Instructor: Anne Randolph
Maximum Enrollment: 10
Class Term: 07/18/2022 - 08/08/2022
Tuition/Fees
SCN Member: $120
Non-Member: $160
Class synopsis
By actually writing, writers will identify their writing values and identify the driving force that leads their character's decisions and actions. Writers will define their character's desires and needs to intensity their storytelling.Class description
WRITE HOT! Learn techniques that define what drives character's intentions and desires. In this workshop writers will find their personal ‘hot’ button, energize their authentic voice and discover what drives their characters.
Be authentic! Write authentic! Ignite your writing from your core!
In this interactive workshop, participants write and share their stories. identify one word that drives their writing. Through writing, participants will intensify their character's drive, desire and wants.
Class goals
By actually writing, writers will identify their writing values and identify the driving force that leads their character's decisions and actions. Writers will define their character's desires and needs to intensity their storytelling.
Class communication method
Using examples from poetry using handouts and chat room Q and A. By actually writing, participants will identify their writing values and identify the driving force that leads their character's decisions and actions. Writers will define their character's desires and needs to intensity their storytelling. Zoom meetings will be 10-12 Mountain time (11 - 1 Central) on Mon July 18, 24,31, Aug 1.Class outline
4 WEEK SESSION for WRITE HOT! with Anne Randolph
Week 1: Introductions, Class members tell “Something few people know about them” They then write about this reveal and share by reading content aloud. All comments are to be positive based.
Week 2: A poem introduces and closes each class. Students write for 15 minute period drawing inspiration from the poem.Class members read aloud assigned material they have written. Participants make comments on what they have head. All comments are positive based. Assignments are made for the next class.
Week 3: A poem introduces and closes each class. Students write for 15 minute period drawing inspiration from the poem. Class members read aloud assigned material they have written. Participants make comments on what they have head. All comments are positive based. Assignments are made for the next class.
Week 4: Students make a list and then discuss skills they have learned through this workshop. A new poem introduces and closes this class. Students write for 15 minutes about what they have learned from each other. Class members read aloud what they have written. Participants make comments on what they have learned and make suggestions of other skills they would like to learn. All comments are positive based.
Class time commitment
2 hour workshop for 4 weeks + 1 hour of outside writing a weekInstructor bio
After work as director of three opera companies and the Colorado Symphony, Anne Randolph leads www.KitchenTableWriting.com workshops in Denver and at conferences including RMFW Colorado Gold, Poetry West and the Screenwriters Conference in Santa Fe. She was the first Fulcrum Publishing Fellow, has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and has an MA and MFA in Literature and Theater. Her memoir collection STORIES GATHERED AT THE KITCHEN TABLE is available on Amazon and at www.KitchenTableWriting.com.
