Workshops

WordSpring offers an inspiring array of workshops in the areas of fiction, poetry and other genres. All workshops are 60 minutes in duration and have a focus on practical strategies, including writing exercises.

This year’s exciting lineup for writers of all genres:

Fiction

What Does Your Character Want? - Gayle Brandeis

The Art of Manipulation through Imagery - Kyleen Bromley

Writing the Hard Histories - Lia Deromedi

From Table Top to Mountain Top - Ty Moore

Significant Details - Finn Kraemer

Painting over the White Canvas: Adding Diversity to Your Fictional Characters - The Magic Pen Society, Butte College’s Novel Writing Club

Poetry

Poetry for Nonpoets - Anina Berman

“My Own Hands Stained with Ink”: On Reading and Writing Elegies - Troy Jollimore

Cut-up Poetry - Sallie Ehrman

Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary: Landscape for Poets: Poetry of Place - Heather Altfeld

Cross Genre

Brave Writing - Gayle Brandeis

Anatomy of a Scene - Tara Grover Smith

How to Pitch and Write Articles - Annie Crawford

Write Your Own Blog: How to Use a Blog to Share Your Personal & Professional Writing - Annie Crawford

The Craft of Songwriting - Pat Hull

The World as a Lens: Writers as Anthropologists - Heather Altfeld