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The Writing Salon
Upcoming events, classes...
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Hi Folks,
Summer Session sign-ups are chugging along. Now's the time to grab your spot. To give you a better sense of the overall offerings, I've grouped them into categories by genre. Check 'em out!
Best,
Jane
P.S. - If you're having a hard time viewing this email (which sometimes happens due to technical browser issues beyond our control), try clicking on the link up at the very top
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INSPIRATION MOTIVATION EXPLORATION!
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Non-Genre-Specific
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FICTION
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Short Stories, Novels
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July 12-Aug. 9: Intro to Fiction, Berkeley
July 12-Sept. 13: Fiction Workshop, SF
July 13-Aug.10: Intro to Fiction, SF
July 16-Sept. 10: Fiction Workshop, Berkeley
July 17-Dec. 4: Fiction Continuation Workshop, SF
July 24-Dec. 11: Novel Continuation Workshop, SF
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POETRY
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July 18 - Three Hours to a Better Poem, Berkeley
August 15-Sept. 19 - The Truth about Poetry, Berk.
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CREATIVE NONFICTION
Personal Essay, Memoir, Experimental Prose
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NONFICTION
Magazine/Newspaper Articles, Nonfiction Books
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July 14-Aug. 18 -Breaking into Magazine Writing, SF
July 25 - Travel Writing, Berkeley
Aug. 1 - Writing for the Web, Berkeley
Aug. 25-Sept. 22 - Writing Magazine Articles, SF
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SCREENWRITING
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July 14-Aug. 11 - Intro to Screenwriting, Berkeley
July 18 - Screenwriting Seminar, SF
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PUBLISHING/MARKETING/PR
Book Proposals, Cover Letters, Submissions, Queries, Agents
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UPCOMING READINGS
This just in from Writing
Salon humor writing teacher, Pamela Bass:
Friends, Writers, Travelers & Sleep-Deprived Parents:
Please join me for a reading of my latest essay included in the just-released anthology, Best Women's Travel Writing 2009 (Travelers' Tales Press). I will read alongside a slew of talented travel writers from The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009.
WHEN: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Books Inc in Laurel Village
3515 California St., SF
WHEN: Sunday, June 28, at 3 p,m,
WHERE: DIESEL BOOKSTORE
5433 College Ave., Oakland
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"Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you
all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something
you like, no one else will like it either."
-Meg Cabot
"By seeking and
blundering we learn."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"
- Mary Oliver
(New and Selected Poems)
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write
poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is
filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these
are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty,
romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
- John Keating
(Dead Poets Society)
"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people.
It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main
obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is
based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting
each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is
that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even
looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and
have a lot more fun while they're doing it."
- Anne Lamott
(Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)
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