Workshops
Prose

Fiction

Focusing Your Fiction - From broad decisions on character to micro decisions on word choice, you will work on turning raw, unformed fiction into focused narrative. Issues of direction, character, dialogue, tone, etc. will also be addressed. Appropriate for those in the very beginning stages of a novel or short story, to those knee-deep in a promising but problematic first draft, and anyone in between. Submit up to 5 pages of a work in progress and a synopsis of the full work beforehand. (Bauman)

Writing New Stories - This workshop will provide you with practical ways of starting new works of fiction. Each morning you will be given a challenging assignment and writing time to start you off. Afternoon feedback sessions will then be used to enhance and encourage your new work. (Weems)

Finishing Your Novel - Stuck? This workshop is for writers who are mired in a long prose piece and need a spark to advance. Exercises, analyses, and thoughtful encouragement will help you continue. Submit 20 pages of your novel beforehand. (Plum-Ucci) There is an additional $50 surcharge for this workshop which is limited to 5 writers.

 Revising a Short Story Toward Publication - Now that you have completed a draft or two of your story, this workshop will help you polish your short fiction so it will interest editors and reach a wide audience. Submit up to 20 pages beforehand. (Sethi) There is an additional $50 surcharge for this workshop which is limited to 5 writers.

Creative Non-Fiction

Writing True, the Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction - We all have true stories to tell: about worlds we know well and new worlds we discover daily. This workshop will show how to capture both, using the power of voice, storytelling, memory, and grace of language to make nonfiction writing come alive. Using in-class exercises as springboards, we’ll explore strategies for turning fragments of memory and/or observation into personal essay, profiles, or narrative journalism. You are encouraged to do in-class writing or submit up to 5 pages from a work-in-progress. (David Schwartz, Mimi Schwartz, Sondra Perl)

Memoir

Turning Memory into Memoir - Transform your life experience into a a well-crafted, literary essay. Open your senses, dig into memory and use the tools in the writer's toolbox—language, voice, image and structure--to help you write with muscle, meaning and grace. Ideal for beginners and for those who have work in progress who may submit up to 5 pages. (Hochman)

Tutorials

 Tutorials in Prose - Individual twenty minute critique session with one of the writers on staff in which you will receive excellent feedback on an essay or story that you are not sharing in your workshop. Submit up to 10 pages and synopsis beforehand. (Staff ) There is an additional $60 fee for prose tutorials.