Place can have a role in fiction and nonfiction as memorable as any of the characters who populate the story. Think of Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha, Dillard’s Tinker Creek, Steinbeck’s California. Every human event happens somewhere and the reader wants to know what that somewhere is like. Place grounds the story, sets the scene and creates the background where story plays out. Place influences how characters speak, eat and make love; it shapes their beliefs, values and moral choices. History and memory are rooted in place and the map our of psyche is found in the geography of our past.

This workshop will explore the role of place in writing. We’ll look at how it influences the voice and perspective of the writer and discuss ways for the writer to render real or fictional place through description, detail, and imagery. For all writers, fiction, nonfiction and poetry.


  Taking Pen in Hand: Basics for Creative Writers
Friday, May 30, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, May 31, 10 am - 4 pm
Register at: UCSD Extension

If you want to write a novel, screenplay, short story--if you want to write anything, the first step is to start writing. It's the next step that's the tricky one and the one where most would-be writers trip up: keep writing. In this stimulating, fun and fast-paced workshop, you'll learn how to do just that. You will learn to practice the craft of writing through in-group exercises and spontaneous discussions. You will learn: how to get started and keep going; the ten daily habits that make a good writer; what stuck looks like and how to get unstuck; how to tell when the critic, censor, or editor is present and what to do about it; how to say yes to the Muse; how to discover what you really want to write about; and how to name yourself "writer" and be part of a writing community.


Wild Women Writing Workshop
For Passionate Writers of All Genres
Tuesdays 6:30 - 9 pm
April 22 - June 10 (8 sessions)
$200.00