Attend FWT workshops — on your own time

How to break into and thrive in Travel writing

$20.00 $25.00

Wanna learn the ins and outs of making it as a Travel writer? This is the workshop for you! Join me and Nina Ruggiero, senior editorial director at Travel + Leisure, for a workshop on how to get into Travel writing and build it into a sustainable, profitable part of your freelance business.

How to write better personal essays

$20.00 $25.00

Join me for a discussion with Matt Ortile, former executive editor of Catapult and one of the best editors — of personal essays or otherwise — I know. This is one of my absolute favorite conversations about writing I’ve ever had in a workshop. Though it’s ostensibly about personal essays (and, to be sure, you’ll get a ton of advice about putting those together), we really branch out and get into some utterly fascinating conversations about writing in general: what makes good writing, how to think about story concepts, where story ideas come from, and so much more. (If you’re short on time, head to 11:51 in the video to learn about the Ladder of Abstraction — I promise it’ll blow your mind.)

How to launch and grow a newsletter

$20.00 $25.00

Join me and Parker Molloy of The Present Age for a workshop on how to launch and grow a successful newsletter. We'll cover the best platforms for publishing your newsletter, how to find your target audience, how to promote your work, the ins and outs of developing your niche, and so much more.

Everything to know about selling and writing a nonfiction book

$20.00 $25.00

Literary agent Lucy Carson joins me for an in-depth look at what it takes to bring your idea from concept to published work. We cover everything from landing an agent and refining a concept to working through advances and promotion.

How to use social media to find freelance work

$20.00 $25.00

Join me and Kaitlyn Arford of Freelance Opportunities for an in-depth tutorial on how to use social media to find more freelance work and build a sustainable — and profitable! — business. There is SO much out there for those who know exactly how to look, and Kaitlyn is the best in the biz at digging up those opportunities.

What editors are *really* looking for

$20.00 $25.00

Join me and a panel of commissioning editors to learn all about how to impress editors, give them exactly what they're looking for, avoid the traps many freelancers fall into, best practices for pitching, and so much more!

What is service journalism, and how do I do it right?

$20.00 $25.00

More publications are hungry for service journalism than ever before, so join Tim and Vox correspondent Allie Volpe to get into the weeds about how to find, report, write, and pitch compelling, useful service stories!

Contracts, rates, platforms, and more: The business of freelancing

$20.00 $25.00

Join Tim and freelancers Anna Goldfarb and Paulette Perhach for a discussion about building a sustainable — and profitable — freelance business. How do you negotiate contracts? How can I make more money without overextending myself? What does "platform" even mean? All that and more in this workshop!