Speaking & Classes

Dallas Fort Worth Writers Conference, Poetry Society of Texas, DFWcon, Writers Guild of Texas Workshop, and PST Awards Banquet.

Would you like to have Annie at your conference, workshop, writers’ group, university, or school? Below are some of her most popular topics, although if you don’t see exactly what you want, she’s happy to work with you to customize a plan! She’s also available for readings, panels, Q&As, and both individual and group critique sessions.

“Annie Neugebauer’s wisdom and advice may be hard won on the battlefields of professional storytelling, but she’s always an optimistic, buoyant spirit as a teacher and guide.”

Read more teaching and speaking testimonials here!

Beginner

  • Poetry 101: A Crash Course on Poetic Devices
  • The Best of the Internet: Online Resources Available to Poets
  • The Poetry of Fear: Horror Poetry
  • Build Your Writer’s Bio: How to Strengthen, Diversify, and Personalize Your Credentials
  • Resilience in the Face of Rejection: How to Overcome Setbacks and Reach Your Goals
  • The Healthy Writer: Ergonomics, Stretches, and Exercises to Combat Computer Work

Intermediate

  • How to Build an Author (or Poet) Website
  • How to Write a Query Letter Start to Finish
  • The Art of Critique: How to Find, Give, and Receive Feedback
  • High Concept: What it is and How to Utilize it to Sell Your Novel
  • Keeping it Real: Pitch, Network, and Conference Like a Pro
  • The Organized Writer: How to Keep Your Writing Business from Falling into Chaos
  • The Horror Genre: Defining and Recognizing Styles and SubGenres
  • Speculative Fiction, More Than SFF: Defining and Recognizing SubGrenres
  • Literary vs. Commercial, and What’s Upmarket? Defining the Terms

Advanced

  • Processing Critique: How to Filter and Apply Feedback
  • Troubleshoot Your Novel, Simplified: The Query Pitch as a Tool

Multi-Week Classes

  • How to Write a Query Letter Start to Finish
  • Write the Pitch Before You Draft Your Novel

For most presentations, Annie needs 45 minutes to an hour and a half. For the more advanced lectures and interactive workshops, an hour and a half to three hours is preferred. Her multi-week classes are generally 4 weeks and hosted online.

Interested? Send an email to annieneugebauer@gmail.com to receive a pricing guide. Thank you!

Please note that at this time, as much as Annie loves giving back and wishes she could offer free visits, she cannot do uncompensated speaking. Thank you for understanding!


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