MASTERCLASSES with Laurie Horowitz
Laurie Horowitz began her career as a Massachusetts lawyer but soon moved out to California to work in the film industry. She was an agent at Creative Artists Agency in Beverly Hills where she represented the film and television rights to literary properties. She has had short fiction published in national and literary magazines and her novel THE FAMILY FORTUNE was published by William Morrow in 2006. She wrote a thriller for Lifetime Television and two short books - THE MATING SEASON and LOVE ME TENDER - for James Patterson’s Bookshots imprint. She was awarded the Writer in Residence at the Annenberg Beach House in Santa Monica, Currently, she runs Westside Writers’ Lab through which she Zooms her weekly workshops, provides editorial services, teaches, and consults on film and literary projects. She can be found at lauriehorowitz.com or via email: horowitzing@gmail.com.
Seniors/Professionals (Age 16+)
WRITE IT OUT: The Power of Journaling
Learn how journaling can enhance your life and change the world. From a tricky person to a tricky combination, writing it out can help. Learn how to make a journal a daily practice and tool to work out issues and keep records. When a potential employer asks you where you’ve been, what you’ve done, and who you did it with, you’ll be ready.
Children/Students/Juniors (Ages 6-15)
JOURNALING FOR JUNIORS: The Power of Imagination
Learn about journals and diaries, how to use them, what they are good for, how they can be a tool to make you a better writer, a better dancer, and even a happier person.
ESSAY QUESTIONS - The essay contest is only open to those competing in BBB International 2021 in January
Seniors/Professionals (Ages 16+)
If you were in government and could write one law, or give a grant, or make a proclamation, what would it be?
Children/Students/Juniors (Ages 6-15)
If you could meet any person in the world for lunch, who would it be, where would you eat, and what would you talk about?
(150 words minimum- approx. 500 words maximum)
IMPORTANT – each person must put their name, age, and country of origin on the top of their piece.