From 10:45 am until 1:00 pm
At Hybrid session On Zoom - and at the library
1425 Chaffee Road S, Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Ruth L. Baskerville is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Urban Intelligence Institute, President of the Central Florida Writers & Publishers Guild, and President/CEO of Waverly’s Way, providing academic assistance for struggling students from kindergarten to a doctorate and currently serving learners in seven states. She is also a donor with Our Legacy Organ & Tissue Donation.
Besides being an award-winning, published author of Hoodless Klan, Finding Humor in Grief, and Beauty for Ashes: Mourning to Morning, she’s an inspirational speaker, editor, and ghostwriter for 88 published authors and working now with five aspiring authors.
In her fifty-six years in education, she has been teacher, principal of seven K-12 schools, including a charter and a Christian school, and directors of Personnel/Human Resources and Curriculum/Staff Development. She is known for turning failing schools around by changing the climate and utilizing community resources to actively support their local schools.
Dr. Ruth is a widow of thirteen years, having lost her husband of 45 years, Waverly Baskerville. She has one daughter and four grandchildren, three in Masters’ programs and one a college sophomore. She travels with her BFFFFs of sixty years (Best friends forever from Fredonia – University) and savors her relationships with family and dear friends. Visit her website: https://www.ruthbaskerville.com/
WRITERS WORKSHOP ON ZOOM
HOW TO BIRTH OUT THAT BOOK INSIDE OF YOU!
- questions about what writers feel about beginning to write their stories
- steps to move from inside an author's head to the printed page
- creating a theme and deciding upon the intended audience
- building chapters "from the ground up"
- character descriptions and development
- dialogue
- scenery
- verb tense
- when to stop writing.