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IMPROV Workshop
Saturday, February 6 | 10:00a
Authoring Action, 624 West 6th St., Winston Salem 27101
Looking for a new idea for a writing project?
Stuck with a scene that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere?
Frustrated when dialogue isn’t working?
Getting together with other writers and trying out some improv techniques can help move your writing forward—whether the genre is script, fiction, or even creative non-fiction. Join other writers in discovering a new creative process in a Winston-Salem Writers’ workshop led by Grace Winn Ellis on Saturday, February 6 at 10:00 AM the offices of Authoring Action.
Grace Ellis, who studied playwriting at Hunter College, has used these techniques more than a dozen times to help groups of teenagers, community college students, and adults tell their stories. For more information go to http://gracewinnellis.com/2016/01/18/improv-workshop/
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Red Slipper Fringe Festival coming this month!
February
Julie Kolischak will read her poem, ‘The Bread, The Butter, The Blood’ on Friday, Feb. 19th at 7:00 p.m. Grace Ellis will be a reader with Julie. Click HERE for more information.
Grace Ellis’ play, 'I'll Sing On: Jane Gentry and the Songcatcher,' will be performed at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26th. For more information click HERE.
Find out about the festival, view the artists and the full schedule HERE.
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Open Mic Night
Wednesday, February 18 at 7:00
Come share your writing at our popular Open Mic event. See complete rules on our website, the primary one being: 5-minute maximum.
Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts
251 Spruce St. North
Winston-Salem
FREE
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The Creative Experience
Thursday, February 25 from 7-9pm
Cost: $30 members/$35 non-members
Creativity arises from our own experience. By deepening our attention, we expand our experience and enhance our creativity. In this workshop we’ll use exercises and prompts to explore our senses and memory as a way of focusing creative energy. Opening ourselves to our own creative experience changes the world, one person at a time. Workshop will be lead by Steve Mitchell and Carol Roan.
Register at www.wswriters.org
Registration deadline February 20
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Flying South 2016- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Contest
Deadline: May 31, 2016
$2000 in prizes. From March 1 to May 31, Flying South 2016, a publication of Winston Salem Writers, will be accepting entries for prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Best in Category winners will be published and receive $500 each. One of the three winners will receive The WSW President's Favorite award and win an additional $500. All entries will be considered for publication. For full details, please visit our website:www.wswriters.org.
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Writers Night Out
February 26, 2016 | 6:30-10:00p
Join us for a fine night of writing and friendship.
Location: the home of Barbra Mellin
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Curious About Library Publishing? So Are We.
Workshop: March 1st, 2016 | 7-8p
Hanes Conference Room at Milton Rhodes Art Center, 209 Spruce St., WS.
William P. Kane is the Director of Digital Publishing at Wake Forest University, and the creator of its new imprint, Library Partners Press. The idea behind Library Partners Press is to publish quality books (of any length and size, in multiple formats) created by library patrons and friends, for the purpose of collecting and delivering that content back to library users everywhere. LPP will routinely select and publish the best book proposals, and render the content library-preserved and library-protected.
For more information: http://librarypartnerspress.org/ and http://digitalpublishing.wfu.edu/
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The Real Difference Between Showing and Telling
Workshop: March 12th, 2016 | 1-3p
Milton Rhodes Art Center, 209 Spruce St., WS.
Saturday, March 12, Winston Salem Writers will sponsor author, editor and educator Chris Roerden “The Real Difference Between Showing and Telling, and How To Make It Work in Your Writing.” The workshop will be held from 1-3 PM at the Milton Rhodes Arts Center. Cost is $10 for members, $15 non members. To register go to wswriters.org/workshops.
Chris Roerden has edited authors published by St. Martin’s, Tor-Forge, Berkley Prime Crime, Harlequin, Viking, Midnight Ink, and others over a 50-year career. She wrote 11 books, including two to help writers get published: Don’t Murder Your Mystery (Agatha Award) and its all-genre clone Don’t Sabotage Your Submission (Benjamin Franklin Award).
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