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We are proud to present the 2019 Winter Wheat Workshops. Please use the list below or the attached document: WW2019WORKSHOPS<\/a> to make your selections when registering.<\/p>\n

SESSION A (2:30-3:45 pm, Friday, November 1):<\/h1>\n

*AB Throughout Friday\u2019s sessions, Prairie Margins<\/em> will host an open sensory exploration room. A quiet space will also be made available.<\/p>\n

A1. FICTION \u201cWriting about Your Hometown or an Authentic Hometown for Your Character\u201d with Michelle Bellman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>In this workshop, we will break down what makes up where we come from (landmarks, memories, visuals) and how to translate this into our writing. We will work on creating a scene in the workshop.<\/p>\n

A2. FICTION\/CNF \u201cDisability Looks Like: Body Awareness, Chronic Pain, and Writing Disabled Characters\u201d with Aryanna Falkner <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>This workshop will focus on disability representation in creative writing, specifically in contemporary fiction and non-fiction. During this workshop, we will look at current depictions of physical disability, challenge our own preconceived notions of disability, and hone an awareness of our own bodies as we practice writing disabled characters.<\/p>\n

A3. MULTIGENRE \u201cBorrowing and Stealing: A Workshop of Sharing Ideas through Gift Exchange\u201d with Brenna Hosman <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>T.S. Eliot said, \u201cGood writers borrow; great writers steal.\u201d But where do we, as creative writers, draw the line between this \u201cstealing\u201d and outright plagiarism? When does inspiration from other writers become theft? Is there a right way to go about sharing or borrowing your ideas within a literary community?<\/p>\n

A4. POETRY \u201cPerforming Poetry: The Audience Is Listening\u201d with Matt Miller and Cassandra Caverhill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>With various critical lenses and a dynamic workshop, we’ll examine the power of setting and situation as applied to poetry, discovering how constraint informs artistic decisions at the microphone. Included are techniques for preparation, style, and execution.<\/p>\n

A5. POETRY \u201cReusing + Rearranging Words: A Workshop on Visual and Collage Poetry\u201d with Alison Mejias Santoro <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Visual and collage poetry allows for writers to work closely with different mediums of the printed word and images. This process often leads to a creative spark in writing where writers learn to create their own poetry through the patchwork of words, phrases, and images.<\/p>\n

A6. POETRY \u201cNo Shoes, No Shirt, No Sonnet: Form and Flexibility\u201d with Yosef Rosen <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>The sonnet is one of Western verse\u2019s most recognizable and enduring forms. But how far can the form bend before it breaks? Can a sonnet be a sonnet without its hallmark structure? Participants will explore examples of contemporary sonnets, then write one\u2014minus at least one formal aspect.<\/p>\n

SESSION B (4:00-5:15 pm, Friday, November 1):<\/h1>\n

*AB Throughout Friday\u2019s sessions, Prairie Margins<\/em> will host an open sensory exploration room. A quiet space will also be made available.<\/p>\n

B1. POETRY \u201cThe Audience Is Listening, and Answers\u201d with Cassandra Caverhill and Matt Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Participants should bring at least one poem to read\/perform, open-mic-style. Cassie, Matt, and other participants will provide feedback and help hone the performance process. Readers need not have been present at session A to participate.<\/p>\n

B2. FICTION \u201cMyths and Legends: Making the Old New\u201d with Kari Hanlin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>In this workshop, we will discuss the renewed engagement fascination with \u201cold\u201d stories and determine strategies for moving past mere adaptations. Participants should come to this workshop with a fascinating myth, legend, or archetype in mind, but samples will also be provided. Wooden stakes, silver, and holy water optional.<\/p>\n

B3. CNF \u201cFamily Tree: Lyric Essays on Life & Loved Ones\u201d with Jamie Lyn Smith <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Got family? This workshop is for you. Writers in this workshop will read Latifa Ayad\u2019s award-winning prose-poem, \u201cArabic Lessons\u201d and use it as a model for blending genres in creative nonfiction\/memoir. We\u2019ll complete a series of pre-writing exercises focusing on the notion of \u201cfamily\u201d and engage lyric and narrative strategies to compose a piece of flash nonfiction. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to share their writing with other participants.<\/p>\n

B4. FICTION \u201cTranscending the Mundane: Using Motif to Create Depth and Nuance in Fiction\u201d with Matthew Stewart <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>This workshop will demonstrate how to incorporate motif, allowing writers to write richer, more nuanced prose; it also gives them tools for thinking about their work more abstractly. Attendees should feel free to bring in drafts to develop in workshop, but prompts will also be provided to generate new material.<\/p>\n

B5. POETRY \u201cPoetry and Contemporary Music\u201d with Julie Webb <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>What makes music poetry? or poetry music? As more musicians are lauded for their contributions to American letters, we explore poetry\u2019s relationship with music. We will think about rhyme, refrain, and poetry of the line in this workshop, including talking about songs that move us.<\/p>\n

B6. POETRY \u201cEkphrasis: Writing Poetry about Art\u201d with Turner Wilson <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>A brief survey of ekphrastic poetry and a workshop to create your own poetry reflecting on visual art.<\/p>\n

SESSION C (9:30-10:45 am, Saturday, November 2):<\/h1>\n

C1. POETRY \u201cCrafting the Senses: How to Feel Your Way Through Poetry\u201d with Jenna Bazzell and Margaux Griffith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> How do you bring to life people, places, things, and even feelings? We will compare and contrast effective and ineffective examples integrating sensory details and language and work through how to purposefully craft more tailored images. Be prepared for an interactive session and time to write.<\/p>\n

C2. MULTIGENRE \u201cShift Your Perspective: Yoga and Revision\u201d with Amanda McGuire Rzicznek <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>We will expand our perspectives as we explore familiar yoga poses through a fresh lens. After our yoga practice, we will examine old work in a new light. Discover how stretching the body unlocks the mind and creates space for revision. Please bring a yoga mat and writing that needs insight.<\/p>\n

C3. FICTION \u201cCrafting Opening Lines: How to Hook Your Reader from Line One\u201d with Chad Merrell and Angela Kramer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Focusing on ideas such as conflict, character, and description, this workshop will help fiction writers create opening sentences that grip the reader.<\/p>\n

C4. MULTIGENRE \u201cA Caffeinated Cruise into Writing\u201d with Preston Smith and Neeru Nagarajan <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>We will offer samples of a variety of teas and a few coffees, after which we will both free-write and write from effervescent prompts. Poets and fiction writers alike are welcome to indulge with us, and sharing at the end is welcome but never required.<\/p>\n

C5. POETRY \u201cLine Breaks: Mimesis and the Power of Poetry\u201d with Cloe Watson <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>We\u2019ll start with a presentation of poems that use line breaks for mimetic effects and follow with a discussion about how the mimetic effects further the tension in the poems. Time for free-writing and then presentation for those who choose to share their poems.<\/p>\n

FULL C6. MULTIGENRE \u201cPulling out of Thin Air: Breaking the Myth of Writer\u2019s Block\u201d with Jessica Zinz-Cheresnick <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>In this workshop, we will discuss what keeps us from writing when we know we want to, know we should, and know that we need to be writing. In response to that discussion, we will WRITE. The workshop will guide attendees in generative prompts, ways to avoid the pauses in writing, and ways to force inspiration and get pen to paper. This workshop will be mostly focused on generating. I hope that you will then uncover something wonderful for your own work, something to share at Winter Wheat, or something to share with your students, fellow writers, or any other human beings.<\/p>\n

SESSION D (11:00 am-12:15 pm, Saturday, November 2):<\/h1>\n

D1. FICTION \u201cSeeing the Forest for the Trees: Getting Your Short Story Collection Ready to Publish\u201d with Liz Breazeale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>How do short story collections get published? It\u2019s the Writing Fairy, right? We all wish! In this session, we\u2019ll cover the basics of revising and preparing a short story collection manuscript for submission and, eventually, publication\u2014both in practical and artistic terms.<\/p>\n

D2. POETRY \u201cHospice Poetry Workshop\u201d with Alan Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> In this workshop, I will explain what Hospice Poetry is, and discuss the purpose, audience, and collaborative opportunities with hospice and nursing home patients. We will review popular thematic topics such as \u201cI Remember\u201d Poems, \u201cWhere I Have Come From?\u201d Poems, Place Poems, Relationship Poems, Hobby Poems and more.<\/p>\n

D3. POETRY \u201cReferences & Recall in Poetry\u201d with Anne Garwig Lucas and D.A. Lucas <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>From ancient mythologies to fairy tales to contemporary pop culture, references and allusions can be great generative resources for poets. In this workshop, we will sample a range of poetry which includes references and discuss techniques for weaving them into our own work.<\/p>\n

D4. MULTIGENRE \u201cNew Wine in Old Bottles: Writing a Retelling\u201d with Jennifer Pullen <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Angela Carter, when discussing writing fairy tale retellings, said: \u201cI am all for putting new wine in old bottles, especially if the pressure of the new wine makes the old bottles explode.\u201d In this workshop we will practice rewriting old stories, in fiction or poetry, giving old tales new meanings.<\/p>\n

D5. FICTION \u201cProcessing Your Process: Strategies for Fiction Writers\u201d with Woody Skinner and Bess Winter <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>This workshop will explore various approaches to the fiction writing process.\u00a0 Participants will examine the writing practices of a range of published authors, consider the relationship between process and form (flash fiction, short stories, and novels), reflect on their own writing habits, and experiment with new approaches through process-focused exercises.<\/p>\n

D6. FICTION \u201cPrejudiced Fictional Characters Readers Are Forced to Empathize With\u201d with Eric Wasserman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>In this workshop, participants create flawed fictional characters but will also craft their situations or personal backgrounds so readers have unexpected empathy for them. We explore imperfect characters possibly deserving sympathy, rendering them with unflinching truth and honesty.<\/p>\n

SESSION E (3:00-4:15 pm, Saturday, November 2):<\/h1>\n

E1. POETRY \u201cThe Manuscript Whisperer: Advice for Creating and Publishing Your Poetry Collection\u201d with Mary Biddinger <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>This session will offer practical guidance for writers hoping to transform a bundle of poems into a focused book or chapbook-length collection. We will also discuss the process of researching publishers and shepherding a collection through the process, from submission to production and promotion. Audience Q&A will follow presenter\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n

E2. FICTION \u201cHow to Query Literary Agents\u201d with Joe Celizic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>The manuscript is finally finished \u2026 but now what? For writers seeking representation for their novels and book-length manuscripts, this workshop will discuss the agent querying process, including some practical advice on the content, structure, and layout of a query letter, and a chance to workshop your own queries.<\/p>\n

E3. FICTION \u201cWriting Animal Characters in Fiction\u201d with Nick Gardner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>In this workshop we will be thinking of the roles of animals in fiction both as symbols and as more fleshed-out characters. We will discuss the use of animals and their agency in contemporary works and then spend some time writing our own animal characters and discussing what we wrote.<\/p>\n

E4. POETRY \u201cEcopoetics and the New Nature: Writing Poetry in an Age of Environmental Crisis\u201d with Jacob Hall <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>This panel will survey the history of ecopoetics as an emerging field. We will read poems from contemporary ecopoets and discuss the theoretical premises under which they operate. We will then spend time crafting our own poetry that searches for a new relationship with nonhuman nature and for ways to address the ecological crises of 21st century life.<\/p>\n

E5. POETRY \u201cLet Your Letters Do the Heavy Lifting: Composing Sound-Driven First Drafts\u201d with Katie Hartsock <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Poems enchant readers with image, lyric thought, and music; but how can poets actually generate images and new lines of thinking by prioritizing sonic repetitions? We\u2019ll examine a few poems with spectacular sonic effects before completing a two-part writing exercise guiding writers to compose, and then revise, sound-driven first drafts.<\/p>\n

E6. MULTIGENRE \u201cCreative Expression for Health, Healing, and Hope\u201d with Harley King <\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>In this workshop, participants learn to connect with their health challenges and explore their pain and illness through writing exercises. Writing is a powerful tool that helps with the healing process and shows people the road to hope. Participants share their powerful and inspiring stories with others in the class.<\/p>\n

E7. MULTIGENRE \u201cWeird Images for Weird Writing\u201d with Ali Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description<\/strong>:\u00a0 In this generative workshop, we\u2019ll do some exercises in order to come up with some weird and\/or unfamiliar images and then incorporate them into fiction or poetry!<\/p>\n

SESSION F (4:30-5:45 pm, Saturday, November 2):<\/h1>\n

F1. MULTIGENRE \u201cThe Writing Life: Expectation vs. Reality\u201d<\/strong> with Liz Breazeale, Jackie Cummins, and Laura Walter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Being a writer is all about composing effortless drafts in your secluded cottage before greeting fans on a nationwide book tour and cashing royalty checks, right? Well, no. We\u2019ll break down the expectations and realities of the writing life, including: the writing process, revision, submission, rejection, publishing, distraction, and more.<\/p>\n

FULL F2. MULTIGENRE \u201cThe Handmade Book\u201d with Abigail Cloud<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>I was once asked, while I hand-sewed a book\u2019s pages, \u201cWhy would you need to do that?\u201d The true answer is you don\u2019t, but it sure is satisfying. In this workshop we\u2019ll examine some historical binding methods, with the help of the BGSU Center for Archival Collections, and then practice one of our own.<\/p>\n

F3. FICTION \u201cBrainstorming the Novel\u201d with Lawrence Coates<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>With an eye toward the upcoming NaNoWriMo, novelist Lawrence Coates will lead a discussion \/ workshop on conceiving and developing your novel idea. The presentation will feature an outline of the seven basic plots, some guided exercises that can be shared, and some questions that can be used to strengthen your idea or the manuscript you\u2019re currently working on.<\/p>\n

F4. Not Available<\/strong><\/p>\n

F5. CNF \u201cMetaphor, Body, Self\u201d with Dani Easterday and Bridge<\/em> staff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>In this creative nonfiction workshop, participants will read Claire Myree\u2019s essay \u201cA Woman\u2019s Glory\u201d (Bridge<\/em>, 2019) and walk through a series of prompts encouraging writers to \u201cdig deep\u201d into the idea of how the body represents and presents a framing of the self both inside and outside the mind. Participants will have about 20 minutes to compose the beginning of a \u201cbody conscious\u201d essay examining identity, and the option to share what they wrote at the end of the session.<\/p>\n

F6. FICTION \u201cBuilding an Image: Experimental Syntax in Fiction\u201d with Jessica Klimesh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>This workshop will first examine published examples of creative risk (i.e., unconventional prose) in fiction, focusing on syntactical experimentation. Then, guidelines for syntactical experimentation will be provided and discussed. Lastly, participants will be given prompts\/time to write, with an opportunity to share their newly generated experimental fiction and receive feedback.<\/p>\n

F7. MULTIGENRE \u201cGenre Schmenre: Creative Work Outside Expected Forms\u201d with Sherrel McLafferty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Description: <\/strong>Writing can take many forms outside the short story and verse. What does a grocery list look like post break-up? How can a newspaper tell the story of a town? In this workshop we will generate answers to these questions and many more.<\/p>\n

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