May 6 Meeting
6:30 to 8 pm
Goebel Adult Center
Thousand Oaks, CA
Listen to an award-winning journalist on how to take narrative nonfiction tools to create vibrant stories—all skills you can use too!
Author of eleven books, Jerry Dunn will discuss his career as a travel writer and author and how to make your words pop off the page!
The May 6 meeting of IWOSC/WPN Ventura County will host award-winning author/journalist Jerry Dunn to speak about writing and the joys of a life spent discovering new things to share through stories and books. The meeting takes place May 6 at the Goebel Adult Center in Thousand Oaks and begins at 6:30 pm. Sponsoring nonprofits at the Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC) and the Small Publishers, Artists & Writers Network (WPN), a national literary organization.
Author of eleven books and over 600 magazine articles based on travel, Dunn has a successful approach to writing that you might want to consider.
“Travel writing is basically nonfiction on the hoof,” said Dunn. “You’ll learn how to structure a story that flows easily, create original scenes, and write them in words that pop off the page. There will be fun exercises, such as ‘mining your memory’ for usable material and sharpening your color vocabulary.”
You’ll receive a lot of knowledge in a short time. Jerry says “think of it as 20 pounds of information packed into a 10-pound bag.”
“Travel writing,” he adds, “offers a lifelong education in everything from architecture to zoology. You’ll discover the world – and yourself – and create a richer, deeper life.”
“The reason I asked Jerry to speak,” said Kathleen Kaiser, WPN president, “is two-fold. First, Jerry’s skill set for producing enjoyable stories that sell is a wonderful tool kit for any writer. Second, writers and authors need to develop and expand their audiences. Being published in magazines and online media is a great way to reach more people. It sharpens your writing skills and gives you valuable feedback.”
Need to research a location for your book? Why not go on assignment, or write about what you saw and visited when you return? Internet outlets are hungry for content. Writers need to stretch these days to find markets for their books and no better way then have a following from your article writing.
The meeting is open to the public. A fee of $5 is charged for non-WPN members. People are asked to RSVP in advance so the correct number of chairs can be set.
Please RSVP for the meeting by clicking here.
About Jerry Camarillo Dunn…
Travel writer Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr. has written more than 600 articles and 11 books, among them guidebooks for National Geographic and the Smithsonian. His popular My Favorite Place on Earth (Nat Geo) features 75 remarkable people — from the Dalai Lama and Jane Goodall to Jerry Seinfeld — revealing the places they love most.
On the other side of the desk, he was a staff editor and writer at National Geographic Traveler magazine, contributing editor at Islands, and editor-in-chief of Santa Barbara Magazine.
Jerry’s work has won three Lowell Thomas Awards, the “Oscars” of the field, from the Society of American Travel Writers.