Squaw Valley Writers Workshops

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.