WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Most classes meet online on Saturdays, 10-4 pm, (except where noted) with a 45 min. lunch break. Classes are $90 for non-members and $80 for Workshop members (except where noted). Financial assistance in exchange for volunteer hours is available for low-income writers! Registration is in advance only.
You can register for a class, contest, membership or retreat by using any credit card at paypal.me/twwoa - then hit "Send". We'll confirm your payment asap!
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Each class meets online (except where noted) on Saturdays, 10-4 pm with a 45 min. lunch break. Classes are $90, or $80 Workshop members. Payment is by Venmo, Paypal and check. Financial assistance in exchange for volunteer hours is available for low-income writers of any age!
Registration is in advance only at twwoa.org.
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FEB. 22: HYBRID WRITING with Richard Krawiec
Sometimes you need to say something in story form. Sometimes a poem works best. or an essay, film scene, snippet of biography or something you can’t quite define. Why not use all of them in one piece of writing? Increasingly writers are pushing boundaries, integrating elements of non-fiction, poetry, prose, theatrical pieces, essays, meditations, etc. into one creative work of expressive writing. In this writing-intensive course each student will discover a theme, subject, idea, relationship, or issue they wish to explore through multiple types of writing.
We will read examples, watch video presentations, and do in-class writing.
Richard Krawiec's works have been published widely in the U.S. and France. He has been awarded creative writing fellowships from the NEA, the NC Arts Council(twice), and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. He taught Beginning and Intermediate Fiction Writing courses for 25 years at UNC-Chapel Hill and is founder of Jacar Press, a Community Active poetry press.
Meets online Saturday, 10-4. $90/$80 Workshop members.
MARCH 8: EDITING YOUR OWN WORK with Karen Ackerson
Writers of fiction and non-fiction books and stories will learn how to edit and revise their works before submitting to an agent or publisher. Techniques will be taught on how to grab the reader's interest by eliminating unnecessary details, building tension, creating strong characters, and fine-tuning dialogue and descriptions. Participants may bring five pages (double-spaced) to the class for discussion. Karen Ackerson, founder of The Writers' Workshop, is Senior Editor at The Renbourne Editorial Agency (renbourne.com), and has edited hundreds of novels, memoirs and creative non-fiction stories.
Meets in person Saturday, 10-4. $90/$80 Workshop members.
MARCH 22: SCREENPLAY WRITING WORKSHOP
with Nathan Ross Freeman
Participants will learn all aspects of writing the screenplay, including formatting, characterization, sequence structures, and how to adapt any genre to a screenplay. whether you're a beginner or not. Need a trailer to promote your book? Want to adapt your poems into Short Films, or adapt that novel into a feature -length screenplay? These days our books, poems, essays, stories require some sort of script adaptation to maximize the potential for publishing and distribution. Nathan Ross Freeman, award winning script writer, filmmaker, creative writing educator will share the rudiments of screenwriting and by days’ end you will have all the tools to script your work. He has taught Screenwriting and Playwriting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Salem College’s Visiting Writer Series. He wrote the Independent Feature Film, Mr. Bones, and the Feature Documentary Authoring Action, awarded Best Documentary at the 2010 Swansea Bay Film Festival and the International Youth Film Festival. His credits include the feature films Gem and Mr. Bones, the official selection of major film festivals; Hannah Elias; and Authoring Action, awarded 2010 Best Documentary in the U.K. He has taught workshops all over the Southeast,
including UNC-Charlotte and Salem College.
Meets online Saturday, 10-4. $90/$80 Workshop members.
APRIL 12: WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS with Karen Ackerson
Participants will learn how to turn personal and family experiences into a compelling memoir for family and friends, or for publication. In-class writing exercises will help to identify life-changing events, to be used as the backbone of a memoir. Discussion will include creating a sense of place, dialogue, and enhancing one's writing style. Karen Ackerson, a biographer and Senior Editor at The Renbourne Editorial Agency, has taught workshops throughout the Southeast for over twenty years.
She is writing her own memoirs about her world-wide adventures; and interviews with award-winning writers such as Vonnegut, le Carre, Welty, Matthiessen et al.
Meets in person Saturday, 10-4. $90/$80 Workshop members.
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EVENTS
FEB. 16, 4-7: SUNDAY WRITERS' GROUP & POTLUCK!!
We're back to our monthly meetings and potlucks!! Anyone may attend, and Workshop members may
read 5 pages or 3 poems. Please bring a covered dish and refreshment.
Other dates are March 16, April 13, and May 15.
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ANNUAL CONTESTS
LITERARY FICTION CONTEST
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 30
For awards and guidelines, see our Contest Page.
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MAY 8-12, 2025: ANNUAL WRITERS' RETREAT AT FOLLY BEACH, SC!!!
The Writers’ Workshop is hosting its 30th Annual Writers’ Retreat at Folly Beach, SC,
from Thursday noon May 8 – Monday noon May 12.
It is open to a small group of beginning or experienced writers, and is an ideal place to relax, write and review participant’s work. Daily sessions in fiction, creative non-fiction and memoirs will be led by The Writers’ Workshop instructors. Participants stay at a beach house near the ocean.
The all-inclusive rate (except for meals) is $595 for a private room, or $400 shared. The commuter rate is $75 per day. Please register by paying a deposit of $250 by March 15, 2025 at our Registration Page, or email [email protected] for more information.
Please include your name and email address. The balance is due April 15.
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MAY 15: SUNDAY WRITERS GROUP & POTLUCK, 4-7 pm.
Please RSVP within 48 hours.
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AT OUR RENBOURNE EDITORIAL AGENCY, WE OFFER THE BEST EDITORS, AS WELL AS ONLINE OR IN-PERSON PRIVATE TUTORIALS!
See our website at renbourne.com. For details, email [email protected].
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