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Come jumpstart your writing. Whether you journal or write fiction, poetry, memoir or essays, you'll get tips, tricks and strategies that help you keep the ideas flowing.
Every writer begins by staring into the same blank page. Together we will fill it:
Throughout our time together we'll engage in group writing, share excerpts of our work and discuss strategies to keep our pens moving in class and out.
How do you make sure the well spring doesn't run dry? What are some good habits of great writers? Are there tricks writers use to stay motivated day after day? (Flaubert kept his lover's slippers and mittens in his desk drawer. Nabokov wrote on index cards, at a lectern, in his socks!) How do you identify the seed of a good idea and cultivate it into the core of a story, the start of a poem, or the heart of a memoir?
We'll also make writing plans, set goals and work to keep them, all while balancing the pleasures of new work with the revelations of revision.
Expect to generate new material, get tips on staying motivated, and learn innovative approaches to notebook entries. You'll leave with a full bag of tricks to help you continue to revitalize your writing long after the workshop ends.
"Angela, you bring such passion and interest and enthusiasm to the class (that) it is inspiring and contagious! Thank you! I wish this class was ongoing. I would love to attend this class 52 weeks a year." – Jennifer Woods, Belleville, WI
"Angela Rydell is a gifted teacher... She shares her enthusiasm and knowledge openly and honestly." – Marie Tonnon, Green Bay, WI
"I liked how organized Angela is, both in her presentations and in her handouts." – Chickee Atalla, Madison, WI
"To call Angela a teacher is not quite right. She did not teach us. She drew out of each of us the possibilities we had, which might have been dormant or simply unrecognized. Also, in class discussions and mutual critiques, she made us open each other's eyes to possible new ways of relating to the poems we had presented." – Daniel Kunene, Madison, WI
"Well-planned by Angela... A really creative atmosphere!" – Kathleen Phillips, Waukesha, WI
"I really enjoyed... critiquing and being critiqued. The exercises pushed me to try new things." – Stephen Petro, Madison, WI
"Angela's teaching is clear and exact and inspring!" – Joan Neibauer
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mail: Print and mail the UW Continuing Studies registration
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Secure online registration is available for this program.
The Department of Liberal Studies & the Arts is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies. The units within Continuing Studies provide continuing education programs for lifelong learners, from precollege to seniors, as well as counseling services for adult learners. You will find the UW-Madison Continuing Studies home page at http://www.dcs.wisc.edu, or browse the Web site using the navigational links below.
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File last updated: July 11, 2009
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