“A La Carte” AWW Offerings—
A LA CARTE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS JULY 2, 2013!
Our A La Carte Offerings are:
► Saturday Seminar Only (July 6, 2013)
► Morning Classes Only (July 8-12, 2013)
► Afternoon Focus on Form Seminar Only)(July 7-12, 2013)
Saturday Seminar (July 6, 2013)
Whether you want a one-day writing seminar in craft, nuts and bolts, and inspiration—or you want to kick-start your full week experience—this Saturday Seminar is for you, whether you're writing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, several (or all!) of those genres, or just haven't quite started yet but need some help! PLEASE SEE OUR FACULTY PAGE FOR FACULTY BIOS (Scroll down for Saturday Seminar Bios)
Specific programming:
--8:15-9:00: check in and continental breakfast (bagels, muffins, juice, coffee, tea, yogurt) provided.
--9:00-10:00: Opening Panel--Overcoming your fears--Led by ALL Saturday Seminar faculty
--10:15-11:30: Breakout sessions:
Poetic forms (Led by Jaime Adoff, award winning poet and novelist; please see our Faculty page
for a full bio.)
Getting started as a writer
Point of View for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction writers (Led by Mike Mullin, acclaimed author of
the Young Adult novels Ashfall and Ashen Winter See Mike's full bio on our
Faculty page.)
--11:30-12:30: Lunch (provided)
--12:30-1:45: Breakout sessions
Making Setting/Place come alive in your writing (Led by Jaime Adoff)
Developing Great Characters and Dialog
Grammar Boot Camp (Led by Kate Geiselman and Rebecca Kuder--We promise will be fun!)
--2:00-3:15: Breakout sessions
Imagery and word choice (Led by Jaime Adoff)
Getting published
Going from "tell" to "show"... or how to make a scene (in your writing, that is)
--3:30-4:30: Closing Panel: What now? Setting Goals and Next Steps for your writing journey! (Led by ALL
Saturday Seminar faculty.)
--4:30-6:00 Dinner break (On your own); registration for those attending the Morning Only, Afternoon Only,
or Full Week Programs for the rest of the week.
--6:00: Dessert reception
--7:00: Keynote with Lee Martin
See Faculty Page for Saturday Seminar Faculty bios.
You can attend the Saturday Seminar as:
► A stand-alone experience
► In combination with a Full Week experience
► In combination with EITHER Morning Only Classes OR Afternoon Only Focus on Form
See A La Carte Registration page for details on registration/tuition fees for the above options.
Detailed Saturday Seminar schedule for July 6, 2013 (all events held at Antioch University Midwest).
Morning Only Classes Looking for lecture/classroom instruction on writing craft and the business of writing… but can’t commit to the Full Week experience? This is the option for you!
You can attend Morning Only classes as:
► A stand-alone experience
► In combination with the Saturday Seminar
See A La Carte Registration page for details on registration fees and tuition fees for the above options.
Detailed Morning Only Classes schedule (all classes held at Antioch University Midwest):
Saturday, July 6, 6:00 p.m., dessert and wine reception
Saturday, July 6, 7:00 p.m., keynote by Lee Martin, Pulitzer Prize (fiction) nominated author of Break The Skin and other novels.
Sunday, July 7, noon-2:00, box lunch, and meet the faculty/participants ice breaker.
Monday, July 8 - Friday, July 12. Morning classes. These lectures include the opportunity to ask writing questions of the faculty member. The instructors may incorporate in-class writing or optional homework.
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (coffee, tea, fruit juices, breakfast pastries)
8:30 a.m. Fiction (led by Lee Martin)-- An examination of the elements of fiction (e.g., plot, character, and point of view) with discussion of how these elements work in successful writing.
9:30 a.m. Professional Skills for Writers—a different topic each day!
Monday--Self-Editing Grammar Boot Camp for Writers (led Rebecca Kuder
and Becky Morean)
Tuesday--Agent Talk by Hannah Brown Gordon (Foundry Literary +
Media>
Wednesday--First book talk by AWW alumni Jen Violi
Thursday--Agent Talk by Suzie Townsend (New Leaf Literary)
Friday--Literary Magazine Editors' Panel, with Tobin Terry (Chagrin
River Review), Nathan Floom and Jason Teal (Heavy Feather
Review) and Christina Dendy and Matthew Birdsall
(Mock Turtle Zine )
10:30 a.m. Poetry (led by Cathy Smith Bowers) -- An examination of the elements of poetry (e.g., form, meter, and sound) with discussion of examples of successful poems.
11:30 a.m. Creative Nonfiction (led by Dinty W. Moore) An examination of the elements of nonfiction (e.g., structure, research, and accuracy) with discussion of how these elements work in successful writing.
Afternoon Only "Getting Started in Fiction or Creative Nonfiction--No Manuscript Required"
If you want hands-on instruction in a small seminar setting, but don’t have a manuscript ready, and can’t commit to the Full Experience option, then this is the option for you. Greg Belliveau (Please see Faculty Page for his bio) will lead the participants in creative writing exercises and techniques to help them start their own work of fiction or creative nonfiction.
You can attend the Afternoon Only Focus on Form Class as:
► A stand-alone experience
► In combination with the Saturday Seminar
See A La Carte Registration page for details on registration fee and tuition fees for the above options.
Detailed Afternoon Only Focus on Form Class schedule for July 6-12 (class held at Antioch University Midwest):
Saturday, July 6, 6:00 p.m., dessert and wine reception
Saturday, July 6, 7:00 p.m., keynote by Lee Martin, Pulitzer Prize (fiction) nominated author of Break The Skin and other novels
Sunday, July 7, noon-2:00, box lunch, and meet the faculty/participants ice breaker.
Sunday, July 7-Friday, July 12, 2:30-5:00 p.m., discussion of fiction and creative nonfiction techniques, and and exercises in starting your own creative work! Plenty of tips and techniques to create a creative writing 'tool kit' to help you with your writing long after the workshop week concludes.
All attendees are welcomed and encouraged to attend evening faculty readings, at Antioch University Midwest, Sunday July 7-Tuesday July 9, as well as open mic night (at The Emporium in Yellow Springs) on Wednesday July 10 and participant reading Thursday, July 11. All of the evening events start at 7:00 p.m.
