Learn How to Deal with Toxic People Around You At All Levels

The Pop-Up.

Over the last number of years, topics and fun things had come up that Kris and I wanted to talk about, but we had had no structure to do so. But now we do with these Pop-Ups.

These Pop-Up topics will just appear when something strikes us. No regular order or timing, but we hope to do more than one per month at least.

Each Pop-Up will consist of from 10 to 15 videos on the topic. Maybe some extra stuff if the topic needs extra. And then one short story prompt.

The Short Story Prompt

Each Pop-Up will also have a short story assignment to a specific topic associated with the Pop-Up. If you decide to write the short story, you can send it to dean at Dean.wmgworkshops@gmail.com

Instructions for each will be in the assignment video.

We will suggest markets if we know of any. Also, if the story fits something either of us are editing at that moment and we like it, we might ask for you to send it back for that project. To send it back or not will be your choice. You are not submitting a story to anything by sending the story to us for feedback. You are just getting us to read it like a first reader. Only we are experienced editors.

Why would we do this? Because, honestly, we love reading short fiction and we would love to see what writers could do with some of these topics at hand.

Pop-Up #22... Dealing with Toxic People

All writers have people around them that either want to help but get in the way, or who have the best intentions to stop your writing for your own good, or even enemies and trolls. Friends, family, other writers. Toxic people come in all forms and methods.

This pop-up identifies nine major types of toxic people around you and gives you ways you can deal with them, train them, or get away from them.

No writer escapes these types of people, good or bad intentioned as they may be. You might not even know you have them around you. If nothing else, this Pop-Up will give you tools and awareness.

And as you can imagine with this topic, there is a really fun short story assignment with this one as well.

Your Instructor

Dean Wesley Smith

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published over two hundred novels and over seven hundred books, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories. He has over thirty million copies of his books in print.

At the moment he produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the cold case mystery series, Cold Poker Gang series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy.

For more information about Dean’s books and ongoing projects, please visit his website at www.deanwesleysmith.com

Course Curriculum

The 22nd Pop-Up: Dealing with Toxic People

Available in days

days after you enroll

Frequently Asked Questions

When does the course start and finish?

For lectures and classic workshops, the course starts now and stays on your dashboard for as long as you like! They are completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish. For the monthly regular workshops, each has a start date and each week's lectures will appear on the same day. After the course is finished it will remain on your dashboard for as long as you like.

How long do I have access to the course?

How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.

How do I contact someone about a course?

If you have any questions at all about anything in a course, simply email dean with the word "workshop" in the subject line. His email is dean.wmgworkshops@gmail.com

#22 Pop-Up... Dealing with Toxic People