March 21, 2023
Celena’s Scribes with Wil Clarke
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March 21, 2023
(All Levels)
Tuesdays, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM, Zoom, Weekly. Meetings resume January 10.
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW
Named in honor of beloved workshop leader CelenaDiana Bumpus, participants are encouraged to write from a prompt and share their work, with friendly critiques offered by workshop members. All genres are welcome to be explored. Enrollment is limited.
Wil Clarke tolerates writing, but loves having written. He was born and spent 27 years of his life in Africa. He misses the guidance and wisdom of Celena Bumpus and is attempting to keep her legacy alive in her former students through Celena’s Scribes.
All Genres Workshop with Allyson Jeffredo
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March 21, 2023
(All Levels)
Alternating Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 PM, Zoom, 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/7, and 3/21/23.
To register: https://tinyurl.com/Winter2023CWW
In this multi-genre workshop, participants receive bi-weekly inspiration in the form of both poetry and prose. Prompts inspire writing in the genre of your choice. Class discussions include the craft of writing and the challenges writers face in generating poetry, memoir, and short and long fiction.
Allyson Jeffredo is a poet, writer, and educator from the Coachella Valley. Learn more about her and her work at www.allysonjeffredo.com.
"Creating a Poetry Routine” with John Brantingham
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March 21, 2023
John Brantingham Boot Camp
“Creating a Poetry Routine”
Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023
7:00-9:00 PM PT, on Zoom
$100, four weekly meetings
Register today at https://tinyurl.com/BrantinghamWrites.
This boot camp will teach you how to develop a regular writing routine that will get you to write and keep you writing. Students will learn how to develop prompts, generate ideas, and revise work on their own. There will be emphasis both on creating work now and learning how to continue working even while you are busy. Students will also be given the tools to find magazines for their poetry and publishers for their poetry collection. (Meets weekly.)
John Brantingham was Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ first poet laureate. His work has been featured in hundreds of magazines, Writers Almanac and The Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2022. He has nineteen books of poetry and fiction including Life: Orange to Pear (Bamboo Dart Press). He is the founder and general editor of The Journal of Radical Wonder. He lives in Jamestown, NY.