The World Needs More Amazing Writers
Do you want to be one of them?
I can help!
Hi, I’m Paulette Boudreaux, an award winning, published author and creative writing teacher. My knowledge of the craft a good fiction writer or creative nonfiction writers needs is deep and wide.
Whether you’re making up stories from your imagination or writing stories from your real life, the success of each piece comes down to the Art of the Story.
I can help unlock the power of your words, unleash your potential to learn the Art of the Story and create compelling stories!
Humans have been telling each other stories for centuries for all kinds of reasons—to entertain, to inform, to caution, to confess, to teach, to amuse, to share experiences, to gain insight, to preserve and pass along personal and communal history, and so on. We like well-told stories. They have the power to inspire and connect us across time and cultures.
The ability to write dynamic and captivating stories is a powerful tool. However, gathering the right words in the most powerful order requires well-honed skills and the expert application of craft.
As a published novelist, journalist and public relations specialist with more than 25 years teaching writing at the college and university levels, I can help you acquire the writing skills you need.
In small-group, face-to-face writing workshops or one-on-one writer coaching sessions, I can help you become an amazing writer!
What’s your Creative Writing Goal?
Do You Want to Become a Fiction Writer?
Are you a storyteller who likes to make up stories? Have you thought you would like to write some of your stories down to share with others?
Writing fictional stories can be incredibly rewarding and fulfilling. It lets you explore the depths of your imagination to express complex or simple themes, opinions, and ideas that capture the essence of the human experience in ways that resonates with readers.
Writing fiction also gives you an opportunity to step outside your reality and discover new possibilities. You tap into your unique imagination and write great stories that have a lasting impact on readers.
Embrace the power of storytelling. Take one of my workshops and learn to craft your own extraordinary stories to share with the world.
Are You a Fiction Writer looking to Strengthen Your Writing?
Do you have a few Short Stories or a Novel in Progress you think needs fine-tuning?
A writing workshop offers invaluable guidance, inspiration, and growth opportunities for new and experienced novelists and short story writers alike.
One of the greatest advantages of a good writing workshop is a supportive and constructive environment to get feedback on your work. You get diverse perspectives, fresh insights, help uncovering blind spots in your storytelling, and acknowledgement of what you’re doing well. In my workshops, you also receive instructions for crafting effective fiction, developing dynamic and engaging stories, and editing your own work.
Do You Want to Write Stories from Real Life?
Are you considering writing from your own life experiences—a memoir perhaps, or personal essays?
Each of us has experiences that helped shape us, and because humans are born storytellers, we tend to create stories for ourselves about our influential experiences.
It’s natural to want to capture our experiences and share them. We connect through our stories. Memoir and personal essays are excellent vehicles for sharing.
Writing stories from your real life also sets you on a journey of self-reflection and self-discovery that is transformative.
If you’re ready for this profound journey, take one of my Creative Nonfiction workshops.
Regardless of your Goal
Join me for one of my Transformative Writing Workshops
Learn to use your imagination and the best narrative craft techniques to create literary magic!
Fiction Workshop I
Beginning Fiction Writing
Write your own stories.
In the personal, small group setting of Beginning Fiction Writing, you learn the basics of written storytelling, expand your creative imagination, find your fiction writing voice, and your rhythm as a fiction writer.
Fiction Workshop II
Advanced Fiction Writing
Your next chapter begins here!
If you already have a foundation in the narrative elements of fiction, this Advanced Fiction Writing workshop is a great place for you to join a community of writers, transform your writing, and help others transform theirs.
Creative Nonfiction Workshop
The Memoir and Personal Essays
You have a story. Only you can tell it, and tell it you must! My Creative Nonfiction workshop introduces you to the techniques for blending fiction storytelling elements and facts. You can then produce powerful memoirs and personal narrative essays that breath life into your stories on the page.
