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SUMMARY:How to Use Lists to Generate Endless Writing Ideas with Nathan Brown
DESCRIPTION:Saturdays\, July 1 & 8\, 10am-1pm CST\, Hybrid (in-person and online)\nInstructor: Nathan Brown\nNonmember: $140; Member: $120; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \n  \nMaster the art of the list and never get caught without something to write about! \n  \nMany writers\, from Dickens to Twain\, and Hemingway on up to Stephen King\, had (or have) a daily writing practice\, and many say this discipline was their ‘great teacher’ when it comes to the craft of writing. In this open genre workshop\, we will demystify the idea of “writer’s block\,” explore techniques to maintain a sustainable daily writing practice\, and discuss what works and doesn’t work for busy writers. This will be a generative workshop\, so you will leave this workshop with plenty of ideas.  \nThis course is open to adult writers of all genres and all skill levels.  \nStudents will leave this workshop with the following:  \n\nIdeas on how to use lists to generate material and organize it into “themes” \nGuidance on how to establish and maintain a daily writing practice \nTime management tips on scheduling “bite-sized” writing time and getting the work done\nWriting topics to explore and develop after the class\n\n\nNathan Brown is an author\, songwriter\, and award-winning poet living in Wimberley\, Texas. He holds a PhD in English and Journalism from the University of Oklahoma\, where he’s taught for over 20 years. He served as Poet Laureate for the State of Oklahoma in 2013-14\, and now travels full-time performing readings\, concerts\, workshops\, and speaking on creativity\, poetry\, and songwriting. \nNathan has published over 20 books. Most recent are his new collection of poems\, In the Days for Our Resilience\, the fourth in a series now known as the Pandemic Poems Project\, and a new travel memoir\, Just Another Honeymoon in France: A Vagabond at Large. A previous collection\, Karma Crisis: New and Selected Poems\, was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Oklahoma Book Award. \nHe’s written at least one poem a day for the last twenty-five years and says nothing has taught him more about writing. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink \nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/generate-endless-writing-ideas/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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SUMMARY:TELLING A STORY OF YOUR LIFE: A Personal Essay Workshop with Kendra Allen
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays\, July 6\, 13\, 20\, 27 & Aug 3\, 10\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, Hybrid: Via Zoom or in person.\nInstructor: Kendra Allen\nNonmember: $150; Member: $130; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \nClass Full\nTo add your name to the waiting list\, email joshua@geminiink.org. \n  \nIn the span of every life are countless moments\, stories\, and revelations. When writing a personal narrative\, how do writers select what will most speak their truth and resonate with readers?\n  \nIn this 6-week course\, we’ll focus on demystifying the personal narrative process by figuring out what’s a snapshot and what’s a story. Writing is hard\, and writing about yourself is sometimes even harder. Most times\, we typically assume we have to state our entire lives in one piece\, so even the thought of putting pen to page becomes intimidating. This workshop will explore how to pinpoint storylines within ourselves by simply leaning into who you naturally are\, how you naturally sound\, and what you naturally gravitate to\, as a writer. Through games\, prompts\, and other exercises\, we’ll focus on generating work every week\, searching for our many truths\, and coming out on the other side with sentences that start with words like “I” and “My.” This course is open to adult writers of all skill levels.   \nWorkshop participants will leave with the following: \n\nA starting point for a personal essay\nAn understanding of how to differentiate between a situation and a story\nTechniques for nurturing your voice on the page\nIdeas on how to create prompts for yourself to generate material\n\nRead Kendra’s Writer’s Desk here!\n\nAn award-winning essayist and poet\, Kendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas\, TX. She loves laughing\, leaving\, and writing Make Love in My Car\, a music column for Southwest Review. Some of her other work can be found in The Paris Review\, High Times\, The Rumpus\, and more. She’s the author of the New York Times lauded poetry collection The Collection Plate (Harper Collins 2022) and essay collection When You Learn the Alphabet\, which won the 2018 Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction. Fruit Punch (Ecco 2022)\, her memoir\, is out now and receiving praise from all corners. Jaquira Díaz\, author of Ordinary Girls\, states: “A stunning and original memoir about Black girlhood and coming of age. Allen is both a storyteller and poet\, observing the world with curiosity and humor. Fruit Punch is simultaneously brilliant cultural commentary and an intimate portrayal of family and community\, and it will stay with me for a long\, long time.” \n\nParking at Gemini Ink \nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/telling-a-story-of-your-life/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro St\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Online Workshop,Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Poetry of Food with Eddie Vega 
DESCRIPTION:Mondays\, July 10\, 17\, 24 & 31\, 2023\, 6:30-8:30pm CST\, in-person at Gemini Ink\nInstructor: Eddie Vega\nNonmember: $125; Member: $105; Student/Vet/Mil $75 \n*EARN CPE’S\nSCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. \n \n  \nFood is much more than sustenance–it’s family recipes\, friend-filled reunions\, and debates over who makes it best\, who made it right\, and why ketchup can’t be spread on tamales! Most importantly\, food is culture. This workshop will explore all of this and more as participants write about the dishes\, meals\, and snacks that have impacted their palate and their lives. \nIn this 4-session workshop\, we will dig up memories we associate with food\, and use these recollections to explore writing about the delectable in different poetic forms\, including haiku\, odes\, sonnets\, lists\, etc. Each session will include mentor texts and generative work. This course is open to adult writers of all skill levels.  \nStudents will leave this course with: \n\nSuggestions on how to capture the essence and meaning of food\nKnowledge of and experience with writing in different poetic forms \nUnderstanding of how personal history and culture influence how we perceive food\n\nRead Eddie’s Writer’s Desk here!\n\nEddie Vega is a poet\, spoken word artist\, storyteller\, and educator. His poetry has been displayed on VIA Buses and downtown San Antonio buildings. His first full-length collection of poetry\, Chicharra Chorus (FlowerSong Press) was published in 2019 and he is the 2021 recipient of the Literary Arts Grant from the Luminaria Artist Foundation. In 2022\, Vega won the Haiku Death Match at both the Southern Fried Poetry Slam and the NSFPS BlackBerry Peach Slam. His latest project is a collection of poems written by South Texas poets entitled\, Asina is How We Talk. Vega writes about food\, Tejano culture\, social justice\, and the intersections thereof. Known as the Taco-Poet of Texas\, he can be found nightly at an open-mic\, slam\, or taqueria anywhere throughout South Texas. \n\nParking at Gemini Ink \nGemini Ink offers free parking along the back wall of our downtown offices. Please access this parking lot from Augusta St and first park in any of the 12 spots along the back wall. Only when these 12 spots are full do we ask that you park elsewhere in our lot. We now rent our offices from UTSA and are collaborating with them to create a secure and accessible parking lot for our community of writers and readers.
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LOCATION:Texas
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