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Redwood Writers Presents: Winter Workshops for Writers
Write through the Winter with these workshops for writers presented by the Redwood Writers branch of the CWC.

Short Plays, Big Impact with playwright, David Beckman
January 22, 10am-12:30pm

Beyond the Plot: Adding Depth with Imagery with authors, Ana Manwaring and Jeanne Miller
January 29, 10am-12:30pm

Writing for Young Readers (and More!) with acclaimed author, Lewis Buzbee
February 5, 10am-12:30pm

LOCATION: Petaluma Senior Center 211 Novak Drive, Petaluma, CA (707) 778-4399
COST: Single workshop: $25 for members, $30 for non-members
Series: $60 for members, $75 for non-members (After Jan. 1, 2011)
Redwood Writers MEMBERS ONLY: $55 for the series (if you register by January 1, 2011)

REGISTER BY MAIL: Send name, title of workshop(s) you will attend and check to:
Redwood Writers, PO Box 4687, Santa Rosa, 95402

For details visit: http://redwoodwriters.org/events-and-activities/workshops/

Short Plays, Big Impact
Interested in learning how to write a 10-Minute Play? Playwright, David Beckman, will give you the tools for writing a 10-Minute Play, with focus on a play’s setting and characters, and the essential dramatic element -- conflict. Bring (if you wish) two pages of a play you want to work on, and we’ll discuss as many pieces as time allows.

David Beckman, playwright moved to Sonoma County from New York City in 2003. His play, Becoming Walt Whitman, ran for three weeks last October to full houses, and excellent reviews, at Santa Rosa’s Sixth Street Playhouse.

Beyond the Plot: Adding Depth with Imagery
Explore ways to enliven your work with sensory detail and literary devices in Beyond the Plot: Adding Depth with Imagery, with Ana Manwaring and Jeanne Miller. Discover the thrill of purposeful revision. *Bring a short piece (about a page) of in-progress writing in any genre.

Ana Manwaring writes, edits, teaches and connects writers with writers in Wine Country, California. She is a member of JAM, a manuscript consultation group. anamanwaring.com

Jeanne Miller is the author of three novels, including On the Brink of Nora. She writes and teaches in Northern California. She is also a member of JAM. jcmillerwriter.com

Writing for Young Readers (and More!)
If you’ve ever considered writing in the middle grade or YA genres, this workshop with acclaimed author, Lewis Buzbee, is for you. Even if you don’t write for younger readers, come to learn how to start, structure, and finish your novel, and generally flex your fiction muscles with an accomplished USF professor of Creative Writing.
Lewis Buzbee is the author of Fliegelman’s Desire, After the Gold Rush, and The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop. Steinbeck’s Ghost, his first novel for younger readers, was selected as the California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award, a Smithsonian Notable Book, a Northern California Book Award nominee, and the Northern California Independent Booksellers Children’s Book of the Year. His second middle grade novel, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, has just been published. A former bookseller and publisher, he now teaches in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco.

About Redwood Writers:
Redwood Writers has grown to become the largest of eighteen branches of the California Writers Club, founded in 1909. Early members included Jack London, George Sterling, John Muir, Joaquin Miller and the first California poet laureate, Ina Coolbrith. Redwood Writers, catering to writers in Sonoma County and beyond, celebrates its 35th Anniversary during its 2010 - 2011 fiscal year. Its motto is "writers helping writers."

Additional contact information:
http://www.redwoodwriters.org
Redwood Writers, P.O. Box 4687, Santa Rosa, CA 95402

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