Writer’s Studio at ACC is bringing a full day writing conference for students and community members that is the most affordable, quality-laden literary festival you will find, for writers of all levels and ages. Join us on February 21 from 9am - 4pm in the Half Moon (M1800 - Littleton Campus).Ìý
Session Information
Workshop: How Research Makes Us Better Writers (Genre: Fiction and Creative Nonfiction) with Teague Bohlen
Trying to create a narrative world that feels genuine?  Or just stuck in a paragraph with no idea where to go? Let the real world solve your problems. From deliberate discovery to filling a realistic world to un-stucking yourself when you don't know what happens next to your characters, research can work wonders in narrative. Also—it's fun. No, really.
Workshop: Structuring Your Novel: Concrete Tactics to Finish that Novel (Genre: Fiction, the Nontraditional Novel, and Hybrid Writing) with Erika T. Wurth
Have you been working on a novel for years but finishing it has eluded you? Have you been given advice about what the life of a writer looks like, or poetic descriptions revolving around language, or frustrating advice about sitting down in front of the computer and hammering out words until you’ve got a finished product? This mini-lecture and workshop will help you, regardless as to whether you consider yourself to be a commercial and/or a literary writer, and regardless as to what genre you write in, with concrete, tangible ideas about the basic beats of the traditional and nontraditional novel.
Workshop: Going Cold (or Hot on Nonsense) (Genre: Flash Fiction/Prose Poetry) with Brook Bhagat
Pulling back on emotional language is a simple technique that gives readers space to feel your writing more powerfully. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll utilize awareness of emotional language as a tool to enhance reader engagement in emotionally charged scenes and, conversely, in humor writing. We’ll play with this method in the context of flash fiction, microfiction, and prose poetry, one of the hottest new forms of modern poetry.
Workshop: World-building and Setting Through Rap Lyrics (Genre: Poetry/Songwriting and Performance) with Steven Dunn
With urgency, rappers build dynamic three-dimensional worlds and settings in the small space of a verse and song. How do they do this, and what can we learn from them to change our own writing? We'll watch music videos and analyze lyrics of rap songs to figure out what makes them feel fully developed and immersive.
For more information or accommodations, contact Rachel Newlon at rachel [dot] newlon [at] arapahoe [dot] edu (rachel[dot]newlon[at]arapahoe[dot]edu) or Jomil Ebro at jomil [dot] ebro [at] arapahoe [dot] edu.Ìý