ALL 2024 WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
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 at paypal.me/twwoa - then hit "Send". We'll confirm your payment asap!
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 at paypal.me/twwoa - then hit "Send". We'll confirm your payment asap!
WORKSHOPS and EVENTS
SEPT. 29: 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).
PRICES SLASHED!!
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 $595 for a private room, or $400 p.p. shared. The commuter rate is $65 per day.
Please register by Sept. 25 since space is limited, by clicking on this link: paypal.me/twwoa - then hit "send"
(Paypal takes any other cards as well), or mailing check or money order to our address above.)
Email [email protected] for more information.
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.
Register by clicking on paypal.me/twwoa - then hit "Send"
OCT. 27: WRITERS' BACKYARD POTLUCK\
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. Members may bring 3 poems or a short story to read. Please bring lots of comfort food and drink!! You must rsvp 24 hrs. in advance at [email protected] (828-707-1713).
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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].
PLEASE NOTE: ALL classes will be meeting online EXCEPT WHERE NOTED. |
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