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What I'm Reading this Year!

2015/16 Reading List
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng The Color Purple by Alice WalkerAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthoy Doerr (3rd time)The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig LarssonThe Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent

Craft of Writing (AM) Fall

"I've studied all around Portland, but you are simply the best.  You're practical, kind and have extraordinary skills managing large groups.  I felt safe, AND I felt like you cared.  Thank you!!"  ~ Carole Wright

The Craft of Writing Class (AM)  11:00 to 1:00 p.m., is an intermediate/advanced level course for the writer of memoir, fiction, short story and essay.

We read extraordinary published writing, and work on the elements of craft that include:
Scene development
Sensory immersion
Authentic voice development
Plot
Structure
Character development
Cultivation of the antagonistic forces that swirl within and without.

You will read your work aloud, you will create new work, and you will be supported in a kind, generous and warm atmosphere of professional courtesy.   You will leave this class informed and inspired!

Space fills fast!  Sign up now.  Click here. 

FALL TERM OUTLINE: 

Class 1: Sept. 15
Pre-reading: Critique Articles and 500 word essay samples.  
Intros, hellos, process of class, discussion of text.

Workshop Readers: Joseph, Pamela, Cathryn
This is a 1250 words total. Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring 11 copies please.  (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).

Class 2: Sept. 22
Pre-reading: The Farm by Joanna Macy/Scene Handout

Workshop Readers: Shirley, Dayna, Amber
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring 11 copies pleas. (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).

Class 3: Sept. 29
500 Word Essay Prompt:  One thing that reminds you of something else.  Reminders.
Pre-reading: Live Through This by Debra Gwartney (see web site below)

Workshop Readers: Melissa, Gabrielle
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 11 copies please. (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).

Class 4: Oct. 6
Pre-reading: The Liar's Club by Mary Karr  

Workshop Readers: Victoria, Sandra, Joseph
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring 11 copies please. (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).  

Class 5: Oct. 13
500 Word Essay Prompt:  The Mirror
Pre-reading: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Workshop Readers: Pamela, Cathryn
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 11 copies please. (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).

Class 6:  Oct. 20
Pre-reading: The Breeze by Joshua Ferris

Workshop Readers: Shirley, Dayna, Amber,
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 11 copies please. (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).

Class 7: Oct. 27
500 Word Essay Prompt: Where are you?  The Eight Step Essay Revised
Pre-reading: Showing vs. Telling

Workshop Readers: Melissa, Gabrielle
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring 11 copies please.  (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).

Class 8: Nov. 3
Pre-reading: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Workshop Readers:  Victoria, Sandra, Joseph, Pamela
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 11 copies please.  (Copy service at corner next to New Seasons at the UPS Store).

Class 9: Nov. 1
Pre-reading:

Fall Classes

Fall Classes with Jennifer Lauck

Writer's Craft of Memoir and Fiction
Read extraordinary published writing, and work on the elements of craft that include scene development, sensory immersion, authentic voice development, plot, structure, character development, and the cultivation of the antagonistic forces that swirl within and without.

Writer's Method of Memoir and Fiction
Writer's Method is a workshop based group where you bring your current project (creative non-fiction and fiction) for review and feedback.  You'll workshop (read aloud) in an environment of kindness, professionalism and support.

Bones of Storytelling 
Step back to see the wide view of your novel, memoir, essay and short story.  You will study concept, theme, controlling ideas, antagonism at multiple dimensions, structure systems, character archetypes and the seven basic plots that are the basis of all story telling, from folk tales to modern films.

Click on the links to learn more and to sign up now!  

Or write me at jennifer@jenniferlauck.com with your questions.  I'm here to help. 

Bones of Storytelling - Audio Class

Every time Jennifer opens her mouth, I learn something!  
~ Eddie Leuken

This is a truly extraordinary audio class that will change everything about the way you think about writing and your own work.  You buy it, you receive the files with audios, handouts and instructions, and you start learning! Beginner to advanced, all who take this class are blown away.  You will leave 100% clear about what needs to happen to finish your novel, essay, short story or memoir. Learn how and why to reach the reader. Leave empowered with tools to finish a quality draft. 
  
You will learn:  The seven basic plots Three/four and five part structure systems Story concept and theme Seven character typesThe four dimensions of antagonismHow to find your controlling idea as a result of the climatic action
Let creativity and advance planning work together.  Save yourself years of confusion, wasted time, frustration and rejection.  Leave this class with clarity, knowledge and a plan to finish (and publish) your novel, memoir and/or short story/creative non-fiction collection.

COST: $350.00
OR: Send me an email, jennifer@jenniferlauck.com and I'll get you an address to send a check.

Thursday AM Bones of Storytelling

You gave so much great information in Bones! Your input gave solid insight into how to build a good story. I especially liked structure. Your W diagram showed me very clearly how it's done.  ~ Barbara


Fall registration is open now.  A new term begins Thurs, Sept 17 at 11 a.m.  Click here to sign up.   

With this fine, and powerful class, my goal is to teach you all the bones of story from concept, theme, plot, structure, character and setting.  I also promise to help you walk away with a plan for writing a solid first & second draft.  Everyone who takes this class loves it. 
  

FALL PROGRAM OUTLINE 

Sept. 17, Class 1:  Concept & Theme 

Handouts:  
Concept and Theme
Butler Dreamstorming

NOTE:  You must wait for handouts to download from Dropbox, then click OPEN on far right corner for PDF., or printing will not work.  

Sept. 24, Class 2:  Plot

Handouts: 
Seven Basic Plots
NOTE:  You must wait for handouts to download from Dropbox, then click OPEN on far right corner for PDF., or printing will not work. 

Oct. 1, Class 3:  Structure & W  
Handouts:
W & Structure (email)

Oct. 8, Class 4:  Setting and Character 
Handouts:  
Booker on Character  Pg. 241 - 275 & Chap. 18
Brooks on Character  Pg. 61-85 & 106-115
McKee on Character  Pg. 144 - 159

Oct. 15, Class 5:  Setting/The Antagonist
Handouts:   
McKee Chap. 14 on Antagonist
Setting Sketch Sheet
McKee on Setting and Structure

Oct. 22-Nov. 19, Class 6-10: 
Advanced Concepts as applied to your personal project  & presentations.  TBA


Reference texts for craft and additional recurses:
Tell it Slant by Brenda Miller (Creative Non-Fiction)
The Situation and the Story by Vivian Gornick (Creative Non-Fiction)
From Where You Dream by Robert Olen Butler
Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker
Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
Screenwriters Problem Solver by Syd Fields
Story by Robert McKee
Reading like a Writer by Francine Prose
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri Keep it Short by Danny Heitman (Click on link)
Debra Gwartney on Memoir  (click on link) 
Philip Lopate on Writing Personal Essays  (click on link)
Cultivations of Kindness Meditation (for self acceptance): Click here 
Scrivener (free download for 30 days)
 

52 Weeks 52 Books - 2014/15 Reading List

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mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>The Reader</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>Peace Like a River</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Look at Me</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Jennifer Egan</span><i> – </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Done</span><i> </i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Salvage the Bones, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Jesmyn Ward<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>- Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Lolita</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Language of Flowers, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Vanessa Diffenbaugh – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Jane Eyer</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Bronte – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Liar and Spy </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Rebecca Stead – Done (YA) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Kira-kira, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Cynthia Kadohata – Done (YA) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Three Times Lucky</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Sheila Turnage – Done (YA) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The End of the Affair</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Graham Green – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>All the Light We Cannot See</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Anthony Doerr – Done  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>All the Light We Cannot See</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Anthony Doerr – Done again!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Persuasion,</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> Jane Austin – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">22.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Sense and Sensibility</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Jane Austin - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Wuthering Heights</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Bronte –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Life After Life</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> – Kate Atkinson – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Lady Chatterley’s Lover</i><span style="font-style: normal;">– D.H. Lawrence<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>- Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">26.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Great Gatsby –</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> F. Scott Fitzgerald – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">27.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Invention of Wings</i><span style="font-style: normal;">– Sue Monk Kidd – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">28.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Wednesday Wars</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> - Gary D. Schmidt – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">29.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>About Grace</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Anthony Doerr - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">30.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Secret Life of Bees, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Sue Monk Kidd – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">31.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The History of Love</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> – Done (2x)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Annie John</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Jamaica Kincaide<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>– Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">33.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Ordinary People </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Judith Guest– Done 2x</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">34.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>A Tale for the Time Being- </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Ruth Ozeki – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">35.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Okay for Now (YA), </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Gary D. Schmidt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>– Done (2x) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><i>36.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span></i><i>The Descendants </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Kali Hemmings – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">37.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Siddartha </i><span style="font-style: normal;">– Done</span><i>(2x)</i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">38.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Countryman of Bones </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Robert Olen Butler</span><i> - </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">39.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Anna Karenina </i>by Leo Tolstoy <span style="font-style: normal;">– </span>Done</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">40.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Rules of Inheritance</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Claire Bidwell Smith - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">41.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>We Live in Water</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Jess Walter – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">42.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Breath, Eyes, Memory</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Edwidge Danticat - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">43.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>10^th of December, George Saunders -</i> Done</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">44.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Tinkers </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Paul Harding</span><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">- </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Done</span><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">45.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Thunderstruck</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Elizabeth McCracken (shorts) – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">46.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Too Much Happiness</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Alice Munro (shorts) – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><i>47.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span></i><i>Little Women </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Louisa May Alcott </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">– </span>Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">48.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo </i><span style="font-style: normal;">– </span>Done</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">49.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Behind the Scenes in the Museum </i>by Kate Atkinson<i> - </i>Done</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">50.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Go Set the Watchman </i>by Harper Lee - Done<span style="font-style: normal;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">51.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>A Gesture Life</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>by Change Rae Lee - Done<br /><br /><b>GO READ!</b><br /><br /></div>

52 Weeks 52 Books

 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Cochin; panose-1:0 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 2 0; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:ArialMT; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:Arial; mso-font-charset:77; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:auto; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.st {mso-style-name:st;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:1452630534; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:-1158755384 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-tab-stop:31.5pt; mso-level-number-position:left; margin-left:31.5pt; text-indent:-.25in;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} </style><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.feistees.com/wp-content/up..." imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.feistees.com/wp-content/up..." height="267" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>From August to August, I set myself the challenge to read 52 books.  </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>With repeats, I made it to 57 and it wasn't that hard. </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Anna Karinina!  Now that was hard.  Otherwise, this was a wonderful year.  </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Here they are, in order of consumption:</i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Harper Lee – Done (2x)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>Illuminations</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, <span class="st">Mary Sharratt (On St. Hildegard)</span> – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>Snow Falling on Cedars</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, David Gutterson – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>A Thousand Acres</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Jane Smiley – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>Girl with the Pearl Earring</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Tracy Chevalier – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>Virgin Blue</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Tracy Chevalier – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Juliann Garvey - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>The Reader</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">     </span><i>Peace Like a River</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">10.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Look at Me</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Jennifer Egan</span><i> – </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Done</span><i> </i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">11.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Salvage the Bones, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Jesmyn Ward<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>- Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">12.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Lolita</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">13.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Language of Flowers, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Vanessa Diffenbaugh – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">14.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Jane Eyer</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Bronte – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">15.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Liar and Spy </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Rebecca Stead – Done (YA) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Kira-kira, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Cynthia Kadohata – Done (YA) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Three Times Lucky</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Sheila Turnage – Done (YA) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">18.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The End of the Affair</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Graham Green – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">19.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>All the Light We Cannot See</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Anthony Doerr – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">20.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>All the Light We Cannot See</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Anthony Doerr – Done again!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">21.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Persuasion,</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> Jane Austin – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">22.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Sense and Sensibility</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Jane Austin - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">23.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Wuthering Heights</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Bronte –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">24.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Life After Life</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> – Kate Atkinson – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">25.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Lady Chatterley’s Lover</i><span style="font-style: normal;">– D.H. Lawrence<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>- Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">26.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Great Gatsby –</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> F. Scott Fitzgerald – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">27.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Invention of Wings</i><span style="font-style: normal;">– Sue Monk Kidd – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">28.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Wednesday Wars</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> - Gary D. Schmidt – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">29.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>About Grace</i><span style="font-style: normal;">, Anthony Doerr - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">30.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Secret Life of Bees, </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Sue Monk Kidd – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">31.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The History of Love</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> – Done (2x)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Annie John</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Jamaica Kincaide<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>– Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">33.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Ordinary People </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Judith Guest– Done 2x</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">34.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>A Tale for the Time Being- </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Ruth Ozeki – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">35.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Okay for Now (YA), </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Gary D. Schmidt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>– Done (2x) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><i>36.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span></i><i>The Descendants </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Kali Hemmings – Done </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">37.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Siddartha </i><span style="font-style: normal;">– Done</span><i>(2x)</i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">38.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Countryman of Bones </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Robert Olen Butler</span><i> - </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">39.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Anna Karenina (Done)</i><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">40.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Rules of Inheritance</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Claire Bidwell Smith - Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">41.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>We Live in Water</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Jess Walter – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">42.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Breath, Eyes, Memory</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Edwidge Danticat (done)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">43.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>10^th of December, George Saunders -</i> Done</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">44.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Tinkers </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Paul Harding</span><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">- </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Done</span><i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">45.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Boy, Snow, Bird </i><span style="font-style: normal;">by Helen Oyeyemi (reading)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">46.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Thunderstruck</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Elizabeth McCracken (shorts) – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-indent: -.25in;">47.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Too Much Happiness</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Alice Munro (shorts) – Done</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;"><i>48.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span></i><i>Little Women </i><span style="font-style: normal;">Louisa May Alcott (Done)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">49.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>(Reading)</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">50.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span>Kate Atkinson <i>Behind the Scenes in the Museum - </i>Done</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">51.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>Go Set the Watchman </i>by Harper Lee - Done<span style="font-style: normal;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 31.5pt; text-autospace: none; text-indent: -.25in;">52.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">  </span><i>A Gesture Life</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>by Change Rae Lee - Done</div>

Thursday AM Bones of Storytelling

You gave so much great information! Your input gave solid insight into how to build a good story. I especially liked structure. Your W diagram showed me very clearly how it's done.  ~ Barbara

Fall registration is open now.  A new term begins new term Thurs, Sept 17 at 11 a.m.  Click here to sign up.   

My goal is to teach concept, theme, plot, structure, character and setting AND, for you to walk away with a plan for writing a solid first & second draft.  Everyone who takes this class loves it. 
  

FALL PROGRAM OUTLINE 

Sept. 17, Class 1:  Concept & Theme 

Handouts:  Concept and Theme
                    Butler Dreamstorming

NOTE:  You must wait for handouts to download from Dropbox, then click OPEN on far right corner for PDF., or printing will not work.  

Sept. 24, Class 2:  Plot

Handouts:  Seven Basic Plots
NOTE:  You must wait for handouts to download from Dropbox, then click OPEN on far right corner for PDF., or printing will not work. 

Oct. 1, Class 3:  Structure & W  
Handouts: W & Structure (email)


Oct. 8, Class 4:  Setting and Character 
Handouts:  Booker on Character
                    Brooks on Character
                    McKee on Character

Booker on Character  Pg. 241 - 275 & Chap. 18
Brooks on Character  Pg. 61-85 & 106-115
McKee on Character  Pg. 144 - 159

Oct. 15, Class 5:  Setting/The Antagonist

Handouts (links sent via email):   McKee Chap. 14 on Antagonist
                                                         Setting Sketch Sheet
                                                         McKee on Setting and Structure

Oct. 22-Nov. 19, Class 6-10:  Advanced Concepts as applied to your personal project  & presentations.  TBA



 

Craft of Writing (AM) Fall

The Craft of Writing Class (AM)  is an intermediate/advanced level course for the writer of memoir, fiction, short story and essay.

We read extraordinary published writing, and work on the elements of craft that include:




Scene development
Sensory immersion
Authentic voice development
Plot
Structure
Character development
Cultivation of the antagonistic forces that swirl within and without.

You will read your work aloud, you will create new work, and you will be supported in a kind, generous and warm atmosphere of professional courtesy.   You will leave this class informed and inspired!


Space fills fast!  Sign up now.  Click here. 


FALL TERM OUTLINE: 

Class 1: Sept. 15

Pre-reading: Critique Articles and 500 word essay samples.  
Intros, hellos, process of class, discussion of text.

Workshop Readers: TBA
This is a 1250 words total. Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring 16 copies please.  
 
Class 2: Sept. 22

Pre-reading: The Farm by Joanna Macy/Scene Handout

Workshop Readers: TBA
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring 16 copies please (copy service at corner next to New Seasons).

Class 3: Sept. 29

500 Word Essay Prompt:  One thing that reminds you of something else.  Reminders.

Pre-reading: Live Through This by Debra Gwartney (see web site below)

Workshop Readers: 
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 16 copies please.

Class 4: Oct. 6
Pre-reading: The Liar's Club by Mary Karr


Workshop Readers:
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring -- copies please. 


Class 5: Oct. 13

500 Word Essay Prompt:  The Mirror

Pre-reading: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Workshop Readers: 
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 16 copies please. 

Class 6:  Oct. 20
Pre-reading: The Breeze by Joshua Ferris

Workshop Readers: 
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 16 copies please.

Class 7: Oct. 27
500 Word Essay Prompt: Where are you?  The Eight Step Essay Revised
Pre-reading: Showing vs. Telling

Workshop Readers: TBA
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins.  Bring 16 copies please. 


Class 8: Nov. 3
Pre-reading: Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson

Workshop Readers: TBA
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 16 copies please. 

Class 9: Nov. 10

500 Word Essay Prompt: Loss and Gain


Pre-reading: Figment by Elizabeth McCracken

Workshop Readers: TBA
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 16 copies please.

Class 10: Nov. 17

Pre-reading: Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Workshop Readers: 
This is a 1250 word submission.  Double spaced, 12 point font, New Times Roman with one inch margins. Bring 16 copies please.






Cultivations of Kindness Meditation (for self acceptance): Click here

Aug. to Aug. 52 Books

 
This year, I set myself to the challenge to read 60 books and was able to read 52.  Here they are: 
1.     To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee – Done (2x)2.     Illuminations, Mary Sharratt (On St. Hildegard) – Done3.     Snow Falling on Cedars, David Gutterson – Done4.     A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley – Done 5.     Girl with the Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier – Done6.     Virgin Blue, Tracy Chevalier – Done7.     Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See, Juliann Garvey - Done8.     The Reader - Done9.     Peace Like a River - Done10.  Look at Me, Jennifer Egan – Done 11.  Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward  - Done12.  Lolita – Done13.  The Language of Flowers, Vanessa Diffenbaugh – Done14.  Jane Eyer, Bronte – Done15.  Liar and Spy Rebecca Stead – Done (YA) 16.  Kira-kira, Cynthia Kadohata – Done (YA) 17.  Three Times Lucky, Sheila Turnage – Done (YA) 18.  The End of the Affair, Graham Green – Done 19.  All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr – Done 20.  All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr – Done 21.  Persuasion, Jane Austin – Done22.  Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austin - Done23.  Wuthering Heights, Bronte –  Done 24.  Life After Life – Kate Atkinson – Done25.  Lady Chatterley’s Lover– D.H. Lawrence  - Done 26.  The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald – Done27.  The Invention of Wings– Sue Monk Kidd – Done28.  Wednesday Wars - Gary D. Schmidt – Done 29.  About Grace, Anthony Doerr - Done30.  The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd – Done31.  The History of Love – Done (2x)32.  Annie John by Jamaica Kincaide  – Done33.  Ordinary People by Judith Guest– Done 2x34.  A Tale for the Time Being- Ruth Ozeki – Done35.  Okay for Now (YA), Gary D. Schmidt  – Done (2x) 36.  The Descendants by Kali Hemmings – Done 37.  Siddartha – Done(2x)38.  Countryman of Bones by Robert Olen Butler - Done39.  Anna Karenina (Done)40.  Rules of Inheritance by Claire Bidwell Smith - Done41.  We Live in Water by Jess Walter – Done42.  Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (done)43.  10th of December, George Saunders (Done)44.  Tinkers by Paul Harding  (reading)45.  Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (reading)46.  Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken (shorts) – mid-way47.  Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro (shorts) – mid-way48.  Little Women Louisa May Alcott (Reading)49.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  (started…arg)50.  Kate Atkinson Behind the Scenes in the Museum (started)51.  Guided Tours of HellFrancine Prose (sample)52.  A Gesture Life  by Change Rae Lee (own)  END