Class: Audrey Ferber - Stories from Life
Sat., July 20 • 10:00-2:00 pm • $60
Transform the stories of your life into fiction! We’ll practice accessing memory, mining our family myths for their dramatic potential, and creating memorable characters from the people we know. Audrey Ferber’s fiction and essays have appeared in journals and anthologies. She teaches writing at UC Extension.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Postal Code:
- 94925
Class: Cynthia Pepper - Intro to the Short Film
Sat., July 20 • 1:30-4:30 pm • $60
Cynthia Pepper’s short films have won Emmy Awards and are distributed worldwide. This class discusses all the elements oftranslating a short story into a film. Topics include writing a simple treatment or screenplay, creating shooting boards, casting, finding locations, directing, producing, editing, and scoring a short film on a variety of budgets. Students may send a three sentence synopsis prior to the class (details upon registration).
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Postal Code:
- 94925
Class: Daniel Riviera - Self-Publishing Agreements & Related Issues
Sun., July 21 • 10:00-11:45 am • $30
Class will cover self-publishing agreements and other legal issues affecting authors who self-publish.
Authors’ Legal Rights Series
An overview of the legal and business issues facing writers. Daniel Riviera is an entertainment attorney based in San Francisco with extensive experience in the entertainment industry. Q&A session to follow presentations.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Postal Code:
- 94925
Class: Ethel Rohan - The Brilliance of Brevity
Sun., July 21 • 10:00-4:00 pm • $105
This workshop focuses on crafting concise narratives for writers of both fiction and creative non-fiction. The class reads and examines successful short stories and essays in order to learn the art of selectivity in writing.
Ethel Rohan is the author of two story collections: Goodnight Nobody, and Cut Through the Bone.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Postal Code:
- 94925
Class: Daniel Riviera - Movie/TV Sales & Other Derivative Rights
Sun., July 21 • 12:30-1:45 pm • $30
Class will cover movie/TV option/purchase agreements and exploiting derivative rights for authors.
Authors’ Legal Rights Series
An overview of the legal and business issues facing writers. Daniel Riviera is an entertainment attorney based in San Francisco with extensive experience in the entertainment industry. Q&A session to follow presentations.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Postal Code:
- 94925
- Country:
- United States
Class: Hallie Ephron - Turning Tell into Show
A Book Passage Mystery Writers Pre-Conference Class
Thurs. July 25 • 1:00-3:30 pm • $90 for MWC Attendees, $125 for General Public
As writers, we're scolded to "show not tell," but what exactly does that mean? Why is it a bad idea to just flat out tell the reader stuff? How do you turn telling into showing? We'll discuss, analyze examples, and write. Lots of examples will be provided, but participants are also encouraged to (optionally!) bring a sample of their own writing to analyze and rework in class.
We'll explore these questions:
- What does telling look like, and why do you want to avoid it?
- Are you telling instead of showing in your writing?
- How do you turn a tell into a show?
- What are some techniques for showing:
-- with behavior
-- with viewpoint
-- with carefully chosen details (of person; of place)
-- by unpacking the critical moment
- Do you have to show everything, or is it sometimes okay to tell? How to decide?
This class is part of the pre-conference events leading up to the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference. The class is open to both conference participants and non-particpants, although conference participants receive a discount. To learn more about the conference, please visit the link above.
- Street:
- 51 Tamal Vista Blvd
- City:
- Corte Madera ,
- Postal Code:
- 94925
