WILKES-BARRE, PA (11/20/2018) The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University is hosting non-credit creative writing community workshops beginning in January 2019. All workshops are open to adults and will be held on the Wilkes campus.
The cost for each workshop series is $65. Advance registration is available through the university's Continued Learning website wilkes.augusoft.net. The workshops include:
Memoir: Discovering Your Story
This workshop is for people who have always wanted to write a memoir. It will explore ways to begin, how to write about sensitive subject matter and how to find the threads within their story.
Workshops: Mondays, 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 28; Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 4
Instructor: Vicki Mayk
Cross-Training for Your Pen: Story and Plot
This class is an exercise-driven workshop that will help participants understand the effective plot structure that is essential for telling a captivating story.
Workshops: Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 30; Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27; March 13
Instructor: Anthony Kapolka
Creative Nonfiction: Writing Our Fears
Writing abour our fears is messy and complese. This workshop will look at the craft and technique of several contemporary authors to consider ways to write about subjects that make us feel vulnerable. The class will help participants consider new perspectives and approaches to inform their fearless writing.
Workshops: Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m., Jan. 29; Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26; March 5
Instructor: Aurora Bonner
About Wilkes University:
Wilkes University is an independent institution of higher education dedicated to academic and intellectual excellence through mentoring in the liberal arts, sciences and professional programs. Founded in 1933, the university is on a mission to create one of the great small universities, offering all of the programs, activities and opportunities of a large, research university in the intimate, caring and mentoring environment of a small, liberal arts college, at a cost that is increasingly competitive with public universities. The Economist named Wilkes 25th in the nation for the value of its education for graduates. In addition to 42 bachelor's degree programs, Wilkes offers 25 master's degree programs and five doctoral/terminal degree programs, including the doctor of philosophy in nursing, doctor of nursing practice, doctor of education, doctor of pharmacy, and master of fine arts in creative writing. Learn more at www.wilkes.edu.