"Once" A one - day workshop with Julia Shipley

Saturday, August 2, 2014, 9-1pm OR

Saturday, September 20, 2014, 9-1pm
Have you ever caught yourself beginning to recount an incredible memory, "Once, I was......" and then interrupted yourself, "You know, I really ought to write this down someday."?
River Arts is offering a one day "writing life stories" workshop designed to help anyone, from the novice to the New York Times columnist, hone, write and deliver a story. Arrive with a few stories you've been ordered to commit to paper by enthusiastic family members or arrive with no ideas at all, and only a vague notion that someday you might like to try to write. The first half of the workshop will involve discovering and drafting your story. The second half will involve polishing and developing your piece. You'll leave with a vital piece of writing plus inspiration and techniques to continue capturing your memorable stories on paper!

Instructor bio: Julia Shipley has been offering creative writing classes at River Arts for eight years. She's the co- founder of a micro-press, Chickadee Chaps and Broads and host of the Craftsbury Writer's Retreat. Her most recent books include a prose collection, Adam's Mark: Writing From the Ox-House published by Plowboy Press and a poetry chapbook First Do No Harm published by Honeybee Press. A contributing editor to Yankee Magazine and author of their "Vermont Rural Life" Blog, her articles, essays and poems have also appeared or are forthcoming in American Forests, Green Mountains Review, North American Review, Northern Woodlands, Orion Magazine, Poetry, Seven Days, Taproot and Vermont Life. Her website is www.writingonthefarm.com.

Free
Pre-registration required!
Call 888-1261, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9-4pm, Thursdays 9-2pm