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Prompt
Party, with Suzanne Strempek Shea:
You're invited to the Prom(pt)! You don’t have to wear a gown to attend
this all-day workshop featuring writing exercises sure to get your
creativity flying. Whether a writer of fiction or non-fiction, a beginner
or a veteran, you'll find plenty of inspiration as we write responses to
prompts for factors and features including character, dialogue, point of
view, setting and detail. The day will include info from well-known
writers who find these writing kicks essential to their workday, and lots
of useful handouts. Bring a favorite notebook or laptop and be prepared to
write and share.
Saturday, February 6, 2010 9:30 am – 5:00 pm, with an hour for lunch
($120)
Location
is Everything: The Importance of Setting in Fiction, with
Dori Ostermiller:
When and where your story takes place is as crucial as what happened, or
who done it. Whether you’re writing about Pakistan during the war or
suburban New Jersey, you want your readers to know exactly where they are
in time and space. During this one-day workshop, we will examine the
impact of our fictional landscapes, looking at examples from published
works and our own stories. Through brainstorming and creative
exercises, we’ll explore how setting can highlight conflict, reflect
characters’ emotional states, engage the readers’ senses and move the
story toward its climax.
Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:30 am – 5:00 pm, with an hour
for lunch ($120)
Creating
Characters that Breathe, with Jacqueline
Sheehan: A story can only be as memorable as the characters who
inhabit it. In this one-day workshop we will do lots of creative
brainstorming to enliven and enrich your characters, whether fictional or
otherwise. We’ll examine why readers seem to attach to some character and
not others. And we’ll explore dialogue as a way to deepen complexity,
conflict and motivation. Join us for a full day of discovery exercises!
Saturday, March 6, 2010 9:30 am – 5:00 pm, with an hour for
lunch ($120)
The Art of
Creative Non-Fiction, with Celia Jeffries:
Tracy Kidder, Gloria Steinem, and Julia Child, to name a few, are creative
nonfiction writers. They communicate ideas and information, but in a
compelling and vivid style. If you are yearning to write personal essays,
biography, memoir, travel or food writing, then this is your genre. We’ll
read examples from the masters, brainstorm ideas, and do some writing,
looking at how literary and cinematic techniques—from scene to dialogue,
description to point of view—can wake up your prose. Bring a page or two
of work in progress and join us for a day of exploring this relatively
new, but increasingly popular genre.
Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:30 am – 5:00 pm, with an hour for
lunch ($120)
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