"As a very old teacher, I love your touch with people." ~ Helen

This is an approval based class.  Please send 1) References from previous workshops 2) A representative sample of your writing 3) Your background to [email protected].  I also like writers in who attend this class to have taken The Bones of Storytelling.  You can do this online or attend prior to attempting to take this class. 


NOTE:  Current class, check schedule below and if you need to switch your reading time with another writer, please let Cloie know ASAP.  We are reading The Descendants by Kawi Hemmings too. 


Class 1: Apr. 30 @ 5:30 - 8:30 
Discussion:  Welcome, project share and workshop process  
Readers:  Nancy, Elyse, Bill, Becky, Cloie

Class 2: May 7 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m
Discussion:  Scene (Handouts via email)
Readers: Marilyn, Audrey, Jeremy, Pat, Rosemary

Class 3:  May 14 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Discussion:  Scene Cont.
Readers: Carrie, Nancy, Elyse, Becky
 
Class 4:  May 21 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Additional Reading/Movie:  The Descendants - Movie/turning points
Readers:  Cloie, Audrey, Marilyn, Jeremy

Class 5:  May 28 @ 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Additional Reading: Continue The Descendants - Book and development beyond movie
Readers: Pat, Rosemary, Carrie, Bill, Sara

NEW TERM BEGINS:  June 11 - July 30

Class 1: June 11 @ 5:30 - 8:30 
Discussion:  Welcome, project share and workshop process  
Readers:  Elyse, Becky, Cloie, Audrey, Sara

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Class 7 
 

Reference texts: 
Story by Robert McKee (REQUIRED)  
Debra Gwartney on Memoir  (click on link) 
Philip Lopate on Writing Personal Essays  (click on link)
Tell it Slant by Brenda Miller
Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Screenwriters Problem Solver by Syd Fields
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
The Elements of Style by Strunk/White
The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman