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| ALL LEVELS The Book: From Writer to Reader With the use of a 'road map' style mural board and dozens of visual aids, learn how a book becomes reality from raw idea to finished product, and the many steps and people involved in the process. Visuals include manuscripts, book 'dummies', sketches and final art, galleys, layouts and paste-ups, 4-color separations, negatives, press proofs, blue lines, page signatures, "f & g's", and unbound covers. Includes writing tips for immediate classroom use, and humorous anecdotes of "on location" research to wild environments. |
WRITING WORKSHOP FOR GRADE 4 - ADULT The Opening Page: With visual aids, chart board examples, readings, discussion, and brief exercises, students learn to artfully reveal the critical elements of 'story' (character, setting or strong sense of place, and the problem) on the opening page. Skills and examples focus on:
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TEACHERS/STAFF The Classroom as a Writers Workshop: Powerful tips, techniques, and motivating products to transform any classroom into a bubbling laboratory of creativity while boosting student skills to sophisticated levels, and all the while having fun. It is possible. Eye-opening exercises and examples to make connections in the steps of the writing process and stretch the imagination as well. Handouts galore for teachers! |
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| KEYNOTE WORKSHOP The Far Side of the Writer’s Desk: Readers are impressed by the finished books, but the working life of a professional writer is often an idiosyncratic world, as comical and as bizarre as a Fellini movie. Get a rare glimpse of the interactions between a writer, his editors and readers, and the unexpected events that occur when researching story details “on location” in wilderness environments. Through story, anecdotes, letters from readers, editorial rejections, and literary reviews, Brian Heinz will peel away the mystique of the writing life. |
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