Writing Course Taught by one of us

On Dec 14, 2005, at 11:34:21, Anne Earney wrote:

I'm going to be teaching another fiction workshop and thought some of might be interested or know someone who is. It's a non-credit course through the UMSL Continuing Education program, and you can take more courses in the same program to earn a certificate. Instructor bios are at the end of this email. Please email me with any questions about the course. The course is for all levels of writers (and all ages) who have a story or part of a novel ready to workshop. Please pass this on to anyone else you know who may be interested!



Thanks!



Anne





Back by popular demand, Joanne Drew and Anne Earney will co-teach an eight-week Advanced Fiction Workshop which will begin Saturday, January 21. Former students have given both of these instructors excellent evaluations on their instruction, so this will be an opportunity to get sound professional direction and guidance on your works in progress!!



Classes meet on Saturday mornings, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon. The first class session will meet in Room 75 J.C. Penney Conference Center.



Registration is limited to 16 students, so please register early!!





Advanced Fiction Workshop

January 21 - March 11



Have you written a story or begun a novel, but don't know what to do next to improve your work? This advanced fiction workshop will bring you valuable feedback on your work, including suggestions for revision and ideas about what to do next. Whether you plan to submit to publishing markets or are writing for personal satisfaction, this class will move your writing to the next level.



This course will follow a workshop format : students will submit a completed draft of a piece of fiction (a short story or novel chapter), to be read by other students and instructors and discussed in class. This is an opportunity to receive personalized, detailed feedback, including suggestions for revising and submitting. This will not be a lecture-based course on fiction technique, but a workshop that incorporates discussion of techniques appropriate for specific stories, to help writers refine their fiction and advance their skills. Published fiction may be assigned as readings to illustrate writing techniques that may be of use to writers, but the focus will be on students' work. All information will be tailored to fit the writer's specific needs.



Techniques for improvement will be offered, along with practical information such as:



formatting and submitting stories for publication
writing cover letters
finding appropriate markets and contests
resources for further learning


This is a great opportunity to have knowledgeable readers and writers closely examine your fiction and offer feedback, and to gain information about fiction markets tailored to the type of story you write.



Fee: $159 for this 8-week workshop.



For more information or to register please contact Nichelle at 314-516-5974 or hardyn@umsl.edu



Also, don't forget Intermediate Nonfiction Writing, taught by author Linda Senn and scheduled to begin in February! Find details at http://www.umsl.edu/~conted/arts-sciences/noncredit/nonfiction.html Spread the word about this great opportunity to your writing friends whose passion is nonfiction!!



(Please note that CE Offices will be closed from Sat., Dec. 24 through Mon., Jan. 2 and will re-open for business on Tue., Jan. 3)



Connie

Connie Jeffries
Manager, Continuing Education Programs
College of Arts & Sciences
University of Missouri-St. Louis
314-516-5045
314-516-5910 (Fax)



Joanne Drew received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Puget Sound and is currently a candidate for the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UM-St. Louis. She has 15 years experience in professional writing and editing including positions as Features Editor at Washington Journal, a regional legal newspaper; Managing Editor at River Styx Literary Magazine, a St. Louis-based journal of poetry and fiction, and as Editorial Consultant for Quantum Loyalty Marketing. She currently teaches creative writing at UM St. Louis Continuing Education, Springboard to Learning, and Writers In The Schools (W.I.T.S). Her story Dirty River was published in Cross Currents Literary Review and she is currently working on her first novel.



Anne Earney has a BS in Psychology from Truman State University ('96) and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with an emphasis in fiction ('05). This is her third year teaching in the Continuing Education program at UMSL. Anne's fiction awards include first place in the 2005 Night Train Firebox Fiction Competition, the 2004 Flyway Iowa Sweet Corn Contest, the 2003 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, and a partial scholarship to the Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2004. Her fiction has been published or is forthcoming inNight Train, Kaleidowhirl, Interstice, Big Ugly Review, Flyway and Pangolin Papers, and in two anthologies, Triskaideka, a Cave Hollow Press anthology of Missouri writers and For Here or To Go: Stories About the Service Industry. One of her stories has been translated and published in a Turkish journal, Dushe-yazmi, and another was commissioned for inclusion in an art show in Boston. She recently served as guest editor for the online flash fiction magazineflashquake. She writes features articles on the arts and a column on mixed drinks for Sauce Magazine.