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Creative WritingGetting Started in Children’s Books—Part I
Interested in writing for children? This seminar will get you started. Published children’s author and illustrator Will Hubbell provides three hours of inspiration and information. The emphasis will be the unique challenges and opportunities of the field. The history and aesthetics of writing for children will also be covered. Handouts provided. Note: This class can be taken independently of Part II.
Getting Started in Children’s Books—Part II
Have you written a children’s book? Are you considering writing one? Published children’s author and illustrator Will Hubbell provides three hours of essential information on getting published for aspiring children’s authors. Topics include the nut-and-bolts of submission, the publishing process, agents, contracts, and even taxes. Handouts provided. Note: This class can be taken independently of Part I.
2000 Word Club
The most useful 2000 words in the English language may be yours. In traditional societies, the elders held a revered place. They were the keepers of the stories, repositories of wisdom passed on to them from the past and derived from their hard-won lifelong experience. They held the key to who we are and how we ought to live. The purpose of the 2000 Word Club is to offer class members an opportunity to explore the various creative writing genera—fiction, memoir, creative essay, experimental forms, and even chapters of larger works—to find the form most amenable to their experience and imagination. The only requirement, manuscripts must be under 2000 words. Class members manuscripts are critiqued in a cordial and supportive environment, craft issues discussed, and suggestions made to make manuscripts more readable/marketable.
Course Cancelled A Woman’s Voice
This unique workshop offers a safe, open forum to write stories, poems, essays, and diatribes about what is important to you, what changes have occurred in your life over time, and what remains the same. Participants will be encouraged to keep personal journals, and the class will explore various means of doing so while maintaining interest in the process.
Course Cancelled Stories for Singles
Find the “Story in You” as we meet new people, develop our highest and most authentic self, share ideas and concepts for healthy relationships, and reclaim inner balance leading to a healthier self-value through narrative. Join us in a safe space that encourages all to remain open …stretching our limits…writing for health exercises …charge the air with our voices…where boundaries are respected. Together, we will explore levels of relationship and the accompanying intricacies via effective story “telling and listening” techniques. Activities will include: Fundamentals of Storytelling for Building Relationships; Hands on Story Writing Activities; Spoken Word with Physical Exercises; Active Listening; Constructive Feedback.
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First Fridays / Wide Open MicSept. 3, 7:00 pm Along with other local galleries and performance spaces, W&B will be open on the first Friday evenings of each month hosting Wide Open Mic, and a series of other readings and performances in our Verb Café and Performance Space. Known for its eclectic mix, Wide Open Mic welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds. It is Rochester’s longest running open mic, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. The Bertrand Russell SocietyThurs, Sept. 9 The Bertrand Russell Society was formed shortly after Russell’s death in 1970. Russell was born in 1872 and worked in fields such as mathematical logic; philosophy; social, religious, and educational reform; anti-war protests and politics. An accomplished writer, Russell received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. This ongoing lecture series promises to enlighten and entertain. Monthly meetings are open to everyone, not just to members of the society. Visiting Writer Series: Nancy Agabian and Cathy SalibianThurs. Sept. 9: The Visiting Writer Series brings together Writers from out of town as well as from the Greater Rochester Area. Monthly Story Slam Signup: 6:30 pm An open mic of true loose and spontaneous stories based on one’s own life! Each performer gets approximately 5 minutes. Signup list at front desk 1/2 hour before or sign up by emailing Carol Roberts at crobert8@rochester.rr.com with “Monthly Sign Up” in the subject line. Genesee Reading SeriesSept. 14: Steve Lewandowski and Lori Nolasco Now in its 26th year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the W&B Performance Space. Click here to learn more. Click here for more August Events...
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| Writers & Books, Rochester's community literary center, inspires and instructs over 25,000 people each year through a wide array of offerings in nearly every literary genre. Believing that the written and spoken word are central to our lives and culture, Writers & Books celebrates, promotes and works to make them available to all. Writers & Books is located at 740 University Avenue, near Atlantic Avenue in the Neighborhood of the Arts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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