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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	Carol Spindel Creative Veracity: Book-Length Creative Nonfiction One-Week Workshop June 22–27 Biography Creative Veracity: Book-Length Creative Nonfiction One-Week Workshop June 22–27 “Veracity is no drawback to the writer, there’s a lot of truth out there to work with,” says Annie Dillard. What an understatement. There’s so much truth out there we get overrun by it. The real world is filled with complicated distinctions and way too many characters. But well-written nonfiction is unified and coherent. Whether you want to write about history, the environment, or raising children, how do you take that complex subject you are passionate about and streamline it into clear, elegant prose that any interested reader can enjoy? How do you shape the chunks you've written into a book? This class is intended for writers trying to sustain a nonfiction book project. We will not focus on manuscript critiques. Instead, we will explore structure, character development, and the use of scenes through a series of guided exercises. You will be expected to question yourself, write hard, and commit to your fellow writers. Together we’ll seek strategies to maintain momentum so we can write the last line of the final draft. Biography Carol Spindel (M.A., The University of Illinois) is the author of two nonfiction books, In the Shadow of the Sacred Grove (Vintage), a New York Times Notable Book, and Dancing at Halftime: Sports and the Controversy Over American Indian Mascots, New York University Press, 2000. The subjects of her shorter nonfiction have included African art, family life, contemporary racism, cemeteries, magic, and gardening.

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