[Summit] Writing workshop offered by Summit neighbor

[Michael McGlynn]

Hi,
This solicitation belongs on the market list, market at sna.providence.ri.us.

Thanks,
Mike

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Ethan Gilsdorf <ethangilsdorf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I hope it's OK to plug a local workshop I'm teaching.
>
> I'm leading a one-day, fun, generative writing seminar in Providence on
> Wednesday, October 5th from 6:30-9:30pm. Run by GrubStreet (the non-profit
> writing center where I teach in Boston), my class is out first foray into
> Rhode Island. Called *"**Jumpstart Your Writing: Providence
> <https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/jumpstart-your-writing-25/>," *it's
> being held at Ada Books (717 Westminster Street, Providence). Over three
> hours, we'll try a variety of exercises in fiction, nonfiction, and perhaps
> a little poetry, too.
>
> Below is the full description and the link for how to register
> <https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/jumpstart-your-writing-25/>. I
> hope you forward this info to anyone you know who might be interested, and
> that I might even see a few of your faces there. (Here's the raw link if
> the URL isn't clickable on your end: https://grubstreet.org/
> findaclass/class/jumpstart-your-writing-25/ )
>
> Thanks for your help, and for tolerating this public
> service/self-promotional announcement!
>
> Ethan Gilsdorf
> 10th Street
> Providence
>
> *Jumpstart Your Writing: Providence*
>
> *Wednesday, October 5th, 6:30-9:30pm*
>
> *Ada Books; 717 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903. *
>
> *Level: For Everyone*
>
> *15 seats max*
>
> *Instructor: Ethan Gilsdorf*
> This course has a very clear mission: devote three hours of your life to
> writing. Through a series of fun, directed, in-class writing exercises
> inspired by short published texts, we will explore the terrain of fiction
> and nonfiction (and perhaps a little poetry, too). Via these writing
> prompts, we'll find ideas and situations with dramatic or literary
> potential; write detailed and sensory description; construct characters,
> settings, and vivid dialogue; play with the sound of language; and help you
> find your voice. We will discuss the process of writing and the strengths
> and weaknesses of the work we produce in class. A supportive and generative
> experience for both new and practicing writers. Note that this is not a
> course in the fundamentals of fiction, nonfiction or poetry, but an
> opportunity for beginners and advanced students to begin to generate
> material for new work.
>
> *Note: This class will take place at Ada Books, 717 Westminster Street,
> Providence RI 02903. *
>
> *Register and more info here.
> <https://grubstreet.org/findaclass/class/jumpstart-your-writing-25/>*
>
>
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Thank You,
Michael McGlynn
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