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SUMMARY:Creating Scenes that Move the Story with Desiree Kannel
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Dec 2\, 10am-2:30pm CST (with 30-minute lunch)\, Hybrid (via Zoom and in-person at Gemini Ink)\nInstructor: Desiree Kannel\nNonmember: $105; Member: $90; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nGreat novels and short stories use scenes to gain momentum\, escalate conflict\, and reveal character. But how do writers decide which scenes push the action forward and which ones stagnate the story with unnecessary details? \nIn this 4-hour workshop\, writers will analyze scenes from their own work and learn how to decide what to cut and what to revise. We will discuss scene structure\, effective transitions\, and how to let character motivation drive the plot instead of the author’s agenda. Writers will leave with a better sense of what may be missing from their work in progress and tips on how to move forward. \nThis workshop will include exercises on dialogue and setting. Each student will be asked to bring a scene from their own work to be revised in class. \nThis course is open to fiction writers of all skill levels\, 18+. Writers who have written the first draft are encouraged to attend. \nYou will leave this workshop with: \n\nA new approach to scene writing with purpose and movement\nIdeas of what details can be cut and what to keep for revision\nKnowledge of how to transition in and out of a scene\nAn edited piece of previously written work\n\nRead Desiree’s Writer’s Desk Q&A!\n\nDesiree Kannel is a writer and teacher from Southern California. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University\, Los Angeles\, and a post-grad certificate in Rhetoric & Composition from California State University Dominguez Hills. Desiree’s fiction has appeared in the Running Wild Anthology of Short Stories (2019)\, Fourth & Sycamore\, and others. Her novel\, Lucky John (2020)\, was a finalist in the African American Fiction category in the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Her second novel\, The Delany Bennets\, was published in October 2023. Desiree leads creative writing workshops online and locally and is a Gemini Ink teaching artist.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/creating-scenes-that-move-the-story/
LOCATION:Texas
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Exploring Your Cultural Inheritance through Poetry with Ebony Stewart
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 16\, 10am-1pm CST\, via Zoom\nInstructor: Ebony Stewart\nNonmember: $100; Member: $85; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nWhen we think of cultural inheritance\, we often think of language\, music\, food\, holidays\, and maybe even sports. But what about the way a culture approaches central concepts like race\, religion\, patriotism\, literacy\, and integrity?  \nIn this workshop\, we will explore the idea of our own unique heritage as a museum of poetic artifacts\, reflect on spoken word pieces\, and generate writing. In the discussion portion\, we will explore the concrete and intangible elements of culture\, any logical or illogical fears these may evoke\, and the impact of that. We will study how “Hairitage\,” “Fear\,” and Nina Simone’s “Four Women” depict culture and use literary devices to create memorable pieces. We will use all of our explorations of culture and fear to create new poems that use some of the literary techniques covered.  \nParticipants can expect a safe workshop space where they can take risks\, be vulnerable\, and give and receive feedback for future revisions. \nThis course is open to writers of all skill levels\, 18+.  \nStudents will leave this workshop with: \n\nA deeper understanding of your own culture\nKnowledge of literary devices\nOne complete poem that captures your cultural inheritance\n\n\n \nEbony Stewart is a poet\, writer\, and performance artist. Her work speaks to the Black experience\, with emphasis on gender\, sexuality\, womanhood\, queer-positivity\, and race\, with the hopes to remove shame\, heal minds\, encourage dialogue\, and inspire folks in marginalized communities. Ebony is a respected coach & mentor\, one of the top touring poets in the country\, and the 2017 Woman of the World Poetry Slam Champion. She has performed in 48 states\, at over 200 colleges and universities across the country\, as well as featured internationally in Canada\, Australia\, and Ghana. She is the author of BloodFresh\, Home.Girl.Hood.\, and Love Letters to Balled Fists. Her work has been featured in Button Poetry\, AfroPunk\, For Harriet\,  Teen Vogue\, The Texas Observer\, plus countless others. \nLearn more about Ebony at her Writer’s Desk Q&A.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/exploring-your-cultural-inheritance-through-poetry/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mandy Lynn Lara":MAILTO:mllara@geminiink.org
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SUMMARY:Veterans' Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veterans’ Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invitation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n\nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.\n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2023-12-20/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Colby":MAILTO:veteranscollective@geminiink.org
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