Nonfiction Saturday: Writing Stories from Life

NOTE: This workshop is fully enrolled. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please contact Jill Darling at darlingj@lamar.colostate.edu.

Please join us for our first day-long discussion of writing. Nonfiction Saturday: Writing Stories from Life provides two workshops led by award-winning writing teacher and nonfiction writer John Calderazzo, a catered lunch, and a reading by Veronica Patterson.

Saturday, June 22, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn University Park, 425 West Prospect Road

Morning Workshop: Writing Stories from Your Own Life

Topics include:

Taking the plunge into deep memory.
Why your personal stories really ARE important.
How to writie about family and friends without having them disown you.
Start-up exercises on memoir and the personal essay.

Lunch: Reading by and talk with personal essayist Veronica Patterson.

Afternoon Workshop: Writing Stories from the Lives of Others

Topics include:

How to get started on less-personal essays and literary journalism.
Writing nonfiction using the techniques of the fiction writer, the language and "leaping" abilities of the poet, and the reportage of the journalist.
How to recognize the wonderful stories that are swirling around you all the time.

Email: John.Calderazzo@Colostate.edu
Enrollment Limit: 18