Sometimes blog posts are so good, so inspired, that they want to grow into other forms. Susan Ito, blogger, editor, writer and writing teacher, will guide a hands-on workshop and show you how to determine if that blog post is destined for greatness as a magazine article or a personal essay, and then how to shape and polish it into a piece that will catch an editor’s attention.

SUSAN: Hello and welcome to Turning Your Blog Post into an Article or Personal Essay. I’m a blogger at foodfoodbodybody.wordpress.com and I’m not a self hosting genius, but I am a writer and people say, “Wait, I thought she was a physical therapist?” I got my BA in physical therapy and masters in creative writing, so I’m really schizophrenic and I do both things. Writing is my passion and love, and I’ve had lots of essays, short stories, magazines, and literary magazines, and I edited an anthology of literary fiction.

I’ve been teaching writing at UC Berkeley extension, Mills college, online through Literary Mama, and elsewhere for about 20 years, so I’ve taught bazillions of writing workshops. Read the rest of LIVE BLOG: Turn Your Post into an Article»»