Dancing Word Writing Workshop

with Julie Dearyan

January 17, 2008

 

 

 

Hosted by Robert and Noelle Peterson

Dancing Word Correspondents

 

*This chat has been edited for clarity

Robert Peterson: So I will open in prayer if you are ready Julie 

Julie Dearyan:  Sounds great. 

Robert Peterson: Dear Lord, we want to lift up this chat to you. We want to lift up Annie's family Lord and ask for your protection for them and the situation they are facing. Encourage them as they feel the stress of feeling unsafe and as prisoners in their own home.  

Lord, please be with each of the participants this evening. Help this chat to be an encouragement and a tool that will help each be a better writer. Lord we ask that you be with Julie and help her to communicate the workshop so that it glorifies you and the talent you have given her. 

Lord,  we thank you for the opportunity we have to be storytellers and help our stories share your love and your sacrifice for each of us. Amen 

Noelle: Welcome to Dancing Word. During chats please use protocol. Type ? for questions, ! for comments and ga when you are through. Please wait to be called on in turn.  

Robert Peterson: Noelle will be controlling the queue (line) please wait for Noelle to call your name and remember GA (go ahead) when you are finished. We are pleased to have Julie here to share this workshop, Julie would you mind introducing yourself? 

Julie Dearyan: Hi everyone. It's wonderful to be with you tonight. I'm Julie Scudder Dearyan and I'm a magazine editor for Victory In Grace, an inspirational magazine for a tv and radio ministry. I've edited the magazine for 12 years now. 

Tonight we are going to look at Julie's Almost Famous Article/Devo Map and look at how to target articles so they get published. I was an editor for quite a while but when I started sending out articles to magazines, I got tons of rejections. That is kind of embarrassing. But one of the reasons was I just didn't understand how to target my articles so they would get published. I had good content. I just didn't always understand how to package it.  So to go through the map. The first thing you start with is the illustration. 

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