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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	Robert Anthony Siegel Advanced Novel Workshop One-Week Workshop July 5–10 Taking the Brakes Off: How to Begin Your Novel One-Week Workshop July 12–17 Creating Characters, or Why It Takes Two to Tango Weekend Workshop July 18–19 Biography Advanced Novel Workshop One-Week Workshop July 5–10 This class is for writers who have completed a first draft of a novel or are on their way to completing one. Each member of the group will share a first or early chapter from his or her manuscript (up to 20 pages), along with a brief synopsis of the rest of the book. The class will read and offer feedback, with an eye toward what is working, what is missing, and what the writer can build on. Along the way, we will discuss essential issues of craft, including character, conflict, plot, suspense, voice and tone. A lot of thought will also go into the novel-writing process: how to outline, how to do research, how to explore character and scene, and, most importantly, how to keep yourself motivated, productive and inspired. Taking the Brakes Off: How to Begin Your Novel One-Week Workshop July 12–17 You have a bunch of really interesting characters, an intriguing situation, maybe a first chapter or a short story that seems to hold the seed of some greater promise, and you’re wondering what comes next. How do you go from these raw materials to a novel? This class is designed to show you the way. Together we will use creative exercises to explore character, clarify themes and settings, generate scenes, find a voice, and develop plot ideas. We will create outlines, discuss the value of research, and talk about the all-important role of process in novel-writing, including setting goals, creating momentum, and keeping yourself surprised and intrigued by the words on the page. Creating Characters, or Why It Takes Two to Tango Weekend Workshop July 18–19 All too often, when we sit down to write, we tend to think of characters in isolation, even though people in real life usually define themselves in relation to others. In this weekend course, we will learn how to build vivid, three-dimensional, flesh-and-blood characters by pairing them up with other characters and getting them to interact. In a series of creative in-class exercises, characters will meet, fight, fall in and out of love, get married and divorced—and in the process become compelling, fully formed beings rich enough to people a world of stories and novels. Biography Robert Anthony Siegel is the author of two novels, All The Money In The World and All Will Be Revealed. His short work has appeared in Story, Oxford American, and elsewhere. He is a graduate of The University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Visit Robert at www.robertanthonysiegel.com.

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