teaching she has been busy with editing and mentoring authors, and participating in writing contests like the Poetry Marathon, the three-day novel contest, and NAPOWRIMO. She also offers creative writing workshops, along with volunteering at writing conferences and judging writing contests.
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