Instructor: Nick O’Connell
You’ve taken the trip, but how do you recreate the experience for others? Good travel writing utilizes all the skills of creative nonfiction: dramatic scenes, character sketches, concrete detail, point of view, and scene-by-scene construction. In Session 1 of this class, students will explore these elements through lecture and discussion as they begin writing a 750- to 1000-word manuscript on a trip they’ve taken. In Session 2 of this class, students will center on revision of their completed manuscripts through feedback from the instructor and their peers.
TRAVEL WRITING
Number of sessions: 2 ~ Dates: Saturdays, November 7 & 14th ~ Time: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. ~ Tuition: $120 ~ Location: Library Meeting Room, Bainbridge Public Library
Registration information
We have a few seats available and have decided to open up registration to drop-ins for our upcoming fall event, “Fueling the Creative Mind” with creativity coach Jurgen Wolff. The event costs $85 at the door. Field’s End representatives will accept checks or cash only from 8:30 to 10:00 am. There’s an ATM in the Pavilion common area for those who need it. We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be a wonderful event with a rare visitor to the Pacific Northwest!
More information about Fueling the Creative Mind
Remember, tomorrow is the closing date for all registrations sent through our PayPal service. Make sure you sign up before midnight on October 15 to guarantee a seat! Event and registration info
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FUELING THE CREATIVE MIND
Featuring world-renowned creative writing expert Jurgen Wolff, author of Your Writing Coach
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Date: Saturday, October 17
Time: Registration: 8:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Presentation from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(lunch break from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.)
Location: Bainbridge Pavilion Cinemas
403 N. Madison, Bainbridge Island
Cost: $85 regular registration (after August 31)
$60 group fee (5 or more people registering together)
In a presentation by this popular writing coach, writers will be led through a series of connected seminars to explore four innovative, right-brained ways they can prepare their creative minds for the acts of writing and revising.
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To Register by Mail:
1) Complete a registration form. Registration forms are available at the Bainbridge Public Library, Eagle Harbor Books, or click here to download a blank form (Word document) that you can print.
2) Write your check or money order, which should be made out to Field’s End.
3) Mail your form and check to: Field’s End Registrar, Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave. N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110; final accepted postmark is October 10, 2009.
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ONE CALL FOR ALL 2009
Dear readers, writers and library supporters:Please keep Field’s End in mind while checking the boxes in your
One Call For All red envelope. One Call for All supports many Island
non-profits, including Bainbridge Public Library, which is funded only
through donations. Field’s End: A Writers’ Community, is an all-volunteer
committee of the Library. Field’s End receives support for its programs
(free monthly roundtables, classes, special events, annual conference)
through your generous donations to the Bainbridge Public Library.
During these tough economic times, please consider the
Bainbridge Public Library when you make your One Call For All
designations this fall. It really makes a difference!Thank you!
- Photo by Liz Gadbois
If you’ve ever taken a writing workshop with Priscilla Long, you know just how fun, comprehensive and useful they are for writers of every style, form and genre. Don’t miss out on her latest; sign up soon!
BRASS TACKS: THE RIGHT SENTENCE AND THE TELLING DETAIL
Instructor: Priscilla Long
Description: First-rate writers use all the sentence forms and choose them to carry particular meanings or emotions. This hands-on course is designed for writers of all levels—beginner to advanced— interested in revising several short works or books-in-progress. We’ll scrutinize brilliant sentences and paragraphs and apply our discoveries as we reshape our own works to intensify content. Diction (word choice) is equally important. Students will explore techniques for gathering language that is more original, more resonant, and still true to one’s individual voice.
Dates: Mondays, October 19 & 26 and November 2 & 9
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Tuition: $160
Location: Library Meeting Room, Bainbridge Public Library
More info and to register
Yes, we’re pleased to report a “local boy does good” story.
BI’s own Jonathan Evison, author of All About Lulu, has landed himself a prestigious prize: The Washington State Book Award.
This award is sponsored by the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library. The prize, which includes a $1000 cash purse, go to outstanding Washington authors for books from several distinct categories published the previous year.
Evison will join the other winners in picking up their awards at an Oct. 14 ceremony.
For a complete list of the winners and finalists in each category, go to the Seattle Public Library web site.
Congratulations, Jonathan!
Sign up for the creativity seminar, “Fueling the Creative Mind” with Jurgen Wolff, Oct 17, 2009 and receive two great tip sheets from the world-renowned creative writing coach:
1. The Writer’s First-Aid Card (Stuck? Here’s how to get your writing flowing again) [11 tips]
2. Ten tips for beating procrastination and finishing every writing project you start
For more help, get Jurgen Wolff’s bestselling book, Your Writing Coach, published by Nicholas Brealey and available online and via book stores. YWC will also be available for sale at the October event. Also, check out Jurgen’s writing blog, www.timetowrite.blogs.com, and the book’s website, www.yourwritingcoach.com.
To register for the October seminar: http://www.fieldsend.org/Roundtables
Island memoirist Jennifer Culkin won a Rona Jaffe Foundation award last fall for her first book, A Final Arc of Sky: A Memoir of Critical Care. I promise you, if you read this book, you will always think of her when the Life Flight leaves Bainbridge Island. She’ll be visiting the Field’s End writers’ roundtable on Tuesday Sept 15 to discuss how keeping a journal ultimately led to the writing of this amazing book.
What: “How Does the Journal Feed the Memoir?”
Where: Bainbridge Public Library
When: Tues Sept 15 at 7pm
How much? Free
Jennifer Culkin is an MFA graduate of the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. Her essays and stories have appeared in the 2006 Jack Straw Writers’ Anthology, The Atlantic, The Georgia Review, Utne Reader, Stories with Grace and other publications.
