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Thanks for your class. It was amazing!
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Upcoming Classes & Seminars
It’s that time again! Registration at Richard Hugo House is now open and I have an exciting new class being offered. It’s The Writers Workout III: Train Your Brain!Powerful planning leads to real results. By using what sports psychologists call “self-determination-training” (SDT) we’ll learn to optimize your mental focus and produce massive increases in your writing motivation, intention, autonomy and success.
What kind of success? The kind you determine for yourself. The kind you secretly feared you might never have. You’ll know it works because you’ll do it, not just talk about it.
Writer’s block: what’s that? Self-flagellation: say goodbye to it. Jump in and become the writer you’ve always wanted to be.
Parts I and II are not required, just come join the team! Registration is limited.
To register, either call Richard Hugo House registration at (206) 322-7030 or visit their website at: www.hugohouse.org/classes.
GLBT Studies class beginning soon at Antioch University Seattle
Although existing across cultures and times, the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people were, until recently, largely ignored, destroyed or suppressed. This course will explore the experiences, history and contributions of LGBT people through the multi-disciplinary lenses of the social sciences, psychology, literature and personal experience. All lively minds are welcome.
The class will be held from 7PM to 9:30PM over a span of ten Wednesday evenings starting Jan. 6th. Registration for the course is open to non-matriculated students until Jan 3rd. For more information about registration at Antioch University Seattle, please visit:
http://www.antiochseattle.edu/
http://www.antiochseattle.edu/currentstudents/classes/winter/registration.pdf
Past Classes & Seminars
Write-on-the-Sound: Righting the Craft
Editing, revising and rewriting your writing.
Sunday, Oct 4th at 9AM at 700 Main St, Edmonds, WA 98020.
www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/artscommission
Writers' Workout: High Impact Prose-Robics
If you’re looking to build your word counts, shed unwanted excuses, gain energy and blast out chapters; this is the workshop you want. Imagine, in just one week, having literally stacks of pages faster and easier than you ever thought possible. Superignite your writing with scene-sprints, boost your metaphors to genius levels and use the brain diet to reveal your six-pack factory of powerful ideas. You’ll know it works because you’ll be doing it, not just talking about it. Jump in and become the writer you’ve always wanted to be.
Staging Change- Playwriting for Empowerment: April-Jun, 2009. Antioch University
Description: Students examine the power of drama as a mechanism of social justice, and practice “Drama on the Clock” by composing 10-minute scenes of dramatic interaction in a variety of social, political, educational venues engaged in activism or needing change. Appropriate for students concentrating on arts education, strategic communication, drama therapy, and those students interested in learning the techniques of playwriting to effect social change.
Writing in Academic Contexts: April-Jun, 2009. Antioch University
Writing in Academic Contexts: Weekend College, April-Jun, 2009. Antioch University
The Mind's Eye- Becoming a Visual Writer (2-day class)
May 16th & May 17th- 1:00-5:00PM Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
Every writer has been admonished “show, don’t tell,” so in this workshop we’ll be taking a step-by-step approach to infusing our written work with the essential techniques of visual storytelling. Using the secrets of film masters like Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Lumet, we’ll develop writing that projects up off the page and onto the deepest parts of our readers’ minds. The workshop will run on May 16th and May 17th from 1-5pm. Richard Hugo House may have some scholarships available. Check with Brian McGuigan for more information. Register at hugohouse.org or call (206) 322-7030.
Righting the Craft: Revising, Rewriting and Bailing Out (2-day class)
Feb 21st and Feb 28th- 1:00-5:00PM Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
Actors rehearse, filmmakers reshoot, and artists paint over, yet all too often writers mis-judge their work by the fragile raft of the first draft. “Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes,” says Richard North Patterson. “To fall in love with the first draft to the point where one cannot change it is to greatly enhance the prospects of never publishing." So before you abandon ship or start rowing in circles, we’ll hoist the sails of exercise and discussion to catch the wind and rewrite the craft. Register at hugohouse.org or call (206) 322-7030.
Business Literature: Dec, 2008-Jan, 2009. University of Phoenix
Writing in Academic Contexts: Oct-Dec, 2008. Antioch University
Technical & Professional Writing: Oct-Dec, 2008. Antioch University
Writer’s Workout: Oct – Nov, 2008. Richard Hugo House
Random Acts of Creativity: June, 2008. Richard Hugo House
It’s Alive!- Learning from the Masters to Enliven our Writing: July, 2008. Richard Hugo House
The Knee-bone Is Connected to the Thighbone- Story Structure in Fiction: March, 2008. Richard Hugo House
Drama On the Clock: Oct – Nov, 2007. ASUW Experimental College
Introduction to Film: Nov- Dec, 2006; Mar-Apr, 2007; Jun-July, 2007, University of Phoenix