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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy Barry Timothy Bascom Kyle Beachy Karen Bender Linda Bendorf Maudy Benz Venise Berry Bruce Bond David Bouchier Michael Dennis Browne Maggie Conroy Mary Cross Thomas K. Dean Amber Dermont Janet Desaulniers Kelly Dwyer Hope Edelman Josh Emmons Jill Esbaum Sarah Fay Hugh Ferrer Katie Ford Geoffrey Forsyth Cecile Goding Douglas Goetsch Sands Hall Christine Hemp Jim Heynen Rick Hillis Charles Holdefer Richard Jackson Rebecca Johns Cheryl Fusco Johnson Wayne Johnson Daniel Khalastchi Carolyn Lieberg BK Loren Peter Markus Fritz Mc Donald James McKean Gordon Mennenga Sharelle Byars Moranville Michael Morse Barbara Robinette Moss Marc Nieson Shannon Olson Diana Ossana Lon Otto Juliet Patterson Kiki Petrosino Mark Jude Poirier Leslie Carol Roberts Anjali Sachdeva Sarah Saffian Sam Samuels Sandra Scofield Mary Kay Shanley Robert Anthony Siegel Carol Spindel Karen Subach Mary Vermillion Kris Vervaecke Ashley Warlick Michelle Wildgen Bart Yates	Thomas Fox Averill Thickening the Plot Weekend Workshop July 18–19 Biography Thickening the Plot Weekend Workshop July 18–19 You might have a cast of wonderful characters, a series of interesting situations, original and complex ideas. You might even be a fine stylist. But do you have a plot? Join in a discussion, with writing exercises, that will teach you ways to think about plot: twists, turns, thickenings and resolution. Handouts will be provided. Previously written material is not required for the weekend. Thomas Fox Averill, a 1976 graduate of The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, is Professor of English and Writer-in-residence at Washburn University of Topeka. He has won an O. Henry Award, and his early stories are in Passes at the Moon and Seeing Mona Naked. His novels are Secrets of the Tsil Café (BlueHen/Putnam, 2001) and The Slow Air of Ewan Macpherson (Berkley/Putnam, 2003). A collection of stories, Ordinary Genius, was published by University of Nebraska Press in April 2005.

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