June 14:  PHOTOJOURNALISM WORKSHOP with Bruce Ingram
 
Beginning to intermediate students will learn how to interview subjects and take "people" photos, how to submit work to magazines, and what magazine editors are looking for.  The class will also discuss digital cameras and creating photo files. Ingram has sold over 1,500 articles and photos to magazines.  He has won four national awards, and teaches at the Blue Ridge Writers' Workshop.

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  June 28:  FINE-TUNING FOR PUBLICATION with Richard Krawiec                    

Writers of fiction or creative non-fiction will receive professional tips on revising and readying work for publication. Information on writing the query letter, finding the right agent, and how to submit your work will also be given. Three pages and a synopsis may be brought to the class for evaluation.  Krawiec is the noted author of novels and poems including Time Sharing, Breakdown, and Faith in What.  He has received Creative Writing fellowships from the N.E.A. and the N.C. Arts Council, and teaches at U.N.C.-Chapel Hill.  

Meets Saturday, 12:30-5:30. $75, or $70 for Workshop members.

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July 19: WOMEN’S CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP with Veronica Fisher

In this small, informal class, participants will learn how to overcome stumbling blocks to creativity, and how to write about major life transitions. In-class writing exercises and discussion will be led by Fisher, a noted journaling instructor and psychotherapist for over 20 years. She also leads writers’ support groups in the Asheville area.

Meets Saturday, 12:30-5 pm. $65/$60 for Workshop members.

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July 26: WRITING AND PUBLISHING CREATIVE NON-FICTION ARTICLES
with Mike Weinstein

Beginning to intermediate writers will receive tips on interviewing, researching,
writing the query letter, and selling human-interest stories to newspapers and magazines. Participants may bring up to 3 pages of writing for in-class evaluation. Weinstein is Features Editor at The Charlotte Observer, and has won numerous awards for his editing work on lead articles.

Meets Saturday, 12:30-5:30.  The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members

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August 2:  WRITING THE FANTASY NOVEL with K. Gail McAbee

The class will study the elements of writing fantasy and science fiction for young adults, such as designing a believable world and creating memorable characters. Discussion will include examples of books by J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, and Tolkien. Three pages or a synopsis may be brought to the class for review. McAbee is the author of over twenty books including The Dark Legacy, Flight To Malmillard, and Bewitched By Darkness. She won the Dorothy Parker Award, and is Artist in Residence for the S.C. Arts Commission.

Meets Saturday, 12:30-5:30 pm. $75, or $70 for Workshop members.

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August 16: GRANT WRITING SIMPLIFIED

The basics of grant writing will be covered, and students will learn how to write a strong mission statement, proposal, and narrative. Information on researching funders and private donors will also be discussed. A two-page proposal may be brought to the class for review by Workshop grant writers, who have 20 years' experience generating funds from private foundations and philanthropists.

Meets Saturday, 12:30-5:30 pm. The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members.

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