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Write Yourself Free/The Editing Company
252 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
203-557-4614
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Dec. 7th PARTY
Writers' Read Perfect pargraph or poem
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"I own at least fifty books espousing the secrets of writing, and I recently earned my MFA in writing. Yet, I am mesmerized by the fresh insight, wisdom, and inspiration of Patrick McCord's workshops. He has much to say and much to convey, and I want to hear it all."
-Kristin Quisgard
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Writers' Staycation Retreat AND Sleepover Retreats to be scheduled for May & June
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How to use CART
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Click on the Cart icon on the pencil (it will turn green) and open to a page that lists all of our workshops. Then click on the name of the workshop, use the drop down menu and then go back up to the pencil and click on "checkout."
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Special 2 Hr Seminars with Patrick McCord, PhD
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FOUR Special Seminars in Dec. & January
$50 class members, $75 public
Thursday, December 18th "New & Improved Revision"
10am-12:30pm
Information rich -for those with first or second drafts of stories, novels and screenplays. Among writers, there are those who have a way with a sentence and those who understand building story; only rarely are they native abilities in the same person. The rest of us have to work on one, the other or both. That's revision.
Monday, December 22nd, 10am-Noon "Complications"
Once your characters are up and running, you will want to get them into trouble. What motivates characters' trouble-finding impulses and choices? How can you use your storyteller perspective or your protagonistic connection to get the stakes cranked up?
Sunday, Jan. 4th 1:00-3:00pm "Endings"
A really good ending isn't designed ahead of time. It's the product of really trusting your imagination to find the concluding energy. We'll discuss the sensation of a really good ending and how to seed your concluding energy in your writing and invention process.
Saturday, Jan. 17th 11am- 1pm "Punctuation."
Did you know that there is a logic to punctuation? That commas aren't "where you take a breath"? Punctuation is a habit. You'll help yourself thinking about putting words on the page if you have the habits of logical punctuation. We'll also talk a bit about grammar. It's also logical.
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Introduction to Narrative Writing: A Writer's Practice
NEW: THURSDAY EVENINGS
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8 weeks/$450
Perfect if you a have a fiction project, writing memoir, or just exploring.
Tuesdays 9:30am - 11:30am
Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17 & 24
Wednesdays 10:00am-12:30pm
Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25
Thursdays 7:15pm-9:15pm
Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26
If you, like me, have a tenacious inner critic and/or a proclivity to take your writing-self too seriously, this introduction to the WYF method is for you. In six weeks we will: 1) Become comfortable with free writing and sharing our work, 2) Gain an understanding of the 5 essential components of a story, applicable to narratives of any length, 3)Learn tools and strategies to develop a regular writing routine.
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Seminars in Narrative with Patrick McCord, PhD
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8 Workshops/$525
Day
Tuesdays 9:30am - 12:00pm
Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17 & 24
Wednesdays 10:00am-12:30pm
Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25
Thursdays 10:00-12:30pm
Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26
Thursdays 1:30pm-4:00pm
Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26
Evening
Tuesdays 7:15-9:30pm
Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17 & 24
Wednesdays 7:15-9:30pm
Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25
Bring two to four pages (12pt type, double-spaced) to class each week.
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Writing for Children with Victoria Sherrow
NEW: THURSDAY MORNINGS
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8 Workshops/$425
Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25
Thursdays 10:00-12:00pm
Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26
Fridays 10:00am-12:00pm
Advanced Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27.
"The reason my picture book Monster Change earned an honorable mention at the Tassy Walden Awards is the same reason my nonfiction picture book found a major publisher. Victoria Sherrow! "--Karlin Gray
Victoria Sherrow is the author of 12 picture books, including two from Harper. Her Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane (Soundprints) won a Parent's Choice Gold Award and Vermont Reading Circle Award and was a Scholastic book club selection. Twenty-six of Victoria's books are listed in Best Books for Children, Preschool Through Grade 6 an Young Adult (2005).
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WEEKLY Poetry with Annette Basalyga
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Tuesday Nights 7:15-9:15pm
8 workshops $400
Tuesdays 7:15-9:30pm
Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17 & 24
Nominated AGAIN for a Pushcart Prize!
"She's a weird original"
Jordan Davis, poetry editor of The Nation
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