BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Gloucester Writers Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Gloucester Writers Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Gloucester Writers Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20120311T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20121104T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20130310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20131103T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20140309T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20141102T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T195050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T195050Z UID:1782-1369940400-1369947600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Flash Fiction Redux DESCRIPTION:Taught By: Ann McArdle\nFlash Fiction\, sudden fiction\, microfiction. 500 to 1500 words. They’re fast; they’re powerful; they’re stories—and they’re fun! We’ll pack this workshop with enough reading of published short shorts and writing exercises drawn from them to unleash your flash fiction genius. Discussion will include suggestions for strengthening your characters\, plots\, and settings. Deeper\, wider\, more\, more\, more. Limited to 10. May 23 and 30. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/flash-fiction-redux/ LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130527T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130527T213000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T195256Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T195256Z UID:1784-1369681200-1369690200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Haibun DESCRIPTION:Taught By: Martha Morgan\n“A haibun links brief\, imagistic and poetic prose with one or more haiku. …these English-language haibun involved concrete stories (small events) where the everyday becomes remarkable. Typically\, modern haibun are like short stories ending with one haiku.” \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/haibun/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130523T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130523T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130330T165742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130330T165742Z UID:1870-1369335600-1369342800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Flash Fiction Redux DESCRIPTION:Taught By: Ann McArdle\nFlash Fiction\, sudden fiction\, microfiction. 500 to 1500 words. They’re fast; they’re powerful; they’re stories—and they’re fun! We’ll pack this workshop with enough reading of published short shorts and writing exercises drawn from them to unleash your flash fiction genius. Discussion will include suggestions for strengthening your characters\, plots\, and settings. Deeper\, wider\, more\, more\, more. Limited to 10. May 23 and 30. \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/flash-fiction-redux-2/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130504T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130504T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T193253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T193253Z UID:1776-1367658000-1367665200@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Mug Up Work Shop Series: Elements of Story (Plot\, Time and Sequence) DESCRIPTION:The Mug Up Workshop Series is a six-week mini-semester meeting on Saturday mornings from 9-11. Sharpen your pencil and join us as we focus on a variety of subjects. Each workshop is $30 or $20 each if you register for all six. Register by emailing GloucesterWriters@gmail.com. \nWhat happens in your story? What series of events moves the story and decides the direction it takes? Where is the conflict? What is its resolution? We’ll discuss examples in the literature and your own work and do some exploration through in-class exercises to discover ways to strengthen your plots\, including the use of of flashback and slow motion for added impact. \n  \nTaught By: Ann McArdle \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/elements-of-story-plot-time-and-sequence/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130427T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130427T230000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T192946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T192946Z UID:1774-1367053200-1367103600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Mug Up Workshop Series: Adaptations DESCRIPTION:The Mug Up Workshop Series is a six-week mini-semester meeting on Saturday mornings from 9-11. Sharpen your pencil and join us as we focus on a variety of subjects. Each workshop is $30 or $20 each if you register for all six. Register by emailing GloucesterWriters@gmail.com. \nIn this seminar we will adapt traditional forms\, prose texts\, and other people’s poems to create work of our own inspired by the OULIPO experiments\, A Humument by Tom Phillips\, and other innovations. Bring an ear for the music of language and an open mind. You’ll discover how invented forms\, word collage\, chance operations\, poem erasures\, and more can spark poetic invention. \nTaught By: James Cook \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/adaptations/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130420T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130420T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T192557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T192557Z UID:1772-1366448400-1366455600@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Mug Up Workshop Series: Elements of Story: Character DESCRIPTION:The Mug Up Workshop Series is a six-week mini-semester meeting on Saturday mornings from 9-11. Sharpen your pencil and join us as we focus on a variety of subjects. Each workshop is $30 or $20 each if you register for all six. Register by emailing GloucesterWriters@gmail.com. \nFully imagined characters come to life on the page. We’ll look at examples in literature and explore ways to get to know your characters well. Through writing exercises we’ll discover their habits\, sensibilities\, flaws and how they can help develop other aspects of your story.  \nTaught By: Ann McArdle \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/elements-of-story-character/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130415T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130415T213000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T194747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T194747Z UID:1781-1366050600-1366061400@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Presentation Skills Workshop for Writers DESCRIPTION:Taught By: M. Lynda Robinson\nWhether you enjoy reading/presenting your work or whether you view it as more terrifying than snakes or death (apparently most people fear public speaking more than either of these!)\, this workshop will provide you with tools to showcase your work at its best.\nBring a short piece of your writing – poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction\, theatre\, memoir\, (or someone else’s writing!) to work on. This 3-hour workshop will provide skills for presenting your work to an audience including: relaxation\, vocal variety\, engaging with your audience\, body language\, and other tools which will provide an interesting and enjoyable experience\, not only for your audience\, but for yourself! Monday\, April 15\, 6:30-9:30. $50 \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/presentation-skills-workshop-for-writers/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130413T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130413T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T192236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T192236Z UID:1771-1365843600-1365850800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Mug Up Workshop Series: Elements of Story: Dialog DESCRIPTION:The Mug Up Workshop Series is a six-week mini-semester meeting on Saturday mornings from 9-11. Sharpen your pencil and join us as we focus on a variety of subjects. Each workshop is $30 or $20 each if you register for all six. Register by emailing GloucesterWriters@gmail.com. \nIf you’ve ever eavesdropped in a public place you know how revealing dialog can be.  We’ll test our characters’ voices\, taking into consideration what they know\, what they don’t know\, what they want\, what they don’t want\, what they love and what they fear. We’ll look at examples in the literature and explore voices through writing exercises. \nTaught By: Ann McArdle \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/elements-of-story-dialog/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130406T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130406T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130313T191900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130313T191900Z UID:1770-1365238800-1365246000@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Mug Up Workshop Series: Screaming to the Editor DESCRIPTION:The Mug Up Workshop Series is a six-week mini-semester meeting on Saturday mornings from 9-11. Sharpen your pencil and join us as we focus on a variety of subjects. Each workshop is $30 or $20 each if you register for all six. Register by emailing GloucesterWriters@gmail.com. \nHow many places in this country have poems to the editor published in the local rag? Gloucester has\, with Vincent Ferrini and Charles Olson having appeared regularly in the Gloucester Daily Times. Bring your ideas\, your issue and your research. We will work to construct a potent poem for the public. \nTaught: Amanda Cook \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/screaming-to-the-editor/ LOCATION:GWC\, 126 East Main Street\, Gloucester\, MA\, 01930\, United States CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20130329T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20130329T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T153245 CREATED:20130312T153825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20130312T153825Z UID:1751-1364547600-1364554800@archive.gloucesterwriters.org SUMMARY:Mug Up Workshop Series: From Blank Verse to Protective Verse: Responding to Gloucester's Literary Diversity and Richness through Poetry DESCRIPTION:The Mug Up Workshop Series is a six-week mini-semester meeting on Saturday mornings from 9-11. Sharpen your pencil and join us as we focus on a variety of subjects. Each workshop is $30 or $20 each if you register for all six. Register by emailing GloucesterWriters@gmail.com. \nGloucester has been a muse for traditional bards and an inspiration for innovative visionaries.  In this seminar we will write poems in response to writers as diverse as William Vaughn Moody and Vincent Ferrini\, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Linda Crane\, T.S. Elliot and Charles Olson.  We will use traditional and experimental forms to shape our Gloucester experiences\, observations\, and visions. \nTaught by James Cook \n  \nShare this:\n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)\n Tumblr\n \n Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)\n LinkedIn\n \n Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)\n Pinterest URL:http://archive.gloucesterwriters.org/event/from-blank-verse-to-protective-verse-responding-to-gloucesters-literary-diversity-and-richness-through-poetry/ LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:Classes END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR