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Events in October 2017

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10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS

10:00 am: BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR

6:30 pm: FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO

1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS

10:00 am: BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR

6:30 pm: FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO

10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS

5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON

6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO

4 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS 10:00 am – 12:00 pm October 4, 2017 This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability. More 6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm October 4, 2017 Fall workshops in session. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 for Winter dates and availability. The Ontario workshop meets at the Ovitt Family Community Library located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764 (909) 395-2004. More

7 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm October 7, 2017 Fall workshops in session. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 seats and availability. This workshop meets at the Corona Public Library at 650 S. Main Street in the Taber Room. More

11 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS 10:00 am – 12:00 pm October 11, 2017 This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability. More

12 10:00 am: BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR 10:00 am – 12:00 pm October 12, 2017 Memoirs don't have to read like diaries or timelines. The best ones are written like good novels--with the same literary tools that make great romances and mysteries come alive. This seminar will help memoir writers turn their memoirs into compelling stories, with the same dialogue, description, pacing and narration that make fictional protagonists jump off the page. This five-session hands-on workshop will feature in-class exercises and real-time, constructive feedback for both those who've started their memoir and those who want to get started. The sessions will be held every other week. Session 1: Introduction - What is memoir and how to choose your story. We'll explore some best-selling memoirs and hear from a couple of memoir writers in our community. We'll go home with an assignment to start shaping our story. Session 2: Plotting the narrative arc - Developing your story line and getting started. We'll share our stories with each other, share feedback, and discuss techniques for organizing the narrative based on good fiction-writing techniques. Session 3: Writing great dialogue - How your characters express themselves. We'll discuss the basics for capturing speech and the various techniques for building character and scene through dialogue. We'll make our dialogue as compelling and telling as that in good fiction. Session 4: Setting and action - Creating a sense of place and moving the story forward. We'll discuss how to choose anecdotes that illustrate the story, and ways to put the reader in the midst of the story. We'll practice writing scene-setting narrative in class. Session 5: Self-editing and publishing your memoir - What are your options. We'll try some editing exercises and discuss your options for hiring editors and taking your memoir to print. Please register at https://docs.google.com/a/inlandiainstitute.org/forms/d/1xbM6PpkThvsExttuoC6fC21t7JuEjM_Fw_NMgLgXR6E/edit Dates: Thursdays, September 28, October 12, 26, 9 and 30. Time: 10 a.m to noon Location: Welwood-Murray Library, 100 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs More 6:30 pm: FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm October 12, 2017 This workshop is currently full. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 for workshop availability. This workshop meets at the Riverside Public Library at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue in downtown Riverside, lower level quiet room. More

14 5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm October 14, 2017 Fall workshops in session. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 for Winter dates and availability. The Colton workshop meets at the Advance to Literacy Center located at 380 North La Cadena Drive Colton, CA 92324 (909) 370-1523 More

18 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS 10:00 am – 12:00 pm October 18, 2017 This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability. More 5:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm October 18, 2017 Fall workshops in session. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 for Winter dates and availability. The Colton workshop meets at the Advance to Literacy Center located at 380 North La Cadena Drive Colton, CA 92324 (909) 370-1523 More 6:30 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm October 18, 2017 Fall workshops in session. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 for Winter dates and availability. The Ontario workshop meets at the Ovitt Family Community Library located at 215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764 (909) 395-2004. More

21 1:00 pm: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm October 21, 2017 Fall workshops in session. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 seats and availability. This workshop meets at the Corona Public Library at 650 S. Main Street in the Taber Room. More

25 10:00 am: CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS 10:00 am – 12:00 pm October 25, 2017 This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability. More

26 10:00 am: BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR 10:00 am – 12:00 pm October 26, 2017 Memoirs don't have to read like diaries or timelines. The best ones are written like good novels--with the same literary tools that make great romances and mysteries come alive. This seminar will help memoir writers turn their memoirs into compelling stories, with the same dialogue, description, pacing and narration that make fictional protagonists jump off the page. This five-session hands-on workshop will feature in-class exercises and real-time, constructive feedback for both those who've started their memoir and those who want to get started. The sessions will be held every other week. Session 1: Introduction - What is memoir and how to choose your story. We'll explore some best-selling memoirs and hear from a couple of memoir writers in our community. We'll go home with an assignment to start shaping our story. Session 2: Plotting the narrative arc - Developing your story line and getting started. We'll share our stories with each other, share feedback, and discuss techniques for organizing the narrative based on good fiction-writing techniques. Session 3: Writing great dialogue - How your characters express themselves. We'll discuss the basics for capturing speech and the various techniques for building character and scene through dialogue. We'll make our dialogue as compelling and telling as that in good fiction. Session 4: Setting and action - Creating a sense of place and moving the story forward. We'll discuss how to choose anecdotes that illustrate the story, and ways to put the reader in the midst of the story. We'll practice writing scene-setting narrative in class. Session 5: Self-editing and publishing your memoir - What are your options. We'll try some editing exercises and discuss your options for hiring editors and taking your memoir to print. Please register at https://docs.google.com/a/inlandiainstitute.org/forms/d/1xbM6PpkThvsExttuoC6fC21t7JuEjM_Fw_NMgLgXR6E/edit Dates: Thursdays, September 28, October 12, 26, 9 and 30. Time: 10 a.m to noon Location: Welwood-Murray Library, 100 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs More 6:30 pm: FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm October 26, 2017 This workshop is currently full. Registration required. Check back in early 2018 for workshop availability. This workshop meets at the Riverside Public Library at 3581 Mission Inn Avenue in downtown Riverside, lower level quiet room. More