The Squaw Valley Writers Workshops
Squaw Valley, CA
Poetry Workshop
July 19-26, 2008
The
Poetry Program is founded on the belief that when poets gather in a
community to write new poems, each poet may well break through old
habits and write something stronger and truer than before. To help
this happen we work together to create an atmosphere in which everyone
might feel free to try anything. In the mornings we meet in workshops
to read to each other the work of the previous twenty-four hours; each
participant also has an opportunity to work with each staff poet. In
the late afternoons we gather for a conversation about some aspect of
craft. On several late afternoons staff poets hold brief individual
conferences.
Writers Workshop
August 2-9, 2008
These workshops assist serious writers by exploring the art and craft
as well as the business of writing. The week offers daily morning
workshops, craft lectures, panel discussions on editing and publishing,
staff readings, as well as brief individual conferences. The morning
workshops are led by staff writer-teachers, editors, or agents. There
are separate morning workshops for Fiction and Narrative
Nonfiction/Memoir. In addition to their workshop manuscript,
participants may have a second manuscript read by a staff member who
meets with them in an individual conference.
Screenwriting Workshop
August 2-9, 2008
The
Screenwriting Program is an intensive weeklong program which focuses on
individual attention and work-in-progress, by award-winning writers and
writer/directors. Film clips, lectures and writing exercises are
incorporated into daily workshops, emphasizing the grammar of film,
story development, narrative point of view, and character analysis and
scene structure. This unique program is designed for screenwriters and
filmmakers, as well as fiction writers and playwrights who wish to translate their work into the film medium. Our goal is to assist writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer for publication or production.
