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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	Sharelle Byars Moranville I Can See Clearly Now: Writing Your Way To Fresh Descriptions In Young Adult And Middle Grade Fiction One-Week Workshop July 13–18 Biography I Can See Clearly Now: Writing Your Way To Fresh Descriptions In Young Adult And Middle Grade Fiction One-Week Workshop July 13–18 Have you ever heard the rule of thumb that a scene should be a fairly equal mix of dialogue, action, and description? That’s a lot of description—and a wonderful opportunity to draw in the reader as you describe where your characters are both physically and emotionally. Good description is narrator driven. It reveals character. Expands conflict. Creates setting. Contributes to unity. It freshens your voice and enriches your style. During our week together, we’ll explore ways to do all of this. We will focus on generating new work, rather than on critiquing manuscripts brought from home, so you don’t need to have a work in progress. However, if you do have one, feel free to bring it along. It will make a great application for the principles we’ll be talking about. During class, we will read, write, and discuss; and there will also be reading and writing assignments outside of class. Biography Sharelle Byars Moranville’s first novel, Over the River (2002), was a Booklist Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth and a finalist for the Iowa Children’s Choice Award. A Higher Geometry (2006) was a Bank Street College of Education Best Book and a Booklist Top 10 Youth Romance. Moranville’s most recent YA novel, The Snows, was released in August, 2007. She has a Ph.D. in English literature and has taught at various colleges and universities.

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