Weekly Manuscript Developmentand Critique with Jennifer Springsteen 5 Saturdays (skip Oct 10 for Wordstock Conference) September 19-October 24 Time: 1-4pm Location: Downtown, 1017 SW Morrison, 4th Floor, Suite 411 Cost: $150 Co-ed Workshop
Move
your characters, conflicts and outcomes forward using
manuscript-specific prompts. Receive and give thoughtful critique
(including one page typed editorial suggestions from Jennifer) workshop details...
Monthly Craft of Fiction Workshops with Alida Thacher Cost per workshop: $70 Co-ed Workshops
I. Writing Fiction
Sunday, September 20, 1-5 pm Location: Downtown Portland
1017 SW Morrison, 4th Floor
room 411
Explore how it feels to alter reality and make things up. We will
work with plot development and action as well as point of view and
non-linear storytelling.
II. Developing Characters
Sunday, October 25, 1-5 pm
Location: Downtown Portland
1017 SW Morrison, 4th Floor
room 411
Focus how to fill our
writings with unique characters and distinctive voices, and then
encourage them to talk to each other!
III. Creating Setting
Sunday, November 8, 1-5 pm
Location: TBA
Have you ever fallen in love with a
book because of its lush and intriguing sense of place? Today we will
investigate how to create memorable settings in our writing.
IV. Revision
Sunday, January 10, 1-5 pm
Location: TBA
What do you do when you write a piece
and you love it too much to just let it go? It's time to look
deeper and make it work even better. Join me in learning
techniques for strengthening our writings.
College Essay Workshop Pilot Sunday July 19th, 1-5pm, location TBA Saturday August 22, 1-5pm, location TBA $75 each session
It's not your story, it's how you tell your story.
GPA. SAT scores. They may be average, may be great, but they don't tell who you are. What makes you unique. Your college essay is the one way to hold your achievements in the spotlight. Focus on the story that shows you will succeed at this university.
Here's how: Get to know and like your writer self: turn off your inner critic. Then we'll use prompts to get you to aim deep, find your interesting story. Next, make your story sing: get at the rich details. We will give each other feedback to get at what is working, what stands out. Finally, revise, revise, revise. You will receive written feedback from Jennifer with suggestions for your essay.
This will be a series of workshops, 5 sessions each, beginning in September and running through the winter.
TWO pilot workshops will be held this summer: Sunday, July 19 and Saturday, August 22 from 1pm-5pm. Location TBA. $75 for each session (includes written feedback).
Young men and young women welcome in these workshops.
For questions, or to register for a pilot or the fall series, please email Jennifer at jennspring@pdxwomenwriters or phone 503-261-7115. See Jennifer's Bio.