Writing Workshop

Normally, Writing Women's Fiction might be a likelier post for Poets and Writers Picnic (aka the plog, short for poetry or PWP), but it fits arts and local interests equally well and just might appeal to readers looking for a summer activity. Besides, I'm more or less caught up on local events and PSAs and don't cross post near enough between the two blogs. If local arts patrons and culture vultures don't realize how much the plog both contributes to Mountainair cultural life and enhances its wider reputation, well , that's my fault, not theirs. 


Addressing that gap is a Mid Year Resolution: more literature, literary arts, poetry, creative writing posts on this blog.
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UNM Continuing Education is now offering a class on Writing Women's Fiction. Not only romance, but domestic realism, romantic suspense, mysteries, thrillers, and family sagas as well as historical fiction will be explored in this class designed for women who want to write fiction specifically aimed at women readers. 

Participants will learn about plot structure, character development, point of view, voice, believable dialogue, the necessity for conflict and tension, how to create atmosphere with setting, the pacing of scenes and rewriting, and polishing for publication. Sandra Toro, the published author of historical and contemporary novels, as well as short stories and a memoir, will teach this six week class. Her book reviews have appeared in numerous newspapers and her non-fiction has been published in magazines such as Redbook, McCalls, and Environment. 

This class will run from 7-9pm on Mondays, starting June 14, 2010 ending August 2, 2010. Classes will be held in the UNM Continuing Education South Building at 1634 University Blvd. NE in Albuquerque, NM. Tuition is $80. For more information contact Dora Delgado-Raby at 505-277-6320 or visit http://dce.unm.edu/personal-enrichment.htm. To register visit http://www.dce.unm.edu or call 505-277-0077.

If you're not up for trekking to Albuquerque for six weeks of Mondays but would still like to take a writing workshop, consider the Sunflower Writing Workshop August 26-28 right here in Mountainair.