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Online Fiction and Nonfiction Writing Youth CONTINUING EDUCATION CATALOG CLASS LISTINGSWritingBUSINESSContact: Kathy Berigan, kberigan@dcs.wisc.edu See additional subject listing at www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/writing Back to basics: grammar, punctuation, and writing reviewGood basic writing skills can help you be more successful in your job. This workshop is a refresher of standard English conventions that if used consistently are likely to produce clear communication. Instructor: Alice Honeywell Proofreading and copyeditingThis workshop teaches you how to eliminate embarrassing mistakes and achieve a polished writing style. Learn to mark errors with proofreaders’ symbols and to justify changes when working with writers. We also introduce the best reference tools for editing. Note: This is not a computer-based class. Instructor: Gerry Max Instructor: Gerry Max Workplace writingLearn some tips for improving your memos, manuals, and reports. In this workshop we look at 10 ways to improve your writing. We include a brief grammar review and discuss how to create flow, avoid faulty arguments and unnecessary bias, and win the reader’s approval. Instructor: Alice Honeywell Writing good sentences: editing for clarity and concisenessThis one-and-a-half-day workshop shows you how to write clear, efficient sentences that have good movement and flow. Find out how to create variety in sentence structure and eliminate unneeded words. Topics covered include dangling and misplaced modifiers, active and passive voice, editing, and punctuation. Instructor: Gerry Max Instructor: Gerry Max RELATED PROGRAMSFICTION AND NONFICTIONExcept as noted, contact the instructor for each course. See additional subject information www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/writing.
Christine DeSmet, cdesmet@dcs.wisc.edu, 608-262-3447 Laurel Yourke, lyourke@dcs.wisc.edu, 608-265-3972 Location: 626 Lowell Center, 610 Langdon St, Madison,
WI 53703; after April 13, 2009, 21 N. Park St., 7th floor, Madison, WI 53715-1218 NEW The mechanics of metaphor: tricks poets can teach every writerMetaphor isn’t just for poets! Whether you’re writing fiction, nonfiction, or poetry, a hard-working metaphor can reveal what we know but haven’t quite articulated. Something clicks—instantly. For example, one of Margaret Atwood’s characters says, “Time’s a trap, I’m caught in it.” In this half-day class we examine metaphor models and laugh over metaphorical disasters. Come to learn how to make metaphor work for you. Instructor: Laurel Yourke A weekend with your novelEvery fall you get an all-new set of pro-level workshops and exercises to help you start, finish, or polish your novel in a way that makes editors and agents take notice. Friday and Sunday: critique sessions; Saturday: choose from 10 workshops. Use this weekend to craft your pages for more power or to prepare for meeting agents at our Writer’s Institute in April. Instructors: Various ONLINEONLINE/ANYTIME Creative nonfiction: taking the next stepBring a professional writer and mentor into your home or office via e-mail to work with you through seven lessons: 1) Beginning someplace that matters. 2) Letting your characters speak for themselves. 3) Letting actions speak louder than words. 4) Creating thematic description. 5) Telling it with attitude. 6) Rendering abstractions in concrete terms. 7) Getting out of the way so your readers can experience your story. Instructor: Marshall J. Cook, mcook@dcs.wisc.edu ONLINE/ANYTIME The dialogue shopShop the "aisles" of this workshop for professional tools to power-up your dialogue. Topics include: six dialogue functions; 12 techniques to cure flat dialogue; monologues; creating memorable lines; "framing" and "echoing"; six ways to create subtext; private language, dialect, and more; dialogue and character tags; punctuation power. Both levels offer feedback; at Level 2 you polish several pro techniques. Instructor: Christine DeSmet, cdesmet@dcs.wisc.edu ONLINE/ANYTIME How to write compelling fictionBasic fee includes seven lessons and feedback on exercises covering beginnings, point-of-view, plot, dialogue, characterization, and more. Premium level includes detailed critique of an additional 2,000 words of your fiction. Instructor: Marshall J. Cook, mcook@dcs.wisc.edu ONLINE/ANYTIME How to write great feature articlesSeven units cover the seven basic kinds of features, discovering your slant, brilliant leads, personal profiles, columns, and how-to articles. Premium level includes instructor's critique of an extra 2,000-word article. Instructor: Marshall J. Cook, mcook@dcs.wisc.edu ONLINE/ANYTIME Poetry writing: getting to goodThis online poetry workshop first untangles, then interweaves the separate strands of poetry. Units cover sound: melody and music; tangibility: image and emotion; figures of speech: metaphor and meaning; language: compression and explosion; and theme: synthesis and synergy. The course offers analysis of poetry, strategies for revision, checklists, humorous and illustrative examples, a glossary of terms, Web links, interactive questions, and instructor critique. Instructor: Laurel Yourke, lyourke@dcs.wisc.edu ONLINE/ANYTIME Screenwriting: write your first draft fastPour a cup of java and let's make speed mesh with quality. We cover: making a script effective from the start, developing story structure, deepening characterization, enriching scenes, discovering the secrets of middles, finding endings. Level 1/ basic exercises plus feedback on your first 20 pages; Level 2/Be-A-Pro and Script Critique: feedback on all exercises and a critique of your finished draft. Instructor: Christine DeSmet, cdesmet@dcs.wisc.edu ONLINE/ANYTIME Take your characters to dinnerEmbark on a lively e-mail journey through the elements of fiction. Written assignments for each of the 12 units take beginning to advanced writers through character revelation, dialogue, plot, point of view, and setting, and on to your first story or beginning of a novel. The instructor, Laurel Yourke, gives professional feedback to your submissions. Text: Take Your Characters to Dinner by Laurel Yourke. Visit the course at www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/online/writing/fiction. Instructor: Laurel Yourke, lyourke@dcs.wisc.edu YOUTH PROGRAMS
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