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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Marilyn Abildskov Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy K.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	Karen Bender Re-Visioning Your Short Story One-Week Workshop July 5–10 Building Character from the Inside Out Weekend Workshop July 11–12 Finding Your Story One-Week Workshop July 12–17 Biography Re-Visioning Your Short Story One-Week Workshop July 5–10 You’ve written a draft of a story. Now—what’s the next step? In this workshop, we’ll bring in a story-in-progress and “re-vision” it—find its potential, figure out how it can become a great story. We will help each other locate what is working, find its energy, and ask questions to push it to the next level. I’ll assign revision exercises tailored to each individual story. This class is for intermediate and advanced fiction writers who understand basic issues of craft. Students will bring a draft of a story (20 pages or fewer) to the workshop, and together we’ll read and discuss them. Building Character from the Inside Out Weekend Workshop July 11–12 You have someone who’s been sticking in your mind—you just have to write about this person! Or you’ve always wanted to write from the point of view of a thief. Or a man. Or a woman. Or—anyone. This whirlwind weekend workshop, designed for writers of all levels, will give you a chance to explore a character from many different angles. We will spend the weekend developing character through writing exercises, reading our exercises out loud, and finding the strongest moments in the work we produce. You should leave the class with ideas for at least one character you will want to write more about. Finding Your Story One-Week Workshop July 12–17 You have an idea for a story. Now how do you do that most difficult thing—start? In this class, we will begin to build a story through daily writing exercises. Each day, we will work on a different element of craft—characterization, sensory detail, dialogue, scene. We will read exercises out loud and tell each other what is working best. We will identify each writer’s strengths and help brainstorm ways to develop his/her story. Students will generate all new material during the week, through writing assignments in and outside of workshop. This class is for beginning and intermediate writers. Biography Karen E. Bender (M.F.A., The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop) is the author of Like Normal People, a novel. Her stories have appeared in magazines including The New Yorker, Granta, Ploughshares, Zoetrope, Story, and The Iowa Review. Her stories have been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, and New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best. Karen’s work has won two Pushcart Prizes and been featured on “Selected Shorts” on National Public Radio. She teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and is co-editor of the nonfiction anthology Choice.

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