New York Writers Workshop http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com New York Writers Resources is made up of the New York Writers Workshop - a collective of NYC published writers who teach courses, workshops and hold pitch conferences ... Ducts - a literary webzine ... and Greenpoint Press - an independent publishing house devoted to quality fiction and non-fiction. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:37:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 NYWR 2012 FUNdraiser! http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/2012fundraiser http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/2012fundraiser#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 03:33:32 +0000 admin http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/?p=5504 New York Writers Resources
puts the

FUN

back  in

FUNdraiser!

Held at The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

Join us for an evening of comedy and light refreshments.

LAUGH ’til it hurts!

GIVE ’til it FEELS GOOD!

Hosted by Ophira Eisenberg

Featuring comedy stars

Angela LaGreca, Jon Fisch, Emily Heller,

Babes in the Woods (Cynthia Babak and Michael Huston)

 

and the comic song stylings of

Michael Garin and Mardie Millet.

 

Also:

Silent Auction, Raffle and Discounted Books

 When and where …

 Thursday, June 14th, 2012

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

 
 

at

 

 The Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center

at Lincoln Center

144W. 65th Street

Tickets $50

Care to Donate?

]]> http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/2012fundraiser/feed 0 About our JCC Classes http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/about-our-jcc-classes http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/about-our-jcc-classes#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:30:05 +0000 admin http://mklennon.com/nywriters/?p=2300 Mixed Level Classes

Most classes are appropriate for beginner and intermediate students, including writers who have participated in previous workshops but want to work on technique.

 

Registration for these classes is on a first-come, first-served basis.
To register, click the links on each course description here, call 646.505.5708 or go to the JCC website.

Advanced classes

Our advances classes are really tailored for experienced and previously published writers who want to refine their work for publication.

 

Registration for advanced classes requires approval of the instructor and a 3-5 page writing sample. You’ll find these links on the course’s post description here. If, for some reason you can’t find it, you can …

 

email samples to:

writingclasses@jccmanhattan.org

or

mail to:

Writing Samples
New York Writers Workshop at the JCC
334 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023. 
 
After authorization has been given, you must register over the phone at 646-505-5708 (not online) . 
 
 

Locations

Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Songwriting Workshop location (unless noted):

The JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St.

Program room assignments will be available at the JCC Customer Service Desk, in the lobby of the Samuel Priest Rose Building.

For more information, or to register, please call 646-505-5708.

]]> http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/about-our-jcc-classes/feed 0 Advanced Screenwriting http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/advanced-screenwriting http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/advanced-screenwriting#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:28:25 +0000 admin http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/?p=5447 Instructor: Helen Kaplan

 

Whether you are looking for some

structure (aka deadlines),

feedback, and/or support, this workshop will help you tackle writing challenges, refine your craft, and get your screen story down on the page.

 

 

]]> http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/advanced-screenwriting/feed 0 Advanced Fiction http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/advanced-fiction-2 http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/advanced-fiction-2#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:22:19 +0000 admin http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/?p=5441 Instructor: Jenny Milchman

Working on a novel

… or series of short stories?

 

Rigorous yet sensitive critique;every other week deadlines; lively discussions about the elements of fiction; plus an overview of how to publish — all featured in this collaborative workshop. Work is read in advance of class for discussion.

 

Email 3-5 page writing sample to jenny@wedeskyull.com

 

 

 

... instructor approval required.

]]> http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/advanced-fiction-2/feed 0 Crafting the Y/A Novel http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/crafting-the-ya-novel http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/crafting-the-ya-novel#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:08:16 +0000 admin http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/?p=5432 Instructor: Allison Estes

The Hunger Games. Twilight. Eragon…

Learn what makes a story for teens earn raging success and how to shape your own young adult project into a can’t-put-it-down novel geared to attract attention in the popular Y/A market. Open to adults and teens 16 and up.

 

E-mail writing samples to aestes1@yahoo.com

 
 
 
 
 

What people are saying …

“I took Allison Estes’s class knowing very little about children’s book writing, but in eight weeks she gave me the foundation to write books for all ages. Allison knows how to inspire and when to offer analytical critiques. I finished two full-length children’s novels in her workshops, and even when classes were over she continued to help me. She must be one of the best children’s book teachers in the city.”

James M. McGrath

“The workshop on Creating Children’s Fiction has exceeded my expectations. The detailed information on the different fiction categories for different age groups has been invaluable, and the guidance regarding the creation of both narrative and dialogue has been superb. Most of all, the constructive and encouraging feedback that I have received has allowed me to polish and refine my individual project in a manner that I could not have imagined when I began writing it. I highly recommend this class to anyone with an interest in children’s fiction.”

Jane Tear

“Two years ago I registered for Allison Estes’ class at NYWW by mistake! And it was the best mistake I have ever made. I have repeated Allison’s class on several occasions, and each time I have learned to apply new lessons and energy to my writing attempts. The title of the class was Creating Children’s Fiction but the basic precepts which Ms. Estes teaches turned out to be universal and essential for any type of writing. She is a perceptive and direct teacher, who has a long list of published works, and she brings her own professional talents and experience to her teaching. She reads or listens to a piece of writing and defines the core of its direction or meaning with clear but kind suggestions and examples. My experience has encouraged me to continue to write and finish a long piece.”

Florence Herriot

]]> http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/crafting-the-ya-novel/feed 0 Trumpet Fiction – April 14th! http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/5375 http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/5375#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:36:10 +0000 admin http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/?p=5375 Come Enjoy Trumpet Fiction!

Sponsored by Ducts.org

KGB BAR

85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Ave)

Saturday, April 14, 6:45 p.m

Hope to see you there!
Jonathan Kravetz
Editor-in-Chief
Ducts.org
Jon@ducts.org

 
 
]]> http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/5375/feed 0 NEWEST NYWW Online Course: “Beginnings 2″ http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/newest-nyww-online-course-beginnings2 http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/newest-nyww-online-course-beginnings2#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:14:51 +0000 admin http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/?p=5364 Craft a solid beginning

and you just may have a novel that sells.

Taught by Les Edgerton and Jenny Milchman

     
 
 
 

For students who have taken our Beginnings class, or for those who have a solid first draft of a novel, or those who are seriously contemplating publishing their work, Beginnings 2 is a great next step.

 

Master craftsman Les Edgerton (HOOKED, FINDING YOUR VOICE, and fourteen books of fiction and non-fiction) and debut novelist Jenny Milchman, who broke into publishing after an eleven year journey, team up to explore how a successful novel is structured and the three different paths to reaching readers.

 
Intensive critique sessions will analyze what is and isn’t working in your pages. You will learn what the querying and submission process is like, how to build a network of fellow authors, and the best way to market your work. (Hint: There is no best way).
 
This class will also include sessions with guest speakers who have self-published their novels and gone onto mainstream success, as well as those who have achieved the same in reverse.
 
 
Class will be taught online via Skype in a round table format
on six (6) Tuesdays
from 7:00-8:30 pm EST.
  • CLASS 1:  Tues, April 24
  • CLASS 2:  Tues, May 1
  • CLASS 3:  Tues, May 8
  • CLASS 4:  Tues, May 15
  • CLASS 5:  Tues, May 22
  • CLASS 6:  Tues, May 29
 There will also be a version offering pre-recorded lectures with email access to instructors.
Pricing is as follows:
 

Live Skype Class: $535
Pre-recorded Sessions with Email Access to Instructors: $335
One-on-one Coaching: $100/hour

 

How to Apply

If you’d like to take this course,
please send an email following these five steps:
 
      1. Subject: NYWW Online “Beginnings”
      2. The first 3-5 pages of your novel
      3. 100 words about what you hope to get out of this course
      4. Contact information (name, email, address, phone)
      5. Send the email to either:
 

Once you are accepted, 

payment can be made via PayPal:

 
SKYPE version – $535
 

 
 

RECORDED version – $335

 

 
 

Or by personal check made out to:

 

 

New York Writers Workshop

 
 

AND in the MEMO line please note if it is for:

 

     Beginnings Class SKYPE

or

    Beginnings Class RECORDED

 
 
Mail check to:
 
Dianne Conjeaud
102 Noble Street
Brooklyn, NY 11222
ATTN: NYWW
 
 
 
 
 

]]> http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/newest-nyww-online-course-beginnings2/feed 0 New York Writers Workshop in Shanghai, April 2012 http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/new-york-writers-workshop-in-shanghai-april-2012 http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/new-york-writers-workshop-in-shanghai-april-2012#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:41:32 +0000 admin http://newyorkwritersworkshop.com/?p=5352 New York Writers Workshop in Shanghai, April 2012

Register at colorboxarts@gmail.com

http://www.colorboxarts.com/en/index.php 

Enrollment is limited to 12 students per workshop.

Workshops:

Entry Points for Fiction and Memoir
Following Through: the Next Steps in Fiction and Memoir
Story World:  Fleshing Out Place & Time in Fiction and Memoir

Entry Points for Fiction and Memoir
Thursday, April 12, 7:00-9:00pm, 200rmb

Where do you begin a story effectively? What do you do once you’ve entered the story world? Entry Points for Fiction and Memoir is a craft-based workshop that considers these questions through example, then exercise. Participants write, share (as time allows), and discuss work generated by exercises that are Incident-based, Character-based, and Setting-based; participants leave the workshop with three story openings, and suggestions for the next story steps. Through out, the conversation remains focused on issues of craft.

 

Following Through: the Next Steps in Fiction and Memoir
Saturday April 14 1:00-4:00pm, 300rmb

You have your story premise, your character/s setting, and opening events? now what? Following Through: the Next Steps in Fiction and Memoir picks up where Entry Points for Fiction and Memoir left off.  Through example and exercise, the workshop focuses on scene dynamics, with particular attention paid to types of dialogue. Participants move stories forward through the construction of scenes and summary narration. Progression of conflict, elaboration of theme, and effective use or discovery of symbol are also considered.

 

Story World:  Fleshing Out Place & Time in Fiction and Memoir
Saturday April 21, 1:00-4:00pm, 300rmb

One of the most neglected aspects in the imagination of stories (in both fiction and memoir) is setting in place and in time.   An inordinate amount of focus is placed on character and event at the expense of description and history.  But character and event can’t be fully persuasive, fully dimensional, unless they’re situated in a well- established context.  This workshop session identifies strategies for opening up story world through model and exercise.  By session’s end, your characters will be engaged with events in places and times that help complete the story picture.

 

Tim Tomlinson is a co-founder of New York Writers Workshop, and co-author of its popular text, The Portable MFA in Creative Writing.  Recent fiction and poetry appear or are forthcoming, online and in print, in Asia Writes, Caribbean Vistas, InterlitQ,Mandala Journal, The New Poet, the New York Quarterly, Pank, Prick of the Spindle, riverbabble, Salt River Review, and in the anthology Long Island Noir (Akashic Books).  He was featured poet in Saxifrage Press (Dec 2011).  “Blue Surge, with Prokoviev,” in Sea Stories, was nominated for Best of the Net 2011.  Tim has been running workshops since 1991, and he’s taught or consulted in the US, the UK, Italy, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, and now China.  He’s lived in London, Florence, Paris, Cha’am (Thailand), Manila, Boston, Miami, New Orleans, Andros Island (the Bahamas), and now Shanghai.


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NYWW runs a series of free workshops at
NYPL, St Agnes Branch
 

St Agnes Library
444 Amsterdam Avenue (near 81st Street)
(212) 621-0619
http://www.nypl.org/locations/st-agnes

 
Thursday, April 26, 2012 from 5:30- 6:45 pm  
Writing for Children in 21st the Century
Instructor: Allison Estes
 
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 from 5:30- 6:45 pm
Screenwriting
Instructor: Helen Kaplan
 
Thursday, May 10, 2012 from 5:30- 6:45 pm
Writing Our Stories
Instructor: Laura Fromm
 
Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 5;30- 6: 45 pm
The Magic of Images (Poetry)
Instructor: Hermine Meinhard
 
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 5:30- 6:45 pm
tba
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Anne Mironchik is an experienced and supportive teacher, jazz vocalist, pianist, composer and lyricist with a conservatory degree in jazz from Manhattan School of Music and advanced studies with prominent, NYC jazz instructors.  She performs regularly in the Metro NYC area and at venues and festivals in several cities throughout the U.S.  Her shows include a toe-tappin’ mix of jazz standards, jazzy adult-contemporary favorites and her original, crowd-pleasing and critically acclaimed songs that are rooted in rock, blues, R&B and country.  Her recent CD, “Cookin’ in the Kitchen” has played on over 100 jazz radio stations nationwide.

Visit Anne’s website at www.annemironchik.com.

 

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