festival 2008
Workshops
A few hands-on writing workshops will be offered at Festival 2008. Due to the large volume of requests for workshops, we ask that you only sign up for one.
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THESE WORKSHOPS IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you to all who registered. We have been amazed by their overwhelming popularity!
Poetry Workshops
CLOSED (3.27.08) "How to Make a Poetry Chapbook" (led by Bob Hudson)
Friday, April 18, 2008
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Poet and editor Bob Hudson will guide you through the process of making a chapbook of your own poetry. (duration: sixty minutes)
Limited to 15 participants
CLOSED (3.27.08)-“Writing Poems from Different Parts of the Soul” (led by David Athey)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
When we write, there is a tendency to retreat into a familiar, safe,
comfortable part of the soul. This workshop will help aspiring writers
to explore the infinite possibilities of creativity. Bring a pen. Paper
will be provided. (duration: sixty minutes)
Limited to 20 participants
CLOSED (3.27.08) "Writing Persona Poems" (led by Thom Satterlee)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.
In The Confessions Augustine asks himself, “Suppose I had been Moses?” Then, to justify such imaginative presumptuousness, he reasons, “for we all come from the same lump, and what is man but that You are mindful of him.” Writers of persona poems—poems in which the poet pretends to be someone else—may follow Augustine’s lead and discover new ways of seeing their worlds. This workshop begins with a brief survey of persona poems, followed by an invitation to draft your own, and concluding with an opportunity to share work. (duration: seventy-five minutes)
Limited to 15 participants
Fiction Workshop
CLOSED(3.27.08)-"When God Appears in One's Writing" (led by Lawrence Dorr)
Thursday, April 17, 2008
3:15 - 5:15 p.m.
OR
Friday, April 18, 2008
11:15 a.m.- 1:15 p.m.
It's difficult to write about God because none of us feels worthy to speak of the Holy, to deal with the Reality beyond the spatiotemporal. This workshop is about trying to express the authenticity of our experienced presence of God without resorting to denominational cliches. Please bring ideas and passages from your own writing to discuss with the group. (duration: two hours)
Limited to 15 participants per session