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Upcoming dates NEW - A GRIEF OBSERVED/ WRITING ABOUT LOVE AND LOSS - SEE BELOW You love to write, but there is never enough time, never enough quiet…or never enough motivation. Your good intentions to set pen to paper or finger to keyboard never materialize. Sound familiar? Then a writing group might be just the antidote you need. Come, try a weekly writing session or a retreat — writing in response to exercises, reading what you write to supportive listeners (if you so choose) and reveling in the creative wonder of words. We use the Amherst Writers and Artists’ method created and honed for over twenty five years by Pat Schneider, author of Writing Alone and with Others. An internationally known model, this method’s goal is to build confidence as we discover (or re-discover) our writing Voices - including those Voices that have been harmed or hindered by previous writing experiences. Using what is referred to as process writing or free writing the AWA model affirms what is strong in the fresh material written during groups sessions rather than immediately responding with critique. Through writing prompts and exercises new material and themes arise that might not otherwise have been discovered. There is also opportunity, during a weekly writing group and at some retreats, to bring material on which you have been working in order to receive constructive feedback from a larger group. To register for or for more information about any of the following 2008-2009 offerings just email cvolkemadenooyer@chartermi.net. And do scroll down for information on COME EDIT WITH US - our manuscript editing service. COME WRITE WITH ME - WEEKLY WRITING GROUPS 2008 - 2009 These weekly writing groups are designed to provide writers of all genres an opportunity to focus on the art and craft of writing. In each session we write twice from guided, timed exercises that trigger imagination and encourage craft. Then, after each writing period, writers are invited to share their work with the group if they so choose. Opportunity is also provided for response to manuscripts or works-in-progress when requested. You need not worry about having completed work to bring to this group. The only required materials - a pen and inexpensive notebook. Group size limited to 8. Open to all 16 and older. Payment in full is due prior to the first session (see deadlines below) though weekly payment can be arranged if necessary. A limited number of scholarships are also available. If however, after the first session you decide this method is not a good fit, your money will be returned. SUMMER - COME WRITE WITH JACK RIDL/ Radical Additions: A Poetry Workshop (filled) New this year! A guest writer offering. Join acclaimed poet and professor Jack Ridl as he leads us for four mornings on the shores of Lake Michigan. In an inspiring setting he will invite us to make radical additions to poetry we will be writing as well poetry previously crafted. Our goal? To be surprised by the new realizations and discoveries that can emerge. Each session there will be time to write privately, to alter what we've written and then to discuss what transpired for each of us. WHEN: July 28 - 31, Monday - Thursday mornings, 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. WHERE: Shores of Lake Michigan, Holland, MI. COST: $200.00 Limited to 10. TO REGISTER: EMAIL: cvolkemadenooyer@chartermi.net. for registration form. non-refundable $50 deposit required with registration BALANCE DUE: July 19, 2008 FALL - 6-WEEK WEEKLY WRITING GROUP WHEN: Wednesday eveningSs 7 - 9 pm. September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15 & 22. WHERE: Shores of Lake Michigan, Holland, MI. COST: $120.00 ($80 for HAAC members). Includes handouts. Limited to 8. TO REGISTER: EMAIL: cvolkemadenooyer@chartermi.net. for registration form. non-refundable $20 deposit required with registration BALANCE DUE: September 17, 2008 - unless other arrangements have been made. WINTER - 6-WEEK WEEKLY WRITING GROUP / OFFERED BY HAAC WHEN: Wednesday evenings 7 - 9 pm. January 21, 28, February 4, 11, (not 18) & 25. OR Thursday mornings 10 a.m. 12 pm. January 22, 29, February 5 (not 12 & 19),26, March 5 & 12. WHERE: Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI. COST: $120.00 ($100 for HAAC members). Includes handouts. Limited to 8. TO REGISTER: Call the Holland Areat Arts Council - 396-3278. SPRING - 6-WEEK WEEKLY WRITING GROUP WHEN: Wednesday eveningSs 7 - 9 pm. SApril 22, May 6, 131, 20 & 27. WHERE: Shores of Lake Michigan, Holland, MI. COST: $120.00 Includes handouts. Limited to 8. TO REGISTER: EMAIL: cvolkemadenooyer@chartermi.net. for registration form. non-refundable $20 deposit required with registration BALANCE DUE: April 3, 2008 - unless other arrangements have been made. COME WRITE WITH ME —RETREATS 2008 - 2009 Busy schedules make weekly gathering difficult? You prefer to lose yourself for an entire day in the art of writing? Or you’d like to sample this AWA method before committing to a continuing practice? Then try a Come Write with Me retreat for the equivalent of three weekly writing sessions. Sign up for one or more! You need not worry about having completed work to bring to this group. The only required materials - a pen and inexpensive notebook. Open to all 16 and older. Open to all 16 an older. Group size limited to 8. Scholarships available. WHEN: Saturdays 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM DATES: September 27, 2008 ($25 deposit due with registration. Balance due: Sept. 12) October 18, 2008 ($25 deposit due with registration. Balance due: Oct. 3) January 31, 2009 ($25 deposit due with registration. Balance due: Jan. 17) March 7, 2009 ($25 deposit due with registration. Balance due: Feb. 21) May 16, 2009 ($25 deposit due with registration. Balance due: May 2.) WHERE: Shores of Lake Michigan, Holland, MI. COST: $65 per Saturday (includes lunch and handouts). Limited to 8. A GRIEF OBSERVED/ WRITING ABOUT LOVE AND LOSS - 5 WEEKS - 2009 You have stories to tell - about important people in your life, about yourself, about the journey of grief. Putting pen to paper can capture those stories - the ones you can't forget, the ones you want others to remember. No writing experience needed. No writing homework. Just time, once a week to explore how our lives have been touched by those we have loved and lost. Come write with us, mourning and celebrating the stories and truths that sustain us. WHEN: Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. April 23, April 30, May 7, 14, & 21, 2009. WHERE: TBD - in Holland, MI. COST: $10 (This offering is often done in connection with HOspice of HOlland but this year may be done at an area church. The minimum fee owuld be used to cover the cost of room use.) TO REGISTER: email cvolkemadenooyer@chartermi.net. DEADLINE TO REGISTER: Apri 10, 2009. Limited to 8. ALL YEAR LONG - COME EDIT WITH US This is a new offering, developed for writers who have participated in an AWA writing group, retreat or both. With an editor’s eye we’ll help you polish that final draft in preparation for sending it off into the world — to either a publisher or to be self-published or to share with family and friends — and offer other publishing resources. How it works: Colette and Mary will collaboratively read your manuscript in advance and follow-up with an hour-long personal meeting with you. Cost Cost will be determined on an hourly basis and thus depends on the length of the manuscript to be reviewed. About Mary Haab Mary brings not only her understanding of the AWA method but also 20 years of experience as an English and writing teacher. Mary developed the Creative Writing Program at Portage Central High School in Portage, Michigan, and served as co-advisor to PCHS’s award winning literary-art magazine, Montage. She has written the book In Association, a history of the Port Sheldon, Michigan area and continues to write and edit a regularly published newsletter. About Colette Colette brings her experience with writing groups, websites, her English Literature background and over twenty years experience writing and editing (her own) children’s curriculum, sermons and journal articles. Again - to register for or to further inquire about any of the above you can contact me at cvolkemadenooyer@chartermi.net <back to list |
