Advocacy Club Creative Writers Workshop
Attention legal creative writers and wannabes! The Advocacy Club's Creative Writers Workshop is up and running. The current Workshop started in September 2021 and has run alternate Thursday evenings on Zoom Video continuously since then. Each evening's session is led by a different Workshop member with homework exercises chosen as a group, and used to practice the technique of the day. We have discussed and tried techniques on character development, dialogue, flashbacks/backstory, setting and foreshadowing, among many others. Each of the members plans to use their work product as the springboard for a novel.
If you have tried your hand at writing fiction (flash fiction, short stories, or full-length novels) and want to learn and practice effective techniques to improve, you might give this workshop a look. Learn by doing, Advocacy Club-style!
To join our workshop you have to at least try to create fiction. Write and submit a short story of your own (1,000-4,000 words) to john.hollander2@gmail.com to get the ball rolling. There is no cost to participate in this Workshop.
If you have tried your hand at writing fiction (flash fiction, short stories, or full-length novels) and want to learn and practice effective techniques to improve, you might give this workshop a look. Learn by doing, Advocacy Club-style!
To join our workshop you have to at least try to create fiction. Write and submit a short story of your own (1,000-4,000 words) to john.hollander2@gmail.com to get the ball rolling. There is no cost to participate in this Workshop.
Announcing the Advocacy Club Series of Creative Fiction
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Murphy's Law is John Hollander's first novel.
Meet Jake Murphy, a recent law grad with no job, network or prospects. Life throws him a life vest, which he grabs with both hands. Follow his first year in practice as he battles the sharks in his office, in other firms and even among his clients. It seems that everyone in Jake's circle has an agenda. Does Jake? The book is available by clicking the Buy Button to the left. The book is also available in Kobo as an e-book here and Kindle here, and in paperback from Amazon here. All net sale proceeds go to the charity supported by the Advocacy Club. Currently in production is the first sequel, The Kitchen Cabinet, in which the young lawyers and their mentor from Murphy's Law deal with the restrictions of the pandemic while they take on a menacing corporation intent on growing into a real estate and health care behemoth at any cost. |
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As a run-up to the novel, Murphy's Law, John Hollander has published a series of eight short story prequels. These stories, 2,500 to 4,000 words each, present much of the backstory of the main characters of Murphy's Law and its sequels.
Each story is a standalone, with a main character who tackles different issues that face law students and junior lawyers. The book is available by clicking the Buy Button to the left. The book is also available in Kobo as an ebook here and Amazon/Kindle as a paperback here and as an ebook here. |