“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Writers’ Studio dedicates itself to offering classes, inspiration, and the support of community so that your story will not go untold.
We have designed a curriculum around four types of offerings: Writing Essentials classes, an Author Series, a Production Series, and Roundtables, Forums, or Salons.
Writing Essentials will be offered each month and include topics critical to mastering the craft or business of writing. Upcoming Writing Essentials classes include the following:
Mastering the Craft
- Finding Poems Everywhere with Holly Hughes
- Planning, Creating, and Setting Up a Blog with Rodika Tollefson (Part I)
- Planning, Creating, and Setting Up a Blog with Rodika Tollefson (Part II)
- Walk and Write at Bloedel with Holly Hughes
- Writing Children’s Picture Books with Jennifer Mann
- Tools for a Life in Art with Pricilla Long
- Poetry: Text and Image with Shin Yu Pai
- Teen Class–College Essay Bootcamp with Pam Shor–Youth Class
- A Novel in Four Months with Teri Smith
- Writing an Artist’s Statement with Dinah Satterwhite
- Teen Class–The Art of Journal Writing with Emily Chamberlain–Youth Class
- Your Life Is a Story: The Art of Memoir with William Kenower
- The Stakes Must Be Death: Fueling the Emotional Core of Your Story with Maureen McQuerry
- What’s That You Say? Writing Effective Dialog in Fiction with Warren Read
- Young Adult Fiction and Its Conventions with Jennifer Longo
- “Mini” Conference: How Do I Plot Thee? Let Me Count the Ways
Business of Writing
- The Art and Craft of the Query with Julie Christine Johnson
- Formatting Your Book with H.M. Jones
- Mastering the Verbal Pitch, the Hook, and the Synopsis with Beth Jusino
- The Art and Craft of the Query: Part 2 “Workshop” Your Query with Julie Christine Johnson
- The Art and Craft of the Query: Part 2 “Workshop” Your Query with Julie Christine Johnson
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The Writers’ Studio at BARN will also present special events and an Authors Series. An exciting Authors Series recently held was Fiction Writing with Robert Dugoni, a class taught by the bestselling writer of thriller novels, such as the Detective Tracy Crosswhite books.
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In our Production Series, you can expect to complete a project during the class. In 2018, two of the Production Series classes will be Finding Poems Everywhere with Holly Hughes and A Novel in Four Months with Teri Smith.
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Writers’ Roundtables, Forums, or Salons will take place on the fourth Thursday of each month from 7:00 – 8:30 pm and are free for members. Non-members pay a $5 fee. Note date changes in November. Please click the link on the left for Roundtables, Forums, and Salons. You will see dates and an explanation of each. Click on the calendar for a specific monthly topic and to register.
October Roundtable–Travel Writing
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Members may use Time2Write as a quiet writing time in the studio or use the room anytime a class, event, or meeting is not scheduled. Consult the Full Studio Calendar for open times.
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If you are a new member of BARN or an existing member and you want to be involved in the Writers’ Studio, what do you do next?
1. Please register for and attend one of the Welcome to the BARN Writers’ Studio sessions listed on the calendar. Your attendance will grant you fob access to our studio.
2. Attend our classes, workshops, and events at a discounted rate.
3. Register for and attend a Roundtable, Salon, or Forum for free where you will meet other writers.
4. Use the studio for your personal writing whenever classes, events, groups, or meetings are not scheduled into it.
5. Organize a writers’ group with other members.
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STUDIO CONTACT
Teri Smith (Studio Lead): writers.lead@BainbridgeBARN.org
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