SAT/ACT/PSAT Tutoring Available!

Dan Zegart has helped numerous students conquer test anxiety
and raise their scores by more than 100 points on the
writing and critical reading sections of the SAT.  He
am also experienced with the ACT and PSAT.

So-called "aptitude" tests serve a gatekeeper function
that can prevent talented students from attending
colleges for which they are otherwise fully qualified.
Why should any student be in this position due to a
lack of the test-specific skills that can enhance his
or her performance?

His specialty is devising an instructional plan
tailored to each student's needs.  Dan has taught
students with auditory deficits, ADHD and other
disabilities.  His track record speaks for itself.

Our rates are a fraction of what you would pay one of
the major test prep companies.  And our methods are
just as reliable. Dan can tutor your child either at
home or at Writers Corner.

Don't wait until the last weeks before the test...

Call Writers Corner at 215-230-1070 or e-mail writerscornerusa@yahoo.com to set up an appointment.

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The Coffeehouse at Writers Corner USA

Date & Time: Sunday September 30th, 12-2:30 pm. Meets the last Sunday of every month.

Free-to-All: Everyone is Welcome! No registration necessary.

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Revise and Sell Your Book

Date & Time: Meets monthly. For the date & time of the next session, write at writerscornerusa@yahoo.com.

Fee: $25.00 per session

Program Description: If you’ve completed the first draft of your book and need to know what to do next in order to revise it and get it into the hands or an agent or editor, then is the program you’re looking for! Best-selling author Jonathan Maberry presents a program designed to help writers take their novels or nonfiction books and revise them so that they are ready to sell in today’s competitive market. This ongoing program includes:

• The Revisions Process: how to polish and refine your work, and ready it for submission
• Improving structure
• Crafting imagery and figurative language
• Tightening up dialogue
• Intensifying the drama
• Finding and fixing plot-holes
• Writing query letters to agents & editors
• Sharpening your view of the market
• Trends
• Genre
• Core and extended demographics
• Preparing submission materials to help sell your novel
• Understanding the process of critical analysis
• How to critique a manuscript
• Knowing what makes a saleable story
• Sharing ideas with classmates in a Peer Critique format

This program is open to anyone with a completed draft of a novel.

Instructor: Jonathan Maberry has been a professional writer for 30 years and is the best-selling author of 17 nonfiction books and three novels including the Bram Stoker Award-winning Ghost Road Blues. He is a Board Member of the Philadelphia Writers Conference, a speaker for the National Writers Union, a writing mentor for the Mystery Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association, and is a frequent lecturer at writers’ conferences and workshops. You can visit his website for more information: www.jonathanmaberry.com.

To Register: To reserve your spot today send us an email at writerscornerusa@yahoo.com or call 215-808-0945.

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Read a Lot, Write a Lot: A Reading Group

Date & Time: Thursday October 4th, 7-9 pm. Thereafter the group meets the 1st Thursday of every month.

Reading: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Fee: This program is free.

Program Description: Discuss your favorite books from a writer's perspective the 1st Thursday of every month.

"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." - Stephen King, On Writing.

Our newest program takes this cardinal rule of writing one step further and offers a reading group deliberately designed with writers in mind. We will discuss our favorite books, short stories and articles specifically considering the elements of writing. What is the author doing right? What did she get wrong? And how can we use our insights into the writing of others to improve our own work.

Moderator: Katharine Williams

To Register: Send us an email at writerscornerusa@yahoo.com, or to the moderator at keowilliams@yahoo.com. Include the name of the program along with your contact information.

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Fiction Peer Critique Group

Date & Time: Regularly meets 1st Wednesdays monthly.

Fee: $30.00 per six months of meetings

Program Description: Ready to take your writing to the next level? Join us on first Wednesdays monthly at Fiction Peer Critique. This popular group, open o all, typically covers all fiction genres. Peer review and feedack help wriers refine idea, catch inconsistencies, and discover new directions. New members should attend at least one meeting before requesting to submit work. Submission sign-ups are taken at each meeting for the next month. Drop-ins are welcome. Meetings are held at Writers Corner USA. Attend your first meeting for free to try it out. It's a great way to expand your writing skills and network with other writers.

For more information about Doylestown peer critique groups, visit here.

You can view their full pdf flyer here.

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