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June 7-12
One-Week Workshops
The Novel in Miniatures Janet Desaulniers
Novel Fundamentals Charles Holdefer
Novel Solutions Wayne Johnson
Short Story Exercises Mark Jude Poirier
Twenty Dances toward Flapping Your Wings Again: A Generative Workshop for Writers Karen Subach

June 13-14
Weekend Workshops
Writing beyond Realism (Even If Just Momentarily) Kyle Beachy
Plot and Action in the Short Story: A Workshop Amber Dermont
Scaling Mt. Slush Pile: Reading Your Story Like a Fiction Editor Hugh Ferrer
Word Play Carolyn Lieberg
Writing the Weekend Short Story Gordon Mennenga
Writing with Sense(s) Marc Nieson
Breaking Through: Strategies and Exercises for Defeating Writer’s Block Anjali Sachdeva
Evaluating the Scene Sandra Scofield
Slapdash-Mishmash Haberdashery Hash, or Just Write It—Something for Most Writers Karen Subach
Finding Your Own Voice: Writing Like Yourself Bart Yates

June 14-19
One-Week Workshops
What a Character! Kate Aspengren
Have I Got a Story for You: Short Fiction Workshop Amber Dermont
Advanced Novel Workshop Josh Emmons
From Memory to Art: Poetry, Prose Poems, Short-Short Fiction Jim Heynen
10,000 Words Carolyn Lieberg
Passionate Revision—Fiction & Narrative Nonfiction Lon Otto

June 20-21
Weekend Workshops
Writing the Monologue Maggie Conroy
Polishing Your Prose: Read and Write Like a Master Josh Emmons
Showing and Telling: The Effective Use of Detail Sands Hall
Focus on Character Charles Holdefer
29 Points of Departure            Carolyn Lieberg
The Fiction of Subversion and Singularity, or The Fiction Only You Can Write Peter Markus
The Art of Metaphor Marc Nieson
The Art of the Anecdote Shannon Olson

June 21-26
One-Week Workshops
Talking, Doing, and Seeing: Making a Scene in the Novel and Short Story Kyle Beachy
Powerful Plots: Strengthening Story and Structure in Novel Writing Venise Berry
Shadows, Hands, Petals: The Unbearable Lightness of Imagery Hugh Ferrer
Tools of the Writer’s Craft Sands Hall
Writing Fiction for Literary Magazines Gordon Mennenga
The Traveler’s Story—Literary Nonfiction & Fiction Lon Otto
Tweaking Life: Make Yours into Fiction Sandra Scofield
Patience, Caffeine, and Pigheadedness: Everything You Need to Write Your First Novel Bart Yates

July 5-10
One-Week Workshops
Writing Humor Kate Aspengren
Re-Visioning Your Short Story Karen Bender
Plotting the Plot in the Novel Kelly Dwyer
Five Not-So-Easy Pieces: A Week of Honing Fiction

BK Loren
Beginning the Novel Gordon Mennenga
Advanced Novel Workshop Robert Anthony Siegel

July 11-12
Weekend Workshops
Building Character from the Inside Out Karen Bender
Plotting the Plot in the Novel Weekend Kelly Dwyer
Scaling Mt. Slush Pile: Reading Your Story Like a Fiction Editor Hugh Ferrer
Let Me Tell You about Me: Challenges in Point of View Rebecca Johns
Writing Wild: Exercises in Fictional Voice Gordon Mennenga
Helping the Beginner Take Smaller Pictures Mary Kay Shanley
Mystery Characters Mary Vermillion
Yours to Know? Interviewing Techniques for Writers Kris Vervaecke

July 12-17
One-Week Workshops
Finding Your Story Karen Bender
Short Story Workshop Rick Hillis
Advanced Novel Workshop Rebecca Johns
Eleven Points of Revision in Fiction Sharelle Byars Moranville
Taking the Brakes Off: How to Begin Your Novel Robert Anthony Siegel

July 18-19
Weekend Workshops
Thickening the Plot Thomas Fox Averill
Instant Connection: Authoring a Blog Maudy Benz
Generating Fictional Ideas Kelly Dwyer
Short Story Weekend Rick Hillis
The Small Stuff: Description and Detail in Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Anjali Sachdeva
Creating Characters, or Why It Takes Two to Tango Robert Anthony Siegel
Clues to Effective Mysteries Mary Vermillion
Mapmaking: The Archeology of Setting Ashley Warlick

July 19-24
One-Week Workshops
The Very, Very Short Story Geoffrey Forsyth
Beginning the Mystery Novel  Mary Vermillion
“I Met My Old Lover on the Street Last Night”—Writing Fiction Kris Vervaecke
Through a Different Lens: Advanced Novel Workshop Ashley Warlick
Novel Workshop: Crucial Moments Michelle Wildgen

 

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Last updated on May 7, 2009