SUMMER-FALL 2024 WORKSHOPS 
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Most classes meet online on Saturdays, 9:30-4 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 on Paypal .
  Then, email us at [email protected] with your name, email and workshop title.
We'll confirm your payment asap!   paypal.me/twwoa ​​

​WORKSHOPS and EVENTS

Dear members and friends,
     We've escaped the Austin heat and are glad to be back home in Asheville, lining up some choice events for you! More workshop info will be sent in the next few days, but meanwhile, here are some of our special events! We suggest signing up for them a.s.a.p. due to space limitations, and look forward to seeing you soon!

 
AUGUST 17: GETTING PUBLISHED WITH JOE MARICH 

    Writers and other artists will spend the afternoon with Joe Marich and learn valuable tips on getting published and promoting your work. He has worked in public relations for more than thirty years, planning and executing local, national and international campaigns for book launches, special events, and fund-raisers in the theatre, art, television and film industries. Representing author-director-producer, Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, ER) for over sixteen years, he coordinated global media tours, personal appearances, and interviews for Dr. Crichton, working closely with his publishers in the U.S. as well as his international publishers throughout Europe. Marich has launched over 800 fiction and non-fiction books for various authors over his 30+ year career.
He has also been involved in public affairs with all Warner Bros. Music Group labels, and has provided counsel to Virgin Records, United Talent Agency, Rock the Vote, DC/Marvel Comics, New Line Television, Alliance Communications and Oracle Corporation, bringing skills to his clients by preparing them
in media training, special projects presentations, and developing and
producing electronic media kits for satellite feeds. 
He wrote Literary Publicity: The Final Chapter, about his work with Aaron Spelling and Charles Rosin on the popular television series, Beverly Hills 9021.
Meets online Saturday, 1 - 4 pm. $65/$60 Workshop members. paypal.me/twwoa ​

 AUGUST 25: WRITERS' BACKYARD POTLUCK\

......is back!! IN PERSON!!! We meet the last Sunday of the month at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville 28805 . Free to members and their guests, and to anyone curious about joining. Bring your poems or short stories to read - and also lots of comfort food and drink!! You must rsvp 24 hrs. in advance at [email protected] (828-707-1713). 

OCT. 3 - 6: WRITERS’ RETREAT AT FOLLY BEACH, SC
 
 The Writers’ Workshop is hosting its 30th Annual Writers’ Retreat at Folly Beach, SC, on October 3-6 , 2024.It's by far the best time to go to the beach - perfect weather and water temps, fewer tourists. 
It is open to a small group of 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 Karen Ackerson, Director of The Writers’ Workshop. These include writing exercises, group readings and reviews, and editing tips. Videos of visiting authors such as Kurt Vonnegut, John le Carre, and Eudora Welty will be available for viewing.
Participants stay at a beach house near the ocean. The all-inclusive rate (except for meals) is $625 for a private room, or $500 p.p. shared. The commuter rate is $75 per day.
Please register by August 30 since space is limited, by clicking on this link  paypal.me/twwoa ​ (Paypal takes any other cards as well), or mailing check or money order to our address above.
Email [email protected] for more information.

SEPT. 14: 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, 9:30-4. $90/$80 Workshop members. paypal.me/twwoa ​
 
OCT. 19: WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS with Karen Ackerson

 (In person and online!) 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 online Saturday, 9:30-4. $90/$80 Workshop members. paypal.me/twwoa ​
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​AT OUR RENBOURNE EDITORIAL AGENCY, WE OFFER THE BEST EDITORS, AS WELL AS ONLINE OR IN-PERSON
​PRIVATE TUTORIALS AT A CONVENIENT DATE AND TIME FOR YOU!  See  our website at renbourne.com.
for details, email [email protected].