NewViews of Old Stories

One Opening

First Workshop: Sunday, Sept. 22nd

from 3-to-5 p.m. in my backyard.

We will examine the opening paragraphs by Cheryl Strayed, Vladimir Nabokov, and the first stanza of "Song of Myself” by

Walt Whitman. We’ll discuss what makes the work zing— then write our own openings.

Second Workshop: Sunday, Sept. 29th

from 3-to-5 p.m

We dig into details with examples from Jack Kerouac, Thomas Wolfe, Liz Phair, and Marcel Proust, then write a sense-memory piece.

Third Workshop Sunday, Oct. 6th

from 3-to-5 p.m

We'll look at the final paragraphs from Cheryl Strayed, Jack Kerouac, and Walt Whitman's work. Then we will write

a succinct summary of our own conclusion.

Say So Long

Middling Details

Memoir Workshop

For this writer's workshop, bring a story you want to tell or an idea for a narrative poem. It could be something you want to develop or already in progress. With an intimate group of five supportive writers, we will explore new ways to shape your creative nonfiction, fiction, or poem. Each 2-hour session will include equal parts reading, writing, and discussion. We'll read and analyze selections from great examples of literature. We will write from prompts and share our insights and suggestions.

Three 2 hr. sessions from 3-to-5 p.m.

Choose one, two, or all three sessions

on Sundays, Sept. 22nd, 29th & Oct. 6th

in Longmont, Colorado

Bring a journal, laptop, phone, fountain pen—

whatever you like to write with or scribble on.

Call, text, or email Tree—720-899-6604

—treebernstein@gmail.com to sign-up.

Limited to 5 writers each session.

Writer's

Workshop

Sunday afternoons

in the fall

Sept. 22nd 29th & Oct. 6th

3-to-5 p.m.