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Minimum enrollment: 4 students2 hour meetings, weekly or bi-weeklyNumber of meetings: determined by group, minimum of 4Location: Mill City Writers’ Workshop (Hopkins) through March 2009, or location chosen by group.One-Day Memoir Workshop with Kao Kalia Yang Critically acclaimed memoirist Kao Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, teaches a two-hour seminar on the craft of memoir. Yang will talk about the unique challenges of memoir, as well as her experience in the publishing world. Instructor: Kao Kalia YangMinimum enrollment: 10 students2 hour seminarNumber of meetings: oneLocation: Mill City Writers’ Workshop (Hopkins)
Your Story: The Art of the Memoir Every life has a story. Every day has a story. Even every moment has its own story. With this much to write about, putting your story on paper can be daunting. Your Story: The Art of the Memoir will use in-class and take-home writing exercises, critical reading, lectures on craft, and the Workshop, to enable you to identify the narrative arc in your own life story. Expect to learn basic craft and structure skills, as well as research strategies unique to the memoir genre. You will also have the opportunity to have new work or a work-in-progress extensively workshopped up to two times, and sometimes more. Activities include: lectures on craft, structure, thematic development, research, revision, and publishing; intensive critical reading of selected texts, brief free-writing sessions, short writing assignments (critiqued by the instructor), and workshop. Instructor: Ashley ShelbyMinimum enrollment: 4 students2 hours, weekly or bi-weeklyNumber of meetings: determined by group, minimum of 4Location: Mill City Writers’ Workshop (Hopkins) through March 2009, or location chosen by group.
Introduction to Nonfiction Writing For any writer who is interested in the world of nonfiction writing, this workshop will provide a survey of the various incarnations of this flexible genre. Covering personal essays, article-writing, reviews, op/eds, travel writing, profiles, and more, Introduction to Nonfiction Writing will include lectures, short assignments, critical reading, and light workshopping. Instructor: Ashley ShelbyMinimum enrollment: 4 students2 hours, weekly or bi-weeklyNumber of meetings: determined by group, minimum of 4Location: Mill City Writers’ Workshop (Hopkins) through March 2009, or location chosen by group.
The Art of Literary Translation: Establishing a Career as a Freelance Translator This workshop is designed for specialists in any language who are beginning or are interested in eventually pursuing a translation career. During this informative 2-hour workshop, we will discuss effective techniques for literary translations, film subtitling, interviews, and publicity translations. Each one of these types of translation is a unique process with its own challenges and points of interest. Jen will also address the “brass tacks” of becoming a successful freelance translator including tips on advertising your skills, pacing and organizing freelance jobs, certifications and degrees, pricing, and ways in which to become a faster and more accurate translator. She will also provide an introduction to translation theory that will be directly applicable to your professional projects. Instructor: Jennifer Westmoreland-BouchardMinimum enrollment: 4 students2 hour seminarNumber of meetings: oneLocation: Mill City Writers’ Workshop (Hopkins) through March 2009, or location chosen by group.Note: this seminar will be offered at MCWW’s studios in February; students may enroll individually.
The Short Story Short fiction presents unique challenges to writers. The smaller canvas requires even more ingenuity and attention to craft than the novel. MCWW is thrilled to be able to offer its first fiction workshop, The Short Story. This workshop will provide writers of short fiction, or those interested in writing it, an opportunity to workshop works-in-progress or works created for this class. Lectures on various elements of short fiction—including plotting, character development, structure, thematic development, dialogue, and craft—as well as in-class and take-home assignments round out this workshop. Led by author Ashley Shelby, whose short fiction has been published in numerous literary journals and has won the William Faulkner Short Fiction Award, The Short Story will give writers a chance to share their work with other writers and focus on craft elements too often neglected. Instructor: Ashley ShelbyMinimum enrollment: 4 students2 hours, weekly or bi-weeklyNumber of meetings: determined by group, minimum of 4Location: Mill City Writers’ Workshop (Hopkins) through March 2009, or location chosen by group.The Anatomy of Publishing: Agents, Editors, and the World of Trade Publishing DESCRIPTION COMING SOON
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Ashley Shelby and a selected number of other writers and specialist instructors are available to lead workshops and seminars for interested groups of four or more. Please contact MCWW for more information.
On the Page: Introduction to Writing This workshop offers the “closet writer” a chance to produce short works in an intimate and supportive workshop setting. Short writing assignments, in-class exercises, and built-in deadlines will help you get those thoughts, stories, and experiences out of your head and on to the page. Instructor: Ashley Shelby |