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Saving the World One Word at a Time. Reading and Writers Workshop.
August 29, 2015 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Book Reading and Writers Workshop 2 hours August 29, 2015 9AM to 11AM
A reading from Saving the World One Word at a Time, Writing Climate Fiction followed by discussion, and a writing workshop designed to inspire and inform. Discover how creative writing can be a tool for activism and advocacy. No experience necessary, and no one will be expected to read unless they wish to. Workshop will be based on book content and will include brief instruction, free writes based on writing prompts, and supportive, facilitated feedback. Bring paper and pen and prepare to enjoy.
Bio
Ellen Szabo promotes creative writing for personal investigation, enrichment and social change. She earned her B.A. from Harvard College, and her M.Ed. from Columbia University Teacher’s College. She writes and teaches with a focus on how innovation and creativity can illuminate, inspire and advocate compassionate transformation. She teaches ‘Creative Writing for Social Work’ at the University of Iowa School of Social Work. Her private practice, based in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, provides instruction, coaching, editing and support to individuals and groups, locally and online.
Blog: www.justwritenow.org
Twitter: @ebszabo
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Ellen-Szabo/e/B00XUCCMTW
GoodReads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/Ellen_Szabo
Email: words@justwritenow.org
Saving the World One Word at a Time, Writing Climate Fiction
Writing fiction can be a form of social activism. This book offers instruction, inspiration and prompts for writing Climate Fiction (CliFi), a subcategory of the literary genre, Speculative Fiction. CliFi focuses primarily, but not exclusively, on the ways that climate change is transforming our world. Explore how plot, place and character development can make climate change personal. By anticipating and elaborating on the future implications of climate change, writers of CliFi use knowledge of science and climate to imagine and create apocalyptic or dystopian worlds with the goal of changing how humans think about, inhabit and interact with our planet. Place your writing at the forefront of efforts to reimagine the message and the messengers of climate change, taking the issue out of politics and into the realm of the personal.
Ebook and paperback available on Amazon in July.