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EVENT
Seminars on Reading and Writing: Day II

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Courtesy of Ford Fellow Piers Gelly ’13, the tall and compelling:

John Cheever wrote, “A good page of prose remains invincible.” Interested in attaining such invincibility? Come discuss your creative and academic writing in a pair of seminars with the Writing Programs’ Graduate Fellows and undergrad tutors.

4:30 p.m. — How to tear apart your paper, with Ford Fellow Savannah Whiting ’13

Drop by for some guidelines for editing efficiently and turning your draft into a great final piece.

6:00 p.m. — How to read and write a sentence, with Taylor Steele ’14

We will look at selections from great writers—David Foster Wallace, Joan Didion, and Virginia Woolf—and consider what makes their voices so beguiling.

Drop by for one or both workshops. Refreshments both sweet and savory will be provided.

Date: Tuesday, October 29
Time: 4:30 PM; 6:00 PM
Place: Downey 113

EVENT
Seminars on Reading and Writing: Day I

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Courtesy of Ford Fellow Piers Gelly ’13, the esteemed and forever venerable:

John Cheever wrote, “A good page of prose remains invincible.” Interested in attaining such invincibility? Come discuss your creative and academic writing in a pair of seminars with the Writing Programs’ Graduate Fellows and undergrad tutors.

4:30 p.m. — How George Orwell can improve your writing, with Ford Fellow Piers Gelly

Come discuss George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language” and its implications for your own prose style.

6:00 p.m. — How to read like a college senior, with Rosy Capron ’14

What questions should you ask of a text when you’re writing a paper about it? We will discuss two examples: a piece of humor writing and a difficult academic text.

Drop by for one or both workshops. Refreshments both sweet and savory will be provided.

Date: Monday, October 28
Time: 4:30 PM, 6:00 PM
Place: Downey 113
Cost: Only your ignorance

Re-Opening of The Writing Workshop

Credit: Bill Waterson

Writing is hard. Sometimes we maek mistakes. Were human.

But fear not! Ford Fellow Piers Gelly ’13 has just the solution:

We’re excited to announce that the Writing Workshop will officially re-open its doors this Sunday, September 8th!

The Writing Workshop provides trained undergraduate writing tutors who will help you with any and all aspects of writing, from brainstorming theses to reorganizing body paragraphs to figuring out which prompt to answer. One-on-one appointment slots last 45 minutes (though you do not have to use the whole time period). Our schedule for the semester is as follows:

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EVENT
Blogability with Lily and Katherine

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From Lily Mandlin ’10:

You don’t have to be a writer to be a blogger.

Join Katherine Bascom ’10 and Lily Mandlin ’10 for a workshop that will focus on how to be successful online contributors or blog entrepreneurs. Blogging is becoming an integral part of how we communicate. The informal setting of this workshop will allow you to talk about topics that you might want to blog about, concerns you may have about getting started, and to figure out what kind of blogger you want to be. Activities will be discussion-based with a few selections of interesting blogs to get the conversation going.

Home-baked brownies will be in attendance, and you should be, too! This is a project from the Ford Fellows Seminar for Writing Workshop Vets.

  • Date: Monday, November 23
  • Time: 8:00 p.m.
  • Place: Shapiro Center Lounge

Learn to Write Saucy Stories

Saucy Stories: The Art of Desire with Jamie Cat Callan

Join teaching artist Jamie Cat Callan in a one-day course tailormade for beginning as well as advanced writers who want to explore a variety of techniques for writing erotic fiction. Seats are limited, so register soon!

From the description:

“Writing a sexy story is a lot like a strip tease. You have to slowly undress the narrative, take your time, add all the details, use your senses, let the narrative flow into a strong dramatic arc and push the plot to finish with a strong climactic moment that reverberates in the readers mind and heart”

Loins sounds more accurate than heart, but no matter. What a skill to possess!

When: Saturday, February 7th, 1:00-4:00 PM
Where: Green Street Arts Center
Cost: $70 ($60 members)

www.greenstreetartscenter.org