This workshop is full. To be added to the waitlist, email Meghan at programs@mainewriters.org.
A 5 Week Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Thursdays, January 19th to February 16th
ALL LEVELS
What is creative non-fiction? How do we make our stories unique and engaging? Through this broad overview, writing-intensive class, we will explore several aspects of non-fiction writing. Areas of focus will include personal essay, blogs, memoir, and writing other people's stories. We will discuss interview techniques, research strategies, truth-telling, revision, voice, and sensory detail. Class time will include writing from prompts, voluntary sharing and response, discussion/Q & A, and suggestions for independent reading, with an emphasis on generating new material.
+ PLEASE NOTE This workshop will occur online via Zoom. Students do not need to create an account to participate, but should test out Zoom before their class if they are first-time users. On Thursday, January 12th from 5:30pm to 6:00pm, MWPA staff will offer a tech help session on Zoom. Students are encouraged to attend the tech help session, which usually takes only 5-10 minutes, if they have any tech concerns, use Zoom infrequently, or simply would like to test their connection, and those who do not are responsible for ensuring that they are able to use Zoom on their own. The week of the workshop, students will be emailed a link that they may click to enter the test session and the class.
+ REQUIRED EQUIPMENT A reliable, fast internet connection (broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE), speakers & a microphone (built-in or USB plug-in), and a webcam (built-in or USB plug-in).
If you would like to quickly and easily test your internet connection and your computer’s compatibility with Zoom, click HERE. Full details on supported Operating Systems, internet browsers, and more can be found HERE. To download and familiarize yourself with Zoom, click HERE.
Robin Clifford Wood is the author of the award-winning biography-memoir hybrid, The Field House: A Writer’s Life Lost and Found on an Island in Maine. In addition to publishing poetry and non-fiction in several trade and literary magazines, she spent five years as a regular columnsist for the Bangor Daily News, writing stories about the people of Maine. Wood spent another five years as a writing professor at Husson University, and has also taught writing at the graduate level and for senior college. She has degrees from Yale (BA), Univ. of Rochester (MA in English), and Univ. of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast program (MFA in creative writing). Wood and her husband of almost 40 years live in central Maine where they enjoy the comings and goings of their four children, in-laws, granddogs, and grandchildren.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED
All MWPA workshops require advanced registration. We accept registration by phone, mail, and online via our website. We cannot guarantee registration in the final 24-hours before a workshop, and can rarely accommodate day-of registration.
PAYMENT & CANCELLATION POLICIES
If you need to withdraw from a class after registering for any reason, please email or call the MWPA immediately. You may be eligible for a partial refund or credit, depending on how far in advance you cancel. → MORE INFORMATION
QUESTIONS
For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact Meghan Sterling at programs@mainewriters.org.
REGISTER BY PHONE
Call 207-228-8263 and register with your VISA or MasterCard.
REGISTER BY MAIL
If you prefer to pay by mail, please print this registration form (downloadable PDF) and mail it to the MWPA with a check or credit card information.
SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Email Meghan at programs@mainewriters.org to see if a scholarship is still available. Application Due on January 5th at 9:00 a.m.
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