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Tag Archives: writing workshops
A Mormon Writing Master Class?
In July, I wrote about my experience at Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. The short version is: it’s one week of awesome. Card’s instruction is great for sharpening skills of invention, arrangement, and style in your fiction. He’s also … Continue reading
Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp
Three weeks ago, I was in Greensboro, North Carolina at Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. I had some excellent teachers while earning my MFA at BYU, but I learned more in six days at Boot Camp than I did … Continue reading
Posted in The Writer's Desk
Tagged Orson Scott Card's literary boot camp, writing workshops
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Looking back, looking around, looking forward
The BYU Writers/Dramaturgs/Actors workshop, or WDA, provides an intensive workshop experience for new plays and for new writers. I’ve taught it for years–this year, my friends and colleagues Melissa Larsen and George Nelson are running it. Typically, six plays are … Continue reading
Posted in International Scene, On-stage, The Past through Literature
Tagged Afghanistan, Ariel Mitchell, BYU Writers/Dramaturgs/Actors workshop, Drama, Erik Orton, gender issues, historical fiction, Mormon drama, Mormon history, playwriting, staged readings, Thomas Kane, writing workshops
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Writers @ Work Conference 2011
Information provided by Linda Hunter Adams, this year’s chair of Writers at Work. Date: June 9–12, 2011, at Alta Lodge, Utah An intensive writing conference in a cool and historic mountain setting. A perfect place for writers, writer/teachers, editors, and … Continue reading
