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WORKSHOPS
SESSION 1
| W11 Intuitive Story Design: Creative Approaches to Narrative Structure | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W13 Time in Memoir: A Chronology of Its Own | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W14 Maximize Your Literary Agent Pitch Session | No handout needed |
| W15 Writing Through Grief: Bringing Our Broken-Open Heart to the Page | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
SESSION 2
| W21 Learning to Love Revision | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W22 Speaking of Dialogue: Finding the Right Voice for Each Character | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W23 Essential Questions: Evoking Emotional Resonance With Your Readers From Ask to Answer | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W24 Ready, Set, Publish: Getting Your Writing (and Author Platform) Ready for Success | No handout needed |
| W25 Books Are Movies: How to Use Screenwriting Tools to Write Your Nove | No handout needed |
| W26 Personal Essay as Resistance | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W27 How the Light Gets In: Leonard Cohen’s Artistic Practice as Songwriter, Poet, and Novelist | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
SESSION 3
| W31 Come Late, Leave Early: Building Scene Momentum with Timing | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W33 Craft Matters: Eight Tricks of the Trade Every Memoir Writer Should Consider | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W35 Hinges, Swerves, and Voltas: How Poems Move | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W36 In Brief: Explorations in Short Nonfiction | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W37 Transformative Eco-Poetry by Joy Harjo and Craig Santos Perez | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
SESSION 4
| W43 Tell Me a Story: Using the Techniques of Fiction to Craft a Compelling Memoir | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W45 Writing for the Change You Want to See in the World: Be a Voice for What You Love | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W46 Writing the Blank Spaces: Hybrid Forms and Autofiction in Memoir | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W47 John Steinbeck: An American in Mexico | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
SESSION 5
| W51 The Eight-Point Plan: What Writers Need to Know to Plot with Confidence | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W52 Mining Personal Experience for Storytelling Gold | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W53 Making Memoir Work: Tips for Creating Plot and Broadening Relevancy in Personal NarrativeFriday | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W55 Creating a Writer’s Life | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
SESSION 6
| W62 Your Hero’s Journey: Revealing Character Through Action | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W64 Get Published: A Deep Dive into New Publishing Models and Author Pathways | No handout needed |
| W65 Kickstarting Your Creativity: Inspiring Yourself and Overcoming Writer’s Block | No handout needed |
SESSION 7
| W71 Introduction to Deep Story Design: Story Structure and Character Development for Novels, Screenplays, and Memoirs | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W72 How to Write Exciting Scenes | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W73 Elevate Your Memoir: New Structures, Forms, Points of View, and Techniques in Memoir Writing | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W74 Heart to Heart: Moving Your Poetry From Personal to Universal | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| W75 How to Write an Irresistible Nonfiction Book Proposal: Everything You Need to Know to Publish Successfully | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W75 How to Write an Irresistible Nonfiction Book Proposal: Everything You Need to Know to Publish Successfully | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W76 Submitting and Dominating: A Toolkit for Getting Your Work Published | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| W76 Submitting and Dominating: A Toolkit for Getting Your Work Published | No handout needed |
| W77 Reading Through the Literary Kaleidoscope: Novels With Rotating Perspectives | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
INTENSIVES
| I12 Story Questions and Steppingstones: Generating Narrative Momentum in Novels, Memoirs and Screenplays | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| I14 The Self and the World: Writing the Personal Essay | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| I22 Embracing Uncertainty: A Generative Workshop of Discovery and Surprise | HANDOUT AVAILABLE |
| I23 Let’s Get Your Poetry Manuscript Finished, Polished, Published and Marketed: From Dream to Sales | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
| I31 Finding Your True Story and Turning It Into Memoir | Handout will be emailed by instructor |
POST CONFERNCE WORKSHOP
| Deep Poetry: WritingWild Adventure in San Miguel! WritingWILD San Miguel Jaunt! | Handout will be emailed by instructor |