"The Valley’s Literary Arts Center"

Express Yourself with Power at our Florence, MA studio. 2007 Calendar updated with a wide variety of weekly workshops and one-day retreats.  The Craft of Fiction workshop sessions have been redesigned and new offerings added. Contact us to learn more!

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Weekly Workshops             Calendar 

All workshops are held at the historic Arts & Industry Building, 221 Pine Street, Florence, MA.  Returning students receive a 10% discount.  For registration and payment information, please email us or call 413 582-0101.   Don't miss our Retreat Workshops as well.


  Weekly workshops with Dori Ostermiller:
 

Writing From Life: This workshop will inspire you to make significant creative leaps in a supportive environment. Through exercises, discussion and creative exploration, we will access life experience, generate fresh material and deepen our commitment to the writing life.  Open to writers of all levels and genres.

Mondays, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
10-week Spring Session starts April 7, 2008  ($375)
 5-week Summer Session runs July 7 – August 4 ($189)

 


Advance application required by August 15, 2008.
2008-2009 Manuscript Intensive Series
 An inspiring, rigorous, 13-month program for writers of fiction or narrative non-fiction who have already made some progress on a book-length manuscript and are motivated to complete it. We will meet for eight Friday night/Saturday intensives, two one-on-one conferences, and will exchange work and feedback on a regular basis.  This workshop will provide the inspiration, structure and editorial support to help you finish a draft of that book!  The group will culminate with a public reading and celebration.  
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Weekly Workshops with WIP Affiliates:


Fiction-writing Boot Camp, with Celia Jeffries
Six weeks, six basic elements of craft: character, plot, dialogue, setting, point of view and revision. In this weekly workshop, we’ll work through the architecture of fiction and explore the finishing touches of style and voice. We will read excerpts from the masters, do developmental exercises, and explore our own writings.
Tuesdays, 6-8:30 pm. 
6-week session begins April 29 - June 3, 2008 ($189)


The June Splurge, with Jacqueline Sheehan  
If you’ve been hankering to take the writing plunge, or are in need of creative recharging, this is the perfect opportunity.  This four-week workshop is open to writers of all levels and genres.  We will write from imaginative prompts designed to quiet the critical, doubting mind and open up the playful writer who is ready to blossom.  Appropriate for Beginners.  
Four Thursdays in June, 6-9 pm, ($150)


Writers in Progress - Dori Ostermiller, MFA        (413) 582-0101   

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