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Platform Building When You'd Rather Write

— with Jane Friedman —

Platform Building When You'd Rather Write

— with Jane Friedman—

$89.99

August 14, 2025
1:00 PM ET

Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials for one year. You do not have to attend the live event to get a recording of the presentation.  Attendees have the ability to chat with the instructor during the live event and ask questions. This webinar is 90-minutes.

A copy of the webinar presentation recording will be added to your Writer's Digest University account as soon as possible after the live webinar. It may take 24-48 hours to process and post in your Writer's Digest University account.

Enroll Now

$89.99

August 14, 2025
1:00 PM ET

Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials for one year. You do not have to attend the live event to get a recording of the presentation.  Attendees have the ability to chat with the instructor during the live event and ask questions. This webinar is 90-minutes.

A copy of the webinar presentation recording will be added to your Writer's Digest University account as soon as possible after the live webinar. It may take 24-48 hours to process and post to your Writer's Digest University account.

Enroll Now

About the webinar

About the webinar

Worried that you’re not all that good at marketing and promotion—or that you don’t have the time, energy, or skills required to do it well?

You’re not alone: most writers have anxiety surrounding how to market and promote their work, and would rather assign the responsibility to someone else. Or they hope their publisher will take care of it. Unfortunately, there are some things that no publisher, no publicist, and no marketer can do for you—especially when it comes to building relationships in the writing and publishing community. And most effective promotion is centered on existing or potential relationships, not aggressively marketing yourself.

Imagine marketing and promotion that doesn’t require you to perfect the hard sell or learn how to become a professional marketer. This enlightened approach is called literary citizenship.

Literary citizenship is a concept that arose in the literary writing and publishing community, and it’s useful to all writers no matter what your background or genre. It advocates lifting up and bringing attention to literature, reading, books, and other pursuits that are intrinsic to authorship and publishing.

If you read and if you genuinely enjoy writing and bookish culture, you can practice literary citizenship. It’s simple to understand and can be applied online and offline alike. It doesn’t matter if you’re an introvert or extrovert—these techniques can be adapted for any personality. The only requirement? You’ll adopt an abundance mindset. You’re not competing with others, but collaborating; when others succeed, you will succeed too.

Meet the instructor

Jane Friedman

Jane Friedman has spent nearly 25 years working in the book publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She is the editor of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World in 2023. Her latest book is THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press), which received a starred review from Library Journal. In addition to serving on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund, she works with organizations such as The Authors Guild to bring transparency to the business of publishing. Learn more at http://www.janefriedman.com

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