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Writers' Day
Writers' Day Friday, July 3, 2015 8:00am-5:00pm Virginia Highlands Community College--Keyser-Aday Theater Registration Fee: $30 ($20 with student ID) Registration includes a ticket to "Words and Music" Event at Heartwood on July 31st at 7:30pm. Event Schedule 8am-9am Registration 9am-10am Introduction of Speakers 10:30am-11:30am Workshops 11:30am-NOON Book Sales and Signings NOON-1:00pm Lunch 1:15pm-2:30pm Workshops 2:45pm-4:30PM Workshops
10-11:30 AM Duncan--Where Do You Get Your Ideas? Research! Not only journalists, historians and biographers benefit from research; fiction writers, poets, playwrights and screenwriters do as well. Science-fiction writers have to know their science, historical-romance writers their history, crime writers their way around a police investigation or a courtroom procedure. This workshop focuses on practical ways to derive inspiration from the world of facts. All participants will leave with at least one new idea!
Graves--Home-places, Gifts, and Other Voices This workshop offers a number of prompts and sample poems that have succeeded in inspiring many writers to explore their own personal subject matter. Ideas offered here will help students learn and practice the techniques, habits, and discipline of writing literary poems. Writers will leave this session with new material, and some thoughts and suggestions on how to revise those ideas into finished poems.
Scotton--How I Ran Out of excuses and Started Writing Scotton spent much of his adult life manufacturing excuses not to write. Then finally, at age 38 he had an epiphany and began writing The Secret Wisdom of the Earth. While holding down a full-time job and raising two young boys, he rose every day at 5am to write in the quiet of the morning. This workshop will focus on the discipline and process of writing as well as tips from Scotton on finding an agent and getting a publishing deal.
1:15-2:45 PM
Duncan--Speak Up: Reading to an Audience Sooner or later, anyone who publishes in any genre and in any format will be asked to present that writing before a live audience, whether it's six friends at the public library or hundreds of strangers in a university auditorium. In this workshop, with practical tips from a veteran reader, everyone will take turns at the lectern. Participants should bring a two-minute selection of their own work and be ready to present it.
Hardy--Playwriting Methodology Hardy will discuss basics of playwriting philosophy. The beginnings of formulating a play will be outlined and the methods used in generating a dramatic text from beginning to end will be outlined and discussed. Participants should bring notebook and pencil in order to participate in the stages of the methodology. Printed materials will be available for the participants to take home.
Scotton--Writing Characters That Root into a Reader's Soul Character development isn't just an important element of great story telling; it's the most importantmore critical than plot! However, many aspiring writers fail to craft compelling, multi-dimensional characters who stick with readers long after the last page is turned. This workshop will focus on the nuts and bolts of creating characters that leap off the page, grab readers by their earlobes and burrow into their hearts. Afterwards, you'll be armed with a toolbox of techniques and ideas to make your characters come alive.
3-4:30PM Graves--Collaboration and Productivity in Writing and Editing This session will offer advice for writers looking to gain the most productivity out of their writing time, and who wish to help build a community around the solitary practice of writing. Graves will share his own experience of working on editing volumes of The Southern Poetry Anthology series, writing critical essays, forming a productive writers' group, and co-writing a long poem in sequence. This session will include time for questions from the audience, and a discussion of how to organize one's life around literary work.
Hardy--Playwriting Methodology Applied: The Monologue Attendees at this workshop may participate or observe. Participants will be asked to follow along, step by step, writing their own monologues, as Hardy demonstrates the methods he used to generate a monologue written just for the occasion of this workshop. Participants should bring a notebook and pencil.
A Panel of Writers--How To Get Published: Some Practical Tips Today publishing comes in a variety of forms, from e-publishing to traditional book publishing. This panel discussion will give aspiring writers tips on getting published. Included on the panel will be Christopher Scotton, who got a contract from a national publisher for his first book; local author Joe Tennis who has published a variety of history, travel and outdoor books; and southwest Virginia writer Linda Hoagland, who has published 18 books, including novels, short sketches and a volume of poetry.
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LocationVirginia Highlands Community College (View)
100 VHCC Dr.
Abingdon, VA 24210
United States
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Kid Friendly: No |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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