Each workshop is approx. three hours long, limited to 15 participants and costs $25 a person. Pre-registration is necessary for workshops, but not general sessions which are FREE. The 2011 Workshops Brenda Lunsford Lilly (playwriting)
Can my play be set on Mars? Creating Memorable Characters and Character Arcs WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Just like a house furnished with cardboard tables and chairs, a plot filled with one dimensional characters will seem hollow and uninteresting. So, how do you create interesting characters that make your story ring true and make your play entertaining? In this workshop we will explore exercises and techniques to enhance your creation of characters and bring them vividly to life. This workshop will help the playwright develop accurate character arcs within the story, streamline the number of characters needed to tell the story and allow the characters to naturally inform the story. The importance of dialogue will be discussed, as well, and exercises to enhance this important element of playwriting be discussed. Michael Kline (artists working on artists' statements)
What Words May Come: Visual Artists Writing About Art WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Have you ever been completely stuck when asked to write an artist statement, a description for websites, information on exhibitions, philosophy of art/creation and/or articles for art publications? Does the thought of blogging leave you frozen? This workshop is designed to use creativity models that will help you connect your ideas and art to words. Come with issues in hand and we’ll explore various creativity models to help you in your writing. You will produce takeaways that you can continue to build on as you move forward. This will be a spirited interactive workshop that draws on a variety of techniques to get words flowing.Kevin McIlvoy (prose poetry)
Prose Poetry: What's Going On Inside Those Boxes WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Just what is a prose poem? And isn’t it a contradiction in terms? We will explore the way prose poems overturn expectations of poetry simply by virtue of their appearance. Lacking the lovely curvature of lined verse, they seem like boxy, ordinary, blunt, pedestrian objects. But in fact, prose poems fulfill poetic expectations through the use of techniques common to all poetry—compression, fragmentation, figurative language, repetition, rhyme. In this workshop, participants will create prose poems that are textual equivalents of snapshots and postcards, those tiny, square-ish items that are dense packages of memory. Pre-registration is required ONLY for those events with a fee, and/or limited attendance. General sessions are free and no advance registration is necessary. You may register for events via PayPal on the website, or you may send this form with your check to the address shown below. Tickets for paid events can be picked up at the registration desk in the lobby of the Burnsville Town Center during the Festival. Registration fees are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, your fee will be considered a donation to the Literary Festival. |
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