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One Story, Many Voices

Instructor: Devon Ellington. Target Audience:  Intermediate and above.

Prerequisites: Foundation in grammar, spelling, structure, especially paragraph structure.   Positive attitude.  Willingness to take risks.  “I don’t have time” and “I don’t work in this genre” not accepted.

Required Text:  STRUNK & WHITE’S ELEMENTS OF STYLE

Course Description and Syllabus:The purpose of this workshop is to learn how to work with a base story, and, using the elements of different genres, rework it from genre to genre.  The participant is stretched and challenged out of the normal comfort zone, and learns elements of story, character, and construction that help in whatever genre the participant chooses to write moving forward.  We start by writing a flash fiction piece (750-1000 words), and, with each assignment, learn how to re-envision it to fit the formula for each genre, and then how to take the best of those elements and work it into a final story. If the participant is fond of more than one genre, we learn how to tweak the stories for submission to follow protocols. By the end of the course, the participant has six or seven short fiction pieces and a short play.  During the assignments, we discuss the elements of each genre, and how to adapt the piece into that genre.  We learn how characters evolve, how to integrate research, and how to make the pieces stronger as the weeks progress.  We discuss authors in each genre, and how they use and break beyond techniques of the genre.  Participants are required to create fresh material for this workshop, not post from an old piece or a WIP.

WHEN:    Jan 3, 2011 - Jan 30, 2011

COST:   $15 for Premium Members
$25 for Basic Members

Cancellation policy: Registrations are non-refundable except when the workshop is cancelled by Savvy Authors.

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Devon Ellington publishes under a half a dozen names in both fiction and non-fiction.  Her plays are produced in New York, London, Edinburgh, and Australia.  Her work appears in publications as varied as NEW MYTHS, BOOKS FOR MONSTERS, THE ROSE AND THORN, TOASTED CHEESE, THE RANFURLY REVIEW, FEMME FAN, EMERGING WOMEN WRITERS, THE SAVVY GAL, BLESSED GARDENS, THE CRAFTY TRAVELER, THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE, and ELLE.  She writes the urban fantasy Jain Lazarus Adventures, the YA horse racing mystery DIXIE DUST RUMORS as Jenny Storm, and, under the Cerridwen Iris Shea name, the pirate fantasies involving the crew of “The Merry’s Dalliance.” 

Work appears in anthologies including PERFECTLY PLUM, SIMPLE PLEASURES OF THE KITCHEN, GHOST STORIES OF THE MOGOLLON RIM, FULL CIRCLE, and ARDEUR.  She writes “The Literary Athlete” for THE SCRUFFY DOG REVIEW.  She teaches in-person and online workshops all over the world, including at The Muse Online Conference, the Catholic Writers Conference Online, adult education centers, YWCAs, community colleges, and private writers’ groups.  Visit her blog on the writing life, Ink in My Coffee:  http://devonellington.wordpress.com, and her websites www.devonellingtonwork.com, www.fearlessink.com, and www.cerridwenscottage.com.

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