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Workshop Descriptions & Instructors Faith Adiele Mary Allen Kate Aspengren Thomas Fox Averill Nancy Barry Timothy Bascom Linda Bendorf Venise Berry Bruce Bond Michael Dennis Browne Susan Taylor Chehak John Dalton Thomas K. Dean Amber Dermont Kelly Dwyer Hope Edelman Josh Emmons Katie Ford Patricia Foster Laura Fraser Cecile Goding Douglas Goetsch Kevin González John Griesemer Sands Hall Christine Hemp Jim Heynen Rick Hillis Charles Holdefer Richard Jackson Cheryl Fusco Johnson Wayne Johnson Bret Anthony Johnston Daniel Khalastchi Zachary Lazar Carolyn Lieberg BK Loren Fritz Mc Donald James McKean Gordon Mennenga Katherine Min Sharelle Byars Moranville Michael Morse Barbara Robinette Moss Marc Nieson Shannon Olson Lon Otto Juliet Patterson Anjali Sachdeva Sarah Saffian Sam Samuels Leslie Schwartz Sandra Scofield Mary Kay Shanley Carol Spindel Karen Subach Mary Vermillion Ashley Warlick Jan Weissmiller Bart Yates	Linda Bendorf Jumpstarting Your Creativity One-Week Workshop July 20–25 and July 27-Aug 1 Biography Jumpstarting Your Creativity One-Week Workshop July 20–25 and July 27-Aug 1 Is your creativity gene on hiatus? Do you love the power and beauty of language, but lack time or inspiration? As writer Donald Murray suggested, it takes a destination and a plan to make surprise possible. Whether you seek to restore personal or professional creativity and innovation, serious work requires serious play. Even if you’ve taken this workshop before, this newly revised course invites you to recharge. Before the workshop begins, I’ll ask for a letter telling me what you think creates gridlock in your writing life. During our high energy, focused, yet flexible time together, plan to generate all new work. We’ll plunge into exercises and strategies to spark creativity and to bypass mental roadblocks. We’ll write quickly to stay ahead of the inner critic, and boldly to outsmart the censor. Experience a marketplace of ideas where strategic writing prompts invite you to take intellectual and creative risks that lead to breakthrough thinking. In good workshop fashion, we’ll share our work as time allows. A desired outcome is for you to leave with a storehouse of language and ideas to motivate long after the workshop ends. Biography Linda Bendorf (M.A.T., J.D., The University of Iowa) is a writer and award-winning teacher with over twenty years of experience inspiring students of all ages. She participated in the Iowa Writing Project; taught essay writing at the Belin Blank International Center for Gifted Education; and served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Coe College, and as Language Arts and Reading External Consultant at ACT, Inc. She was selected Iowa City’s Outstanding Young Educator as Language Arts Department Chair with the Iowa City Community Schools. Linda’s columns and features have appeared in McCall’s, USA Today, Gannett News Service Wire, The Des Moines Register, Instructor, The Iowan, and Accent. Her poetry has appeared in 100 Words. She and her husband live in the Chicago area, where Linda is Director of Blue Sage Writing (www.bluesagewriting.com).

	Site Map \| Welcome \| Workshops by Session Date \| Workshops by Instructor Workshops by Genre \| Registration & Housing Information \| Registration Form 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 June 27, 2008