May 9, 2003

Why Good Writing Doesn't Matter, and the Hidden Threats to Your Precious Free Speech

Let's close out the season with a searing examination of our craft from the top down, featuring freelancer Alan Korwin, a stalwart STC member from the 1990s. Don't miss this interactive experiential-learning opportunity: Why Good Writing Doesn't Matter, and the Hidden Threats to Your Precious Free Speech.

Alan is a founder and two-term past president of the Arizona Book Publishing Association, which has presented him with its Visionary Leadership award, named in his honor, the Korwin Award. He has received national awards for his publicity work as a member of STC, and is a past board member of the Arizona chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Working with American Express, he wrote the strategic plan that defined that firm's worldwide telecommunications strategy for the 1990s; he wrote the business plan that raised $5 million in venture capital and launched SkyMall; he did the publicity for Pulitzer Prize cartoonist Steve Benson's fourth book; and he had a hand in developing ASPED, Arizona's economic strategic plan. Korwin's writing appears often in a wide spectrum of local and national publications. His tenth book, Supreme Court Gun Cases, was co-written with two nationally recognized experts and released in 2003, a scholarly analysis of the High Court's work in this controversial field.

Alan Korwin is originally from New York City, where his clients included IBM, AT&T, NYNEX and others, many with real names. He is a pretty good guitarist and singer, with a penchant for parody (his last band was The Cartridge Family), and some of you may remember his songs from our previous Xmas parties (Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Writers). Join us in May and end the season with some bang-zoom.