Events in October 2017
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- CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
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October 4, 2017This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIOCREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO
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October 4, 2017Fall 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.
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- WRITE WILD: AN OPEN SPACE FOR WRITING, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA
WRITE WILD: AN OPEN SPACE FOR WRITING
WRITE WILD: AN OPEN SPACE FOR WRITING
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October 7, 2017A class on exploring nature writing to develop your own authentic voice with Rebecca K. O'Connor
WORKSHOP COST, NON-MEMBERS: $100
RLC AND INLANDIA INSTITUTE MEMBERS: $85WORKSHOP DATES: Saturdays September 2, 9, 16 and 30, 2017, 10:30 a.m. - 12 pm
GUIDED HIKE: Saturday September 23, 2017 10:30 a.m. - 12 pm
PUBLIC READING AND CELEBRATION: Saturday October 7, 2017 10:30 a.m. - 12 pmWORKSHOP & PUBLIC READING LOCATION: Riverside Public Library lower level quiet room.
GUIDED HIKE: Cienega Canyon, led by a Rivers & Lands Conservancy land steward.WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
In partnership with the Rivers & Lands Conservancy (RLC), Inlandia is offering Write Wild: An Open Space for Writing, a class on exploring nature to develop your own authentic voice.
Are you a writer (or an aspiring writer) with a love of nature and the outdoors? Join Rebecca K. O'Connor, author of nine reference books on the natural world as well as a falconry memoir, for this six-week class that includes a land steward-led hike in the Cienega Canyon Preserve and a celebratory public reading.
Topics for this series include "Using Your Outside Voice", "Inspiration in a Wilder World", and "Living Like Animals".
The workshop will be held at the Riverside Public Library on Saturdays, beginning September 2, with the guided hike on September 23 and public reading on October 7. A sack lunch will be provided on the hike.
Rebecca K. O'Connor is the author of nine reference books on the natural world, including a best-selling parrot training guide The Perfectly Trained Parrot. She has also published a romance novel, Falcon's Return, and the award-winning falconry memoir Lift published by Red Hen Press. Her most recent novel is We Were Wilder, a self-published post-apocalyptic wilderness journey that is the first in a trilogy. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside. Her essays and short stories have been published in numerous places, including South Dakota Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Los Angeles Times Magazine, West, divide, The Coachella Review, Phantom Seed, Prime Number Magazine and The Rumpus. Her essays have been anthologized and nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Rivers & Lands Conservancy enhances the quality of life in our community by conserving open space, habitats, and agricultural lands through acquisition, stewardship, and community engagement.
To register, please submit your registration fee then email your submission to inlandia@InlandiaInstitute.org with the subject heading "WRITE WILD". You can also register at the Google form located at https://goo.gl/forms/aJtmJ5Js1ZW1GWwS2
HOW TO PAY:
Pay via PayPal or mail a check to the Inlandia Institute office.
- To pay the registration fee via PayPal visit www.paypal.com and choose "send money" to donations (at) inlandiainstitute (dot) org.
- To mail registration fee: Inlandia Institute * 4178 Chestnut Street * Riverside, California 92501
- Hand-delivery by appointment only.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call Cati Porter at the Inlandia Institute at 951 790 2458 or email cati.porter@inlandiainstitute.org.
Thank you, and enjoy the workshop!
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONACREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA
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October 7, 2017Fall 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.
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- CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
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October 11, 2017This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability.
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- BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR, FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE
BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR
BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR
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October 12, 2017Memoirs 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
FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDEFALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE
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October 12, 2017This 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.
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- INDIE AUTHOR FAIR, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON
INDIE AUTHOR FAIR
INDIE AUTHOR FAIR
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October 14, 2017TBA
Scheduled to be held at the Corona Public Library located at 650 S Main St, Corona, CA 92882.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTONCREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON
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October 14, 2017Fall 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
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- CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
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October 18, 2017This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTONCREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JESSICA CARRILLO IN COLTON
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October 18, 2017Fall 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
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIOCREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH TIM HATCH IN ONTARIO
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October 18, 2017Fall 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.
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- CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA FINGERSON IN CORONA
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October 21, 2017Fall 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.
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- CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH MAE WAGNER IN REDLANDS
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October 25, 2017This workshop is currently full. Check back after the new year for workshop availability.
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- BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR, FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE
BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR
BETTER THAN FICTION: WRITING YOUR MEMOIR WITH FLAIR
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October 26, 2017Memoirs 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
FALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDEFALL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH JO SCOTT-COE IN RIVERSIDE
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October 26, 2017This 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.