Entrepreneurial Writing Workshop TBA
$150.00
If you have a business or a blog or a newsletter, and are looking for ways to effectively tell your story and increase your following, we have a workshop for you.
We'll cover:
The class will consist of four two-hour sessions (specific dates TBD based on participants' availability). We will engage in writing exercises, discussion, and peer workshopping. At the end of the session, you'll have a functional blog/newsletter piece and the skills to create more.
We'll cover:
- Defining yourself and your product
- Discovering your customer
- The principles of storytelling
- Creating interest and emotional connection
The class will consist of four two-hour sessions (specific dates TBD based on participants' availability). We will engage in writing exercises, discussion, and peer workshopping. At the end of the session, you'll have a functional blog/newsletter piece and the skills to create more.
The Art of Revision 1/6/18
$25.00
"When you write, you're telling yourself the story, when you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story." ~ Stephen King
This is where we let the editor loose to cut, slash, and hone our narratives - bringing them to their sharpest point. We'll generate work through prompts, look at the craft of revision, and practice our tuning skills.
Saturday, January 6, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse
This is where we let the editor loose to cut, slash, and hone our narratives - bringing them to their sharpest point. We'll generate work through prompts, look at the craft of revision, and practice our tuning skills.
Saturday, January 6, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse
Point of View 2/3/18
$25.00
"Human Beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see." ~ Kurt Russell
Who's telling your story? What's their perspective? How does it affect voice, and the connection to your reader?
Saturday, February 3, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott Street
Who's telling your story? What's their perspective? How does it affect voice, and the connection to your reader?
Saturday, February 3, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott Street
The Character's Mask 3/3/18
$25.00
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." ~ Oscar Wilde
Let's learn about our characters - both inside and out.
Saturday, March 3, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott Street
Let's learn about our characters - both inside and out.
Saturday, March 3, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott Street
Imagery Imprint 4/7/18
$25.00
Create indelible images in your reader's imagination with well-crafted descriptions that skirt the cliché. Just how, exactly, do you show instead of tell? Join us at this month's Blank Pages Workshop to explore how to get the film rolling in your readers' heads.
Saturday April 7, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday April 7, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Revision: Learn to Love It 5/5/18
$25.00
You've got a draft, now what? Prime the pumping heart of creative writing with tips, tricks, and proven pathways to honing and polishing your work through the pain and pleasure of revision.
Saturday May 5, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday May 5, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Action! 6/2/18
$25.00
Keep your readers tuned in with compelling action writing that moves the story and your characters where they need to go. Join us at this month's Blank Pages Workshop to inject a little adrenaline into your creative writing. Ready, set, write!
Saturday June 2, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday June 2, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Setting in Creative Writing 7/7/18
$25.00
Where are we, anyway? Setting is an essential element of creative writing, interacting with and affecting plot, character, and even theme. At this month's Blank Pages Workshop, we'll experiment with time and place.
Saturday July 7, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday July 7, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Poetry Works 8/4/18
$25.00
Want to refresh your writing brain and revitalize your language? Refurbish your vocabulary, clear out the cliché, and make space for more ideas and better writing with prompts and discussion geared toward making space for poetry in your creative toolkit. Join us for some blank verse at Blank Pages this month.
Saturday August 4, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday August 4, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Story Structure 9/1/18
$25.00
Learn how to draw and lay out the blueprints that will guide you as you build your story from the ground up. At this month's Blank Pages Workshops, we'll sharpen our pencils and put on our architect hats with prompts and ideas about story structure.
Saturday September 1, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday September 1, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Intentional Dialogue 10/6/18
$25.00
Great dialogue can push plot, deepen character, even establish setting, but how to get it right? Join us this month to learn how to talk the talk with prompts and inspiration to make your characters sing.
Saturday October 6, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday October 6, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Process 11/3/18
$25.00
You're driving along and that idea pops into your head that would "make a great story/poem/novel/movie…" Now what? We'll explore the stages of getting that idea through the draft stage and into something publishable.
Saturday November 3, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
Saturday November 3, 2018 6-8PM at The Workhouse 50 SE Scott St. Bend, OR
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Workshop location: The Workhouse, 50 SE Scott St #6, Bend, OR, in The Old Ironworks Arts District |