Writing Classes
Instructor: Monica Bauer
Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members
Saturday, June 29, 2013 | 9:00am-1:00pm
Monica Bauer shares secrets of character development from her workshop experiences with Edward Albee, Marsha Norman, Craig Lucas, the late Romulus Linney, and others. Useful for any writer who would like to create deeper and more vibrant characters.
Read more: Seminar: Character Development: Lessons from the Theater
Instructor: Monica Bauer
Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members
Sunday, June 30, 2013 | 1:00-5:00pm
For actors who would like to become writers, or for writers who would like to enter the growing field of writing for the solo performer. Two parts: Writing your own Autobiographical Show and Writing the Play for Solo Actor. As getting plays produced becomes more and more difficult, actors and playwrights have been turning to solo shows as a way for their work to be seen in festivals and small theaters. This workshop will help you avoid cliches, confessional therapy sessions, and navel-gazing, by helping you see solo theater as a layered exploration rich in themes, with a potential for cultural critique.
Instructor: Rachel Unkefer
Cost: $90 Members | $100 Non-Members
Sunday, July 14, 2013 | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Scrivener is a powerful and low-cost computer program designed specifically for writers. Unlike regular word processors, it has tools for organizing your ideas, storing your research alongside your manuscript, and easily rearranging chapters or sections. Learn how to get the most from Scrivener in this hands-on seminar, whether you write novels, short stories, essays, nonfiction books, or poetry. We'll cover how to import files from Microsoft Word and how to format for submission. Bring your laptop if you have one, and your work-in-progress files.
Read more: Seminar: Using Scrivener to Organize Your Writing
Instructor: Mariflo Stephens
Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members
Saturday, July 27, 2013 | 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Stretch your skills. Learn the villanelle, a French verse form which, in its 19 lines, gives the impression of simplicity through its complexity. Eight of the 19 lines are refrains. The most well-known example is: "Do not go gentle into that good night/Rage, rage against the dying of the light." This will be a fun exercise in poetical form.
Instructor: Kristen-Paige Madonia
Cost: $90 Members | $100 Non-Members
Saturday, August 10, 2013 | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
This course will introduce students to the YA genre and will include a mini-workshop component where participants will be invited to share the first five pages of their YA project. As one of the newest, largest, and most diverse genres in the industry, it is often difficult to define YA Lit; through the examination of YA samples and the discussion of YA craft techniques, this class will explore successful tools used to create the unique tone and momentum found in YA Lit.
Read more: Seminar: YA Lit - Not Just for Kids: An Introduction and First-pages Workshop
Instructor: BettyJoyce Nash
Cost: $90 Members | $100 Non-Members
Saturday, August 24, 2013 | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
If you're an American writer, sooner or later one of your characters will get a gun. Why? How does the gun change the character? Was Chekhov (who failed to follow his own advice) correct when he said that a gun introduced in the first act must go off in the third? In this seminar, we'll see how writers from Anton Chekhov to Sherman Alexie use firearms in fiction. Please bring an excerpt from one of your own "gun stories."
