Paula LaRocque

Paula, often hailed as one of America’s foremost writing coaches, is an author, editor, and communications consultant. She has conducted writing workshops for hundreds of media, government, academic, and business groups across the United States, Canada, and Europe. She has also been a writing consultant for the Associated Press, the Drehscheibe Institute in Bonn, and the European Stars & Stripes in Germany. From 1971 to 1981, she taught technical communication at Western Michigan University’s School of Engineering, and journalism at Texas A&M, Southern Methodist, and Texas Christian universities. And from 1981 to 2001, she was assistant managing editor and writing coach at The Dallas Morning News. She has been a columnist for the Society of Professional Journalists’ Quill magazine for more than 20 years. Her commentaries air regularly on National Public Radio in Dallas. She’s author of three non-fiction books (Marion Street Press, Inc.): The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well, On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work—and Don’t, and Championship Writing: 50 Ways to Improve Your Writing Since leaving The Dallas Morning News in 2001, Paula has been writing fiction and has completed the first two of a mystery novel series. Currently, she’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America and of the Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Workshop.