Pitching Personal Essays and Op-Eds, Workshop Led by Beverly Willett

Let’s face it, writers today must be proficient at wearing two hats—both as writer and self promoter. Publication of your personal essays and op-eds (opinion pieces) is a valuable tool that can help market your book(s), build your platform, enhance your credibility, form relationships with editors, and land you an agent. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to craft your pitches for personal essays and op-eds, and lift them out of the slush pile. Op-eds are not just for PhDs, celebrities, and those with discrete technical knowledge. Everyone has an expertise and we’ll explore how to find yours.

Saturday, June 11, 10:00-11:30 a.m., in person at the Pat Conroy Literary Center (601 Bladen St., Beaufort, SC) and on Zoom. Limited to 15 participants. $45/person.

About our instructor:

Beverly Willett is the author of “Disassembly Required: A Memoir of Midlife Resurrection” (2019 Post Hill Press), which NYT bestselling author Caroline Leavitt called an “enchanting and inspiring look at how less can really be so, so much more.” Nominated for 2020 Georgia Author of the Year, Beverly’s memoir has also been selected the June 2022 bonus book by the world’s largest book club, The International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club. Beverly’s personal essays and op-eds have appeared in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, Salon, AARP Magazine, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, The Seattle Times, The Guardian, and more. A former entertainment lawyer in New York City, she now lives in Savannah, Georgia, and is the past president of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home. To learn more, watch her TEDx Talk “How to Begin Again.” www.beverlywillett.com