From Drab to Fab
Ridding Your Writing of Ho-Hummery
Are you at a loss for just the right word?
In this workshop, Renée LaTulippe, creator of the Lyrical Language Lab, will discuss word-level revision and share strategies to add musicality to your writing. Topics covered include poetic techniques, the importance of word choice, weeding out weak words, how language affects pacing, and when less is more.
This workshop contains a 55-minute
video where Renée LaTulippe
will have you looking at your manuscripts in a whole new way as she reveals how just changing a few words can change the whole tone and meaning of your book. If you're trying to take your manuscript to the next level and you're wondering what's missing, this is the workshop for you.
Includes Renée's From Drab to Fab Revision Checklist.
"OMG Renee was amazing. SO much information, so
well presented, so inspiring! I LOVE to play with words and Renee
offered so many ideas on how to focus on different aspects of our
writing to make our stories shine!" - Susie S.
"I had no idea my writing needed improvement in
so many ways! Now I feel like I can take my stories to the next level
and REALLY make them sparkle and publish-worthy.
" - Kim T.
"Renee gives fresh ideas on how to make every single word contribute to the flavor of our works." - Jennifer B.
Your Instructor
Renée M. LaTulippe has poems published in many anthologies including School People (ed. Lee Bennett Hopkins), the National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry (ed. J. Patrick Lewis), One Minute Till Bedtime (ed. Kenn Nesbitt), Poems Are Teachers (ed. Amy Ludwig VanDerwater), The Poetry Friday Anthology Middle School, Science, and Celebrations editions (ed. Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong), and the forthcoming National Geographic's The Poetry of US (ed. J. Patrick Lewis) and Night Wishes (ed. Lee Bennett Hopkins). She has co-authored nine award-winning leveled readers and a collection of poetry titled Lizard Lou: a collection of rhymes old and new for All About Learning Press, where she is also the editor. Renée developed and teaches the online course The Lyrical Language Lab: Punching Up Prose with Poetry and blogs on children’s poetry at NoWaterRiver.com. She earned her BFA in acting/directing from Marymount Manhattan College and her MA in English Education from NYU; worked and played in the theater for almost two decades; and taught English, theater arts, and public speaking in NYC. She lives in Italy with her husband, twin boys, and little girl. Renée is represented by Elizabeth Harding of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Course Curriculum
Frequently Asked Questions
"Renee's workshop was truly outstanding. I love how she injected humor
and heart into her presentation. As I minored in English, I loved
everything that Renee talked about. She also gave fantastic ideas such
as creating a list of words that describe your characters, like Senior
Bunny. Her slides were amazing and I honestly could have listened to
her talk all day.
"
- Lauren T.