Iowa Summer Writing Festival

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Workshops by Genre

Fiction

Fiction

June 8-13
One-Week Workshops

Writing Humor	Kate Aspengren
Advanced Novel Workshop	John Dalton
Basic Knowledge: Novel Writing	Zachary Lazar
Tempests In Teapots: Advanced Short Story Workshop	Katherine Min
He Said/She Said: Writing Prose Dialogue	Shannon Olson
Out of the Closet and Onto the Page: The Novel Idea Of Three-D Gay And Lesbian Characters	Bart Yates

June 14-15
Weekend Workshops

Novel Craft: Essential Knowledge For Developing Your Novel	John Dalton
Generating Fictional Ideas	Kelly Dwyer
Showing And Telling: The Effective Use of Detail	Sands Hall
Short Story Workshop	Zachary Lazar
A Crash Course On Short Forms: Short Stories And Essays	Carolyn Lieberg
The Plot Thickens: How To Create & Sustain Compelling Fiction	Katherine Min
Writing With Sense(s)	Marc Nieson
Fantasy And Science Fiction: Creating And Populating A World Apart	Anjali Sachdeva

June 15-20
One-Week Workshops

Novel: The First Chapter	Kevin González
Introduction To The Craft Of Fiction	Sands Hall
Novel Solutions	Wayne Johnson
Ten Thousand Words	Carolyn Lieberg
The Art Of The Anecdote	Shannon Olson
Passionate Revision—Novel & Narrative Nonfiction	Lon Otto

June 21-22
Weekend Workshops

Letters, Maps, Headlines: Fiction As Document, Documents In Fiction	Thomas Fox Averill
Trigger Happy: Getting Your Story Started	Amber Dermont
Plotting The Plot: Novel	Kelly Dwyer
“It Was A Dark And Stormy Night. . .”—Novel Beginnings	Josh Emmons
Making A Scene	Kevin González
Showing And Telling: The Effective Use Of Detail	Sands Hall
29 Points Of Departure	Carolyn Lieberg
The Art Of Metaphor	Marc Nieson

June 22-27
One-Week Workshops

Have I Got A Story For You: Short Fiction Workshop	Amber Dermont
Novel Ideas	Kelly Dwyer
Writing The Novel: Diamonds In The Rough	Josh Emmons
Advanced Craft Workshop	Sands Hall
All Purpose, Hard Drivin’ Narrative Strategies	Wayne Johnson
Writing With Sense(s)	Marc Nieson
Traveler’s Story—Literary Nonfiction & Fiction	Lon Otto
Twenty Dances Toward Flapping Your Wings Again: A Generative Workshop For Writers	Karen Subach

July 6-11
One-Week Workshops

Powerful Plots: Understanding Story And Structure In Novel Writing	Venise Berry
From Memory To Art: Poetry, Prose Poems, Short-Short Fiction	Jim Heynen
Short Story Workshop	Rick Hillis
Writing Fiction For Literary Magazines	Gordon Mennenga
Writing The First Novel	Leslie Schwartz
Preparing To Revise A Novel	Sandra Scofield

July 12-13
Weekend Workshops

Rendering Consciousness In Fiction: Time, Space, And The Infinite Inwardness Of Mind	Susan Taylor Chehak
Plotting The Plot: Novel	Kelly Dwyer
On The Job: Stories About Work	Cecile Goding
The Loaded Conversation: Writing Effective Dialogue	Jim Heynen
Advanced Short Story Workshop	Rick Hillis
Dear Editor/Dear Agent: Submitting Your Prose For Publication	BK Loren
Hot Spots: Making Major Scenes Pay Off	Sandra Scofield
Mystery Characters	Mary Vermillion

July 13-18
One-Week Workshops

Advanced Novel	Susan Taylor Chehak
Advanced Novel	John Griesemer
Get Lost! Finding Your Way Through Fiction Without Formula	BK Loren
Literary Hybrids—Flash Fiction, Prose Poems, Lyric Essays	Michael Morse
Memoir Into Fiction: Writing The Autobiographical Novel	Leslie Schwartz
Revising Short Stories	Sandra Scofield
Patience, Caffeine, And Pigheadedness: What You Need To Write Your First Novel	Bart Yates

July 19-20
Weekend Workshops

The Seven Basic Plots	Susan Taylor Chehak
Naming The World: A Weekend Of Fiction And Fiction Exercises	Bret Anthony Johnston
Writing Wild: Exercises In Fictional Voice	Gordon Mennenga
Clues To Effective Mysteries	Mary Vermillion
Found Fiction	Ashley Warlick

July 20-25
One-Week Workshops

Jumpstarting Your Creativity	Linda Bendorf
Collision Course: Plot & Character In Your Novel	Charles Holdefer
Advanced Short Story Workshop	Bret Anthony Johnston
Beginning The Novel	Gordon Mennenga
Creating Characters For A Mystery Series	Mary Vermillion
Through A Different Lens: Advanced Novel Workshop	Ashley Warlick
Useful Tools: A Poetry Workshop	Jan Weissmiller

Sponsored by the Division of Continuing Education
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
C215 Seashore Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

Phone 319-335-4160
FAX 319-335-4743
iswfestival@uiowa.edu

Last updated on January 29, 2008