Transform your passion for storytelling into a profitable venture by mastering the essentials of freelance pitching, platform building, and self-marketing. This course provides a step-by-step roadmap to help you navigate the business of writing so you can start earning a consistent income from your craft.

This class is suitable for beginning and intermediate levels.

An award-winning journalist in Ohio, Kentucky and South Carolina, Liz Carey has been an in-depth/investigative reporter, a beat reporter covering government, education and features, and now is a freelance writer contributing to nationwide news outlets. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, the Cincinnati Enquirer, South Carolina Living, Transportation Today, Daily Energy Insider, Business Lexington, and the Lexington Herald-Leader, among others. Carey also serves as an instructor for the Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning, and is the co-founder of the Blah, Blah, Blah Writers’ Group.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

The Carnegie Center reserves the right to cancel a class if minimum enrollment is not met. It is best to register early to help our instructors prepare and to ensure the class does not get cancelled. We evaluate registration numbers 62 business days before a class starts to decide whether we can hold the class. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment will be cancelled six–two business days prior to the first class meeting. All participants will be notified by email and will receive full refunds.

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