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        • Why I Wrote Revolution
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        • New Asian Writing Interview
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        • On Becoming a Hungry Ghost
        • A Bird Out of the Cage
        • Ghosts to My Rescue
        • Ghosts of the Great Wall
        • True Friendship
        • Pretending to Be a Teacher
        • Every Word Counts
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      • Growing Up Under a Red Flag
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      • Little Red Riding Hood and the Dragon
      • The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes
      • The Runaway Wok
      • The Real Story of Stone Soup
      • D is for Dragon Dance
      • Crouching Tiger
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      • The Story of Noodles
      • The Story of Paper
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Bringing a Business Focus to a Creative Career and Selling What You Write

Course Outline:

​Session 1:
 Secrets successful writers use to manage their career
You will learn the techniques that successful writers use to treat their work as a business and improve their income while maintaining high literary standards: setting clear objectives, revising your work, strategic negotiation, effective marketing, exploring new opportunities, and finding ways to create lucrative income by leveraging their efforts. 

Session 2: Sell your work and maximize profit from your work
If you have a fantastic idea for a book or are currently working on your story, this informative workshop will also show you what you need to know to get published: whether you should hire an agent, how to sell your idea before completing your project, and how to sell your manuscript to a reputable publisher by yourself.  Drawing upon her personal experience, Ying will share her journey so that you can have an insider look into the process of writing and selling high-quality books and maximizing profit from your work. There will be time reserved for questions and comments.    
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​Other topics include: 

  • Secrets of a being a successful writer     
  • Insider knowledge into the world of publishing and writing     
  • How to produce high-quality works     
  • How to treat your writing as a business     
  • How to sell your writing     
  • How to create multiple revenue streams through your writing     
  • How to find the right agent and how to work with an agent     
  • How to manage your own creative career
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