Category: Writers Workshops

Online Writers Workshop

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Flash Forward Anthology 2012Online Writers Workshop

Want the benefit of a weekly online writers workshop without the commute? Through this online writers workshop you can hone your skills with new techniques and fun writing exercises, then email what you’ve written (up to 1000 words per week) to instructor Evon Davis to receive some brief feedback and gentle constructive suggestions for improvement.

Structure and community are often missing in our writing lives, but there are ways to compensate.

Plotting a Novel

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The Bohemian Life CoverPlotting a Novel, Memoir, or Screenplay: The Structure That Holds It All Together

Mythic structure can be found in almost every myth worldwide from ancient times to modern-day blockbusters, like Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Avatar. This structure creates compelling stories and provides organization, giving you an essential tool for plotting a novel, memoir, or screenplay. Students will learn about the 12 stages of the hero’s journey and use those 12 stages to plot the main character’s journey. During class students will work with their own story ideas and turn them into functional outlines. Evon Davis has taught “Plotting a Novel” at Colorado Free University for over 8 years and has published a number of books, including The Bohemian Life and Pandora’s Box, a modern-day version of the myth.

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Memoir Writing

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In_the_Magic_Flow_largeYour Life in Print: Memoirs, Personal Essays, and Autobiographical Fiction

You have a story to tell and probably at least one book in you. Memoir writing is a valuable tool for understanding the meaning of your life, processing your experiences, and learning all that can be learned from them. It’s a way of turning profound moments into art and giving others the chance to learn and be moved by your life story. Learn what a memoir is and how to focus the themes and time-frames of your life in order to write a memoir. Learn the difference between writing a summary and describing a scene and how you can mix the two. Through discussion, reviewing sample memoir pieces, and in-class writing exercises, novelist and writing teacher Evon Davis will get you telling the story of your life.

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Plotting Your Novel, Memoir, or Screenplay

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The Bohemian Life CoverMythic structure can be found in almost every myth worldwide from ancient times to modern-day blockbusters, like Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Avatar. This structure creates compelling stories and provides organization, giving you an essential tool to complete a novel, memoir, or screenplay. Students will learn about the 12 stages of the hero’s journey and use those 12 stages to plot the main character’s journey. During class students will work with their own story ideas and turn them into functional outlines. Evon Davis has successfully published a number of books, including Pandora’s Box, a modern-day version of the myth.

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Create Scenes That Sizzle

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dream-scene15 Essential Elements of Scene Writing

A story is a conflict shown in scenes, meaning that the characters’ conflicts unfold in scenes rather than in summary. Every high point in a story must be played out in moment-by-moment real time action. The technique of slowing things down forces the stakes in a story ever higher. Most beginning writers make the mistake of “telling” what happens rather than “showing” it in a scene. By learning to break down each scene into its smallest parts, you can create a story that sizzles on the page. In class, read and discuss examples of scenes that incorporate the 15 elements. Practice writing several scenes yourself, and read them aloud for feedback. Leave with an understanding of the difference between a scene and summary, why scene writing is the best kind of writing, what the elements of scene writing are, and how to use them. Evon Davis is the author of Pandora’s Box and The Bohemian Life.

Code: 1978H
Dates: October 26, 2013 Click here to register
Meets: One Sat., 1:30-4:30PM 10/26
Location: CFU LOWRY: Near 1st & Quebec
Fee: $51
You could save $12.00 on this course by becoming a member of CFU Membership
Notes: $20 optional materials fee payable in class