Writing from Scratch - A Creative Writing Workshop with Eileen Albrizio August 29, 2009

August 29, Saturday, 1-4 pm, $15. - Registration required, seating is limited
Writing from Scratch - A Creative Writing Workshop with Eileen Albrizio

How often have you sat before your writing tablet or computer screen for hours at a time without writing a word? The starts are often the hardest part because what we want to write about comes to us by way of the abstract. We feel something, so we want to write about it. But emotions are an intangible entity. As writers, it is our job to take those largely ethereal "feelings" and turn them into something palpable.

This workshop will teach you the tools needed to do exactly that. We will begin by exploring the fundamentals of poetry, including form, meter, rhyme, repetition and metaphor to create a poem in a traditional form. (It's not nearly as daunting as it may sound. In fact, it's quite fun!) "But, POETRY," you say. "I want to write prose fiction!"

By actually learning poetic techniques and writing a poem in the structure of form, you will be able to then approach prose, whether fiction or nonfiction, with a more creative and exciting attitude. After writing our poem, we will then utilize the poetic tools we've learned to begin the process of writing that great story locked inside your head. Whether you are a novice or advanced writer, poet or novelist, or looking to pen your memoir, these tools will help you to engage in a more enjoyable and productive writing experience.

This is a 3-hour, hands-on writing workshop that will ensure you walk away with new enthusiasm for the writing process. Participants need only bring writing materials. There is no need to bring previously written works. We will, after all, be writing from scratch!!

Contact Eileen at EileenRain@aol.com to register

http://www.angelfire.com/art/albrizio/

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