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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	Michelle Wildgen Novel Workshop: Crucial Moments One-Week Workshop July 19–24 Biography Novel Workshop: Crucial Moments One-Week Workshop July 19–24 In this workshop, you’ll put forward a synopsis of your novel as well as an excerpt that focuses on a crucial moment for your characters: a spot where the motor of the novel kicks in and something turns a corner. We’ll discuss your excerpt at the workshop table, looking at how plot, character arc, and structure work together overall, using the synopsis to place it in context. Where do these crucial moments fall? What leads to them and where do they take us next? The idea is to maximize your novel’s sense of consequence and momentum, to understand its individual pieces and how they build on each other in the larger scheme of the book. We’ll also do a small number of writing assignments or exercises designed to expand your work on your novel. Participants in this workshop should have a complete draft of a novel, or nearly so. Excerpt(s) can be one section of up to 25 pages, or two smaller sections from different places in your book. Plan to send these to me in advance of our session. Biography Michelle Wildgen is the author of the novel You’re Not You, recently optioned for film, and the forthcoming But Not For Long (both from Thomas Dunne Books/Picador). She’s also the editor of the anthology Food & Booze from Tin House Books. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Best New American Voices, Best Food Writing, and several literary journals and anthologies. She is a senior editor at Tin House Magazine and lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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