The Author Intensive
May 7 - 11, 2012
Write a Book and Publish Your Legacy…
Remember the book that you cherished as a child... how you would snuggle up with it and escape to its warmth, to its familiar smell and feel, to another world. Now picture holding your own book within a few short months - the feel of its pages rustling through your fingers and the excitement that it now can become a cherished possession for those who read it and enjoy it. This could be your legacy for 2012...
This year you can create something remarkable or it could simply be another year that passes. What will the lasting result of all your work and effort this year be? There is an old phrase that summarises the deepest desires of a human heart - “Have a child, plant a tree, write a book.” These three precious activities all focus on the creation of a legacy, leaving something behind - relationships of love, a care for the natural world, a sharing of wisdom and insight and inspiration. The desire to write a book, to write something that will last and provide entertainment, education, inspiration, is something deep within many of us. A remarkable statistic that appeared in The New York Times suggests that 81% of Americans want to write a book - amazing - yet only a tiny proportion actually ever get started with writing and a microscopic percentage actually complete the book - even fewer manage to get published.
Find your voice
You desire to write, to share something of yourself, a story that you’ve been contemplating for years or the wisdom that flows from your experience (whether of life, work or your particular passion). Each person has a voice, an authentic truth to offer to others. Yet many barriers lie between your desire to write and finishing that first draft and then getting published. Many have a vague desire, a half-hearted wish that they could make a difference. However, you can choose to face the challenges and pursue the remarkable vision that exists inside to get your book written and then get yourself published.
Imagine for a moment that your experience, your wisdom, your insight is only offered to the universe once. What will you do with this opportunity? Will you allow it to be squandered, silenced by the voices of the critics and the nay-sayers who declare that to reach for such a lofty goal is not appropriate or that you don’t deserve this chance? But you don’t have to imagine that your experience, your wisdom, your insight is only offered to the universe once - this is the truth - if you seize this moment and discover your authentic voice you can allow that unique gift to be shared and offered to the future. It is not simply a book that you desire to write, it is you that you offer - a unique and unrepeatable gift.
Share your message
The amazing truth is that you have the greatest opportunity in human history to write your book, to get it published and have it read and experienced by many others both today and in the future. The advent of modern technology means that you are able to publish thoughts and ideas constantly and many of us do (through Twitter and Facebook, etc.). Are you content to leave your eternal legacy to a series of 140 character musings on the state of the weather or what the food was like at the local restaurant? Or are you serious about truly reaching deep inside and bringing out your powerful story that wants to touch minds and hearts and enchant them?
Be remarkable - don’t just think about it - write it!
But if writing a book was easy 81% of people would already be doing it, wouldn’t they? Tweeting, updating your Facebook wall or even writing the odd blog article aren’t too daunting, but writing a book... that requires those with a strong heart and a real commitment.
But your passion and your commitment aren’t enough either. You need to understand why you want to write, what it is that you and you alone can write, how to write it and improve it, how to get it ready for publishing, how to promote it and share it effectively and how to do all this as smoothly as possible. Writing your book could become one of the most personally rewarding and enriching experiences you’ll ever have. Or you could let the desire fade away and, in twenty years time when you look back... the missed opportunity to write has simply become one of your biggest regrets...
Know what to do - when to do it - and how to make sure you do it
The Author Intensive 5-day programme is designed to immerse you in an atmosphere of support, challenge and effective strategies that will allow you to discover your authentic voice, plan your book, learn many unique and powerful tools to help hone the art and power of your writing, discover the many options available to ensure your book is published (whether traditional or self-publishing) and learn how to promote your book and skills further. By the end of the course you will have a clear plan and know effective strategies to ensure that you know exactly how to complete the first draft of your book and what to do next.
The questions that will be tackled (amongst many others) during the course:
- How do I start to write?
- How do I maintain my motivation when I hit a wall?
- How can I improve my writing?
- How can I make my writing exciting and compelling?
- How can I write so that my readers want more?
- How can I be clear about my target market and how to connect to them?
- How do I plan when I have so many ideas?
- How can I plan my time for writing when there are so many other responsibilities?
- How can my writing be profitable?
Authors and Publishers - they don’t just teach it, they do it!
The creators and presenters of this course, Martyn Pentecost and Richard Hagen bring a unique combination of skills to your training programme. We can assure you that you will cherish the discoveries you will make during these all-too-brief five days that will transform not only your writing but may transform your outlook on life itself.
Martyn, Creative Director at mPowr, became a published author of fiction whilst still a teenager (a few years ago...) and has since gone on to publish more than fifteen non-fiction titles, almost a dozen audio programmes and 2 online training programmes. He has also worked journalistically and editorially in various media organisations and enabled others to create and develop content for publication in digital and multimedia formats. He also spent most of the last ten years or so training many others in the various therapeutic approaches he created - from Creative Writing Therapy to Celtic Reiki and Karmic Regression Therapy. This public training was combined with private practice in both a therapeutic and business environment, helping new students and practitioners to establish their own successful businesses. In developing the highly innovative VAEO series of titles, integrating traditional printed books with cutting-edge technology and audio-visual material accessed using smartphones and tablets, Martyn also has an eye on the future developments of publishing and writing. Martyn brings a powerful focus on the art and craft of writing, together with an incredible armoury of tools, skills, strategies and techniques to ensure that your writing leaps to the next levels and your confidence and abilities grow measurably.
Richard, the Operations Director at mPowr, has been responsible for the many production processes and systems that are required to help take a manuscript from first draft to published book for all of mPowr’s titles. He was a freelance non-fiction writer for many years. Skilled in book editing, proofreading and the technical requirements for modern printing he brings a passion for quality and constant improvement to the course. He is also a certified NLP Trainer using this powerful personal and business development method in adult education, primary education and public presentations. Since establishing mPowr he has concentrated upon the latest technologies and approaches to both minimise costs and maximise quality. Richard will focus upon the practical options you as an author have for publishing your work, exploring and explaining the various traditional, self-publishing and e-book options. He will also share many tools and strategies from the NLP toolkit that will enable you to ensure your motivation, your time management and writing strategies guarantee the completion of your book.
No other course brings together this experience and these skillsets. All is carefully designed to unlock the full potential of the book that lies within you:
- PURPOSE - develop a clear and riveting sense of WHY you want to write and the reason your readers will be desperate to read more.
- CONTENT - Whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction discover WHAT is central to your book and your message and how to ensure that you maintain high quality throughout.
- CRAFT YOUR WRITING - Your writing will be enhanced and transformed as you experience many of the tools of Creative Writing Therapy and work with a published author to discover HOW to make your writing more compelling and enchanting.
- PUBLISHING - Having poured your heart, your time and your story into the pages of your book it deserves to be shared, to be published. This course will explain clearly WHERE to go for the various options so that you can choose your best route to engage readers.
- PERSONAL MANAGEMENT - Proven techniques, beliefs and systems that will allow you be in control of the entire writing process, turning frustration to motivation and inspiration.
- STAND OUT - In a world of competing voices how can you ensure that your book will stand out? Discovering the principles of Immersive Publishing that led to the creation of the VAEO titles and learning how to create additional products or events that build upon your own book you will allow your books to truly emerge above the noise that surrounds them.
WHERE AND WHEN TO TAKE YOUR DESIRE AND BEGIN TO TURN IT INTO REALITY
This 5-Day Intensive takes place at The Hive and Grove, Kitchener, Ontario from the 7th-11th May 2012.
HOW VALUABLE IS THE BOOK THAT IS WITHIN YOU?
The investment for this Author Intensive programme is only $1999 for those booking before the 28th February, thereafter the price rises to $2399. Places are limited to a maximum of 10 to ensure adequate personal coaching opportunities and individual attention throughout the programme. Guarantee your place by booking today at www.mpowrpublishing.com/events.html.
BOOKING INFORMATION
To guarantee your place on the programme full payment must be made at the time of initial booking or all instalments be fully paid before the 1st May 2012. Any funds paid are final and non-refundable (except in the case of course cancellation). If there is an outstanding balance on the 1st May your place may be forfeited without refund.
FOR BOOKINGS BEFORE 28th FEB 2012 ($1999.00 in single payment or 3 payments)
FOR BOOKINGS AFTER 28th Feb 2012
