Writing workshops
Jan. 4th, 2012 05:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kate_schaeferIt’s writing workshop application season again for Clarion West in Seattle and Clarion in San Diego, with applications due by March 1 – but if you’re looking for something shorter than six weeks, how about a one-day workshop with Louise Marley, Richard Paul Russo, or Kat Richardson, sponsored by Clarion West?
Here are the descriptions:
Avoiding Rejection
Louise Marley
Sunday, January 15, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Agents often only read the first ten pages of a novel before deciding if they want you as a client. Slush readers for magazines decide within a few paragraphs whether your short story is right for them. We'll practice techniques to make your manuscript grab the attention of an agent or editor from the first paragraph on.
Bringing the World to Life (Without Killing the Story)
Richard Paul Russo
Sunday, February 5, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
How do you provide enough information about the physical, social, political, and other aspects of the story’s environment to fully engage your readers without distracting from or slowing down the story? Accomplishing this is one of a writer’s biggest challenges. Through discussion and written exercises, we’ll explore different approaches to scene-setting and description that bring the world of the story richly to life without losing the readers’ interest or engagement.
Creating Your Urban Fantasy World
Kat Richardson
Sunday, March 4, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
This special-focus workshop will help you learn how to choose, establish, and write a setting (real, alternate, historical, or allegorical) appropriate for Urban Fantasy. You'll learn how to block out and write action that utilizes whatever magic, occult, or paranormal system you're establishing, and how to develop and write characters for Urban Fantasy by integrating their power(s) and skills--or lack of them--with their setting and interactions.
Six hours, small groups, $125 apiece. Louise's workshop is coming right up; sign up for it by this Sunday. I think she's the only retired opera singer working in the SF field, but no doubt someone will tell me if there's another.
Here are the descriptions:
Avoiding Rejection
Louise Marley
Sunday, January 15, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Agents often only read the first ten pages of a novel before deciding if they want you as a client. Slush readers for magazines decide within a few paragraphs whether your short story is right for them. We'll practice techniques to make your manuscript grab the attention of an agent or editor from the first paragraph on.
Bringing the World to Life (Without Killing the Story)
Richard Paul Russo
Sunday, February 5, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
How do you provide enough information about the physical, social, political, and other aspects of the story’s environment to fully engage your readers without distracting from or slowing down the story? Accomplishing this is one of a writer’s biggest challenges. Through discussion and written exercises, we’ll explore different approaches to scene-setting and description that bring the world of the story richly to life without losing the readers’ interest or engagement.
Creating Your Urban Fantasy World
Kat Richardson
Sunday, March 4, 2012
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
This special-focus workshop will help you learn how to choose, establish, and write a setting (real, alternate, historical, or allegorical) appropriate for Urban Fantasy. You'll learn how to block out and write action that utilizes whatever magic, occult, or paranormal system you're establishing, and how to develop and write characters for Urban Fantasy by integrating their power(s) and skills--or lack of them--with their setting and interactions.
Six hours, small groups, $125 apiece. Louise's workshop is coming right up; sign up for it by this Sunday. I think she's the only retired opera singer working in the SF field, but no doubt someone will tell me if there's another.
