Spring 2007 Full Course Listing

Reading Seminars

• Gilgamesh, Mary Magdalene, & The Da Vinci Code (Revisited)
• “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore, Toto”
• The Jack London Trinity: Man, Myth, and Storyteller
• William Stafford: The Extraordinary Ordinary Poet
• Parmenides vs. Socrates
• Dostoyevsky’s The Possessed
• Reading for Fiction Writers
• The Genealogy of Nature Poetry

Poetry

• Intersections: Working Poets
• Poetry: The Sense and the Image
• The Right Madness: A Course for New Voices in Poetry
• Visiting Author:
  Master Class with Jeffrey Ethan Lee: Poetry and Identity
• Stone by Stone: Assembling a Poetry Manuscript
• William Stafford: The Extraordinary Ordinary Poet
• Myth and Transcendence in Your Life Story

Special Topics

• Gilgamesh, Mary Magdelene, & The DaVinci Code (Revisited)
• Writing About the Writer

Stage & Screen

• Screenwriting

Fiction

• Writing the Young Adult Novel II
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing Workshop
• Get Shorty!
• Advanced Fiction
• For the Love of It All: A Romance Writing Seminar
• The Finer Tools of Fiction Writing
• Write a Scene—Write a Novel
• Reading for Fiction Writers

Creative Non-fiction

• Writing the Literary Travel Essay

The Business of Writing

• Editing in Word!
• The Technical Writing Project
• Straight from the Editor’s Desk
• Getting Started as a Freelance Writer
• Paths to Publication
• My Thoughts Exactly: Writing the Opinion Column
• Introduction to Copyright for Writers
• Magazine Writing
• Query Letters That Open Doors
• So You Want to Start a Small Press

Creative Writing

• Writing Picture Books for Children
• Getting Started in Children’s Books
• Writing the Life Cycle(s)
• Brain Works: The Creative Thinker's Tool Box
• Writing Aerobics

Children & Teen
Workshops

• Magic Tree House Reader's Club
• Fun With Fiction

Single-Day Workshops

• Straight from the Editor’s Desk
• Paths to Publication
• Introduction to Copyright for Writers
• Query Letters That Open Doors
• Getting Started in Children’s Books
• For the Love of It All: A Romance Writing Seminar
• Visiting Author:
  Master Class with Jeffrey Ethan Lee: Poetry and Identity
• “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore, Toto”

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• How to Register For Workshops
• How to Become a Member of Writers & Books
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