WRITING WORKSHOPS at THE BOOK WORKS (for children's writing workshops, click here)
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1. Drop-In Writing Group with San Diego Writers, Ink
This group will meet with leader Victoria Melekian on the second and fourth Fridays of each month, 12:00 to 1:00 pm; $5 to San Diego Writers, Ink, open to all. Beginning Friday, June 13. For more information, click here.
2. Travel-Writing Class with Karen Kenyon
Please join us for a 3-meeting course in the art of Travel Writing. We'll explore keeping a travel journal -- and also the basics of writing and submitting travel articles and essays for publication. Write about exotic journeys or experiences right in your own backyard! No previous experience necessary.
Three Monday evenings -- 7-9pm -- July 21, August 4 and 11 -- Fee $50. Led by Karen Kenyon (her travel articles have appeared in British Heritage, The Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and most recently through Copley News Service). Contact kkenyon@ucsd.edu
3. Introduction to Creative Writing with Scott Tinley.
This class will be held at the Del Mar Powerhouse, but we're hoping to spirit Scott away to The Book Works in the future. Click here for more information.
4. Nonfiction writing class with Barbara Davenport.
This class is for people who have a nonfiction writing project they want to start, or one that’s under way. Your project may be a single essay or paper, a clinical reflection, a memoir, long or short, a book, a book proposal, or any of a variety of other possibilities. This class is particularly useful for subject-matter experts: people who know an area well, and have something important to say, but may not be experienced writers.. The specifics of your project and the level of your writing expertise are less important than your commitment to your work.
The class will meet 7-9 pm on Wednesdays. The format will be reading and critique of members’ work in a supportive and constructive environment, with assignments to refine specific skills. The class will be limited to 8 people in order to give close attention to each writer.
Barbara Davenport has published The Worst Loss, Henry Holt. She writes for Citybeat, and she’s regular book reviewer for the Union-Tribune. Her work has appeared in Stanford magazine, UCSD’s Healthwise, and the Christian Science Monitor. She’s conducted a private writing class for two years, and she’s a strong believer in a class’s potential to support and catalyze peoples’ work.
Meets August 27, September 3, 10, 17, 24, October 1, 2008
Fee $200. For more information and to register please contact Barbara Davenport at bbdavenport@cox.net, or 619.284.7601.
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5. Writing Workshop with Karen Kenyon
Writing
Workshop on Thursdays, from 10am - 12:00 n. This is an ongoing
workshop that renews every 4 weeks. Please contact instructor
(Karen Kenyon at
kkenyon@ucsd.edu)
for
details and to reserve a place. One or two new members can be
added at this time.
Workshop members bring their own work to read
and
discuss -- and writing and publishing ideas are offered as
well. Fee
is $55 for one 4 week session.
KAREN KENYON, M.A., Instructor, is an author, poet, and freelance writer. She also teaches at MiraCosta College, UCSD Extension and SDSU Extension. Her books include Sunshower, a personal narrative, and a biography, THE BRONTË FAMILY. She has published numerous articles in Newsweek, British Heritage, and The Los Angeles Times. |
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Third Thursdays, 7 pm - 9 PM |
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Enter the altered state of the creative flow with writing triggers and prompts designed to make the creative process easy, playful, and enjoyable. All levels and genres welcome. With humorist and creativity coach, Jill Badonsky, author of The Nine Modern Day Muses. Fee: $13 per class meeting. Please contact Jill at (760) 434-3436 to reserve a seat. |
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THE FOLLOWING CLASS IS PRESENTLY CLOSED. Writer's Workshop for Beginners with Lisa Fugard. Wednesday evenings, 6:00-8:00 pm, February 20 through March 26, 2008. Do you aspire to write creatively, but feel unsure of how to get started? Lisa Fugard will teach a six-week workshop that offers apprentice writers a safe environment in which to discover their unique writer's voice. Through in-class exercises and assignments, we will explore the elements that go into telling a compelling story - narrrative voice, point of view, characterization, conflict. Discussion of student work is always supportive and constructive, and both fiction and non fiction pieces are welcome. Lisa Fugard is the author of Skinner's Drift, a NY Times Notable Book of 2006 and a finalist for the LA Times First Fiction Award. She has also written numerous travel articles for the NY Times and her short stories have been published in many literary journals. Fee: $200. For more information or to register please email lisa@lisafugard.com |
WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JINCY WILLETT: NOT CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED.
Time to get serious about your writing?
Reserve your space now and receive professional critique and guidance from
these acclaimed novelists and teacher Jincy Willett.
Jincy Willett is the author of Jenny and the Jaws of Life, a collection of
stories about which David Sedaris said, "I am prepared to wear a sandwich
sign for this book. It's just that good.", and Winner of the National Book
Award, which Augustin Burroughs called "the funniest novel I have read,
possibly ever."
When: NOT CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED
Where: The Book Works
Cost:
To reserve a space or for
more information, please contact Tess Link at tesslink@cox.net.