Writer's Workshop: Inner Lives: Developing Character May 5, 2007

Inner Lives: Developing Characters
(An Intensive Workshop with the Focus on the Fictional Character)

Instructor: Regina McBride

When: Saturday, May 5, 2007, 10:00AM -4:00 PM

Cost: $99.00 Payment can be made over the phone by MasterCard, Visa or American Express.

To Register: Contact Glenn Raucher, Literary Arts Director, West Side YMCA, 212-875-4124, graucher@ymcanyc.org.

Course Overview: Using relaxation, sense memory, and emotional memory (Stanislavski acting techniques transformed for the writer) a variety of exercises will be offered to enable the student to find a deeper, richer connection to the character he or she is creating. Exercises will be followed by writing periods, and opportunities for people to read and share their work. The atmosphere will be safe, with the focus on exploration. The class is designed to help the student break into new territory with the character, and with the story itself.

About the Instructor: Regina McBride is the author of the novels, The Nature of Water and Air, The Land of Women, and The Marriage Bed, all published by Simon and Schuster. Her poetry book, Yarrow Field, won an American Book Series Award. The recipient of fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts, and The New York Foundation for the Arts, she taught creative writing at Hunter College for nine years. She has recently finished her fourth novel.

Official Website: http://www.ymcanyc.org/westside