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  • #5970

    Petrea
    Participant

    What should we prepare (if anything) for our coaching sessions with Kelly?

    #5971

    RonnieB
    Participant

    Hey Everyone. I’m meeting with Kelly tomorrow (Friday, 2/18/22) and will report back on what you need to prepare for her sessions, as well as mine.

    #5984

    LesssLamb
    Participant

    Thank you for asking this, Petrea! And thanks for prepping info, Ronnie. Much appreciated!

    #6041

    RonnieB
    Participant

    Preparation for sessions with Kelly Gildea

    Ideally these samples would include both narrative (most important) and dialogue (less important). They should be 5 minutes or less.
    I’d love to hear a brief synopsis of the story & characters. Attendees can write that up or tell me before they begin.

    #6042

    RonnieB
    Participant

    Preparation for sessions with Me.

    Please bring a sample of no longer than five minutes. Here are some things to consider when making your selection, (For some of you more specific than others):

    Kelli. YA or Middle grade

    Steven. Send me an MP3 of both a fiction and nonfiction sample of something you’ve already recorded. If you have something that lives on A website, that will suffice. Then also bring a sample of each to the retreat. (What you bring to work on should be different than what you sent me to listen to)

    Lessa. Your choice.

    Machelle. A selection where two if not three characters are in dialog. (I won’t be mad if you use an African accent. 🙂

    Petra. Your choice.

    Jeanne. Romance, YA, or lit fiction.

    Chris. A selection where you would be tempted to stop and correct/perfect. If you prepare your text with some kind of markup technique, be sure to bring a copy that you can share with me. I’d like to see how you prepare your text.

    Debbie. Selection with male characters.

    Michael. Bring a selection using the same parameters as the selection you are bringing for Kelli, but a different piece.

    Malaika. A selection with male characters.

    Tovah. Something other than Romance of (if that meets the requirement for “trying new things”.)

    Having said all that, if there is a genre that you’ve been dying to break into, or you want to explore something other than what I have suggested, then bring it!

    Looking forward to it.

    Ronnie

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by RonnieB.
    #6044

    L.Malaika Cooper
    Participant

    Remember, no question is stupid😬, but are these samples to be read live, or pre-recorded?

    #6046

    RonnieB
    Participant

    Great question! You are bringing samples/selections that you will be reading “live”. With me and the group you’ll be reading sitting a table — very chill. With Kelly you’ll be in my booth and you’ll record your half hour session.

    #6049

    Jeannie Sheneman
    Participant

    Thanks, Ronnie! Do you or Kelly want the selections beforehand or shall we just bring them with us?

    #6050

    Petrea
    Participant

    Wow, Ronnie, the more I hear the more generous I think you are. Having this at your house, and sharing your booth! That’s wonderful, thank you.

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