BCA is co-sponsoring several classes with Mindy Pollack Fusi and The Place for Words and Workshops during April. Mindy is a  freelance writer who is a Bedford resident and member of BCA.

Screenwriting

All are welcome to join Bedford freelance writer Irene Gravina as she helps you to unfold your screenplay from the inside out, beginning with the characters.

Irene works with a local filmmaker and took core courses in the screenwriting program at BU, where she also earned a master's in public relations in 1982; she has published articles in The Boston Globe and Lexington Minuteman, and most recently poems in the Huffington Post.

One-day workshop on Saturday, May 1
BCA members $65, non-members $70.
This class will be held at The Place for Words & Workshops, 200 Great Rd., Suite 254A, Bedford

Improve Your College Application Essays
 
Are you a high school senior struggling to complete your essay(s) for your college applications? Do you stare at the blank page, or at the few lines you've managed to crank out, and have no clue what to put down next? Relax! Writing can actually be fun, and simple. Mindy Pollack-Fusi will teach you tips to break through your fear or frustration, and complete your essay. Bring a laptop or pen and paper.  This is a group class but each student will have a few minutes of private consultation with the teacher about the essay topic. 

Wednesday, May 19, 7 to 9 pm OR Tuesday, June 1, 3 to 5 pm
BCA members, $20; non-members, $25. Limited to six participants in each session.
This class will be held in the BCA Space on the ground floor at Old Town Hall, 16 South Road.
 
Poetry: The Quill of the Soul - A poetry workshop for beginners and advanced beginners
 
Dianalee Velie returns to A Place for Words and Workshops. Come get in touch with the passion and the power of poetry. In this workshop we will try to bring our minds down into our souls. By turning back to our core, exploring our interiors through poems, we will articulate truths we may not have realized before. Come fall in love with poetry by writing from your heart. Through a series of in-class writing prompts, students will compose first drafts of poems to capture and encapsulate emotions, experiences and imagery. Dianalee Velie's award-winning poetry and short stories have been published in hundreds of literary journals throughout the USA and Canada. She is extremely talented, inspiring, compassionate...and fun.  www.dianaleevelie.com
Limited to 12 students. We will break for lunch on your own, or with others at a local restaurant (several nearby), from noon to 2 pm.

One-day workshop on Saturday, April 24, from 10 am to 4 pm
$55 BCA members and Place for Words students; $60 general public.
Pre-registration and payment required by April 17.
This class will be held at The Place for Words & Workshops, 200 Great Rd., Suite 254A, Bedford

To enroll in any of these courses, please send checks to Mindy Pollack-Fusi at The Place for Words, 200 The Great Road, Suite 254A, Bedford, MA, 01730.

For additional information, click to e-mail Mindy or call 781-275-7301.