Workshops
Prose

Fiction

Writing Flash Fiction - Flash fiction (micro-fiction, sudden fiction, short-short, snap-fiction) merges poetic intensity with a fiction writer's sense of narrative. Use this weekend to practice and expand your knowledge of the form. Inspiring writing prompts and generous feedback will lead you to write and develop two new pieces of flash fiction. (Weems)

Revising a Short Story Toward Publication - Now that you have completed a draft or two of your story, this workshop will help you polish your short fiction so it will interest editors and reach a wide audience. Submit up to 20 pages beforehand. (Sethi)
There is a $60 surcharge for this workshop which is limited to 5 writers.

Finishing Your Novel - Stuck? This workshop is for writers who are mired in a long prose piece and need a spark to advance. Exercises, analyses, and thoughtful encouragement will help you continue. Submit 20 pages of your novel beforehand. (Plum-Ucci)
There is an additional $60 surcharge for this workshop which is limited to 5 writers.

Writing for the Children’s Market - We will explore different genres of juvenile literature, and will focus upon such elements of writing as creating character, plot, setting, dialogue, and use of detail. Writing exercises and prompts will provide springboards for discussion and feedback. Works in progress welcome. (Swallow)

Creative Non-Fiction

The Art & Craft of Creative Nonfiction - We all have true stories to tell: about worlds we know well and new worlds we discover daily. This workshop will show how to capture both, using the power of voice, storytelling, memory, and grace of language to make nonfiction writing come alive. Using in-class exercises as springboards, we’ll explore strategies for turning fragments of memory and/or observation into personal essay, profiles, or narrative journalism. You are encouraged to do in-class writing or submit up to 5 pages from a work-in-progress. (Schwartz, Peele)


Memoir

Turning Memory into Memoir - Transform your life experience into a well-crafted, literary essay. Open your senses, dig into memory and use the tools in the writer's toolbox—language, voice, image and structure--to help you write with muscle, meaning and grace. Ideal for beginners and for those who have work in progress who may submit up to 5 pages. (Hochman)

Tutorials

Tutorial in Prose - An individual twenty minute feedback session with one of the writers on staff in which you will receive a constructive critique on an essay or story that you are not sharing in your workshop. Registered participants will be asked to submit a synopsis and up to 10 pages. There is an additional $60 fee for prose tutorials. (Staff)

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