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Little Girl Gone Writing Workshop Adventure with Drusilla Campbell

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 Brought to you by: Adventures by the Book & San Diego Writers, Ink Please join acclaimed author Drusilla Campbell for a special Little Girl Gone Writing Workshop Adventure to benefit Project SARAH, a non-profit organization that offers support and services to women and teens experiencing domestic abuse. Your adventure begins with an introduction by Project SARAH staff about their program, followed by a book discussion, Q&A, and signing of Drusilla’s new book, and concludes with a two-hour writing workshop conducted by the author, an acclaimed writing instructor and President of SDWI. Please note the writing workshop is designed for all women and teens, regardless of whether or...

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Amy Wallen teaches Panning for Gold: Write, Read, Critique, Repeat

First Class is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Panning for Gold. One month workshop to pan for, then polish your writing. The first and third nights will be spent on digging-deep timed writing exercises with the intention of spurning new and raw ideas for both work in progress, and to see what other alloys may be mined from your pen. But you don’t want to just take home that notebook filled with fresh ideas and stick it on the shelf, so the second and fourth nights will be spent critiquing work you’ve polished during the intervening week. This intensive workshop will lead you to new places and help you brush the dust off any work that wants to be brought back out into the light. All levels are welcome. Amy Wallen, author of Los...

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Judy Reeves teaches Exploring Narrative Strategies

Saturday, Feb. 25th 2012 Exploring Narrative Strategies Impulses & Intentions, Possibilities & Promises The story must be told, how will you tell it? Narrative strategy is how the writer chooses to tell the story and what techniques or elements she uses for maximum narrative impact. In this workshop, we’ll explore aspects of narrative choices such as form and genre, plot structure, point of view, narrative time and psychic distance, and a few others along the way. We’ll review examples from published work and try our hand at various techniques through writing exercises. This workshop is for writers who have works in progress but want to learn more about narrative structure and for those...

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Marni Freedman teaches Time Management/Stop Procrastinating!

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 A Writer’s Guide to Time Management/Stop Procrastinating! Do you need structure and routine with your writing? How about organization? Marni Freedman’s new class will get you set on the right track! Join Marni in this fun, inspiring, tool-based workshop. In this workshop you will create your “Personal Motivation Map.” You will learn: 1) How to create a clear written and visual writing goal. 2) How to establish a working writing routine. 3) How to create an inviting workspace. 4) Awareness of what stops you from writing – including tools to stop that inner critic for good! 5) Awareness of what motivates you and gets you excited about filling up those...

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Jim in the Classroom

Posted by Kelli on Jan 15, 2012 in Blog

Last summer I taught a class at the Southern California American Indian Resource Center (SCAIR), an organization that offers a variety of educational and community services to Native Americans living in San Diego County. The workshop was like no teaching experience I’ve ever had. The women who participated in the program had little formal writing training, but they had stories, and for ten weeks we worked on ways to get those stories on the page. The workshop was part...

Postcard from Manila by Marivi Soliven Blanco

Posted by Kelli on Dec 19, 2011 in Blog, Fresh Ink

Second floor of the Burger King at the corner of Timog Avenue and Mother Ignacia street on a cloudy afternoon in mid-December. I am watching two wildly different scenes play out a few feet from our table. On my right, a Burger King waiter is teetering on the purple plastic tunnel that encases the slide, trying to swaddle the steel bars of the children’s climbing structure in rolls of blue foam. On my left, a pair of actors are reading dialogue at a casting call for a...

This Writer’s Life by Drusilla Campbell

Posted by Kelli on Nov 28, 2011 in Blog

I’m sure you all noticed that there was no blog post from Drusilla Campbell last month. Kelli, the Executive Director of San Diego Writers, Ink, gently reminded me one was due and then seeing the state I was in – bags beneath the eyes, sagging shoulders – she didn’t bring it up again. This stage of novel writing is called endgame after the final crucial moves in a chess match where reputations are won and lost. In the happy days of my youth when I couldn’t...

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San Diego Writers, Ink nurtures writers and those wishing to explore the craft of writing, fosters a literary community, promotes literature and celebrates artistic diversity.

We hang our literary hats at The Ink Spot, a bright and creative space in in downtown San Diego’s East Village. Here writers and artists and those who love literature gather for literary events and art exhibitions. We’re an enthusiastic collaborator with many artistic, cultural, and community organizations and join with others throughout the city and county in promoting literature and creating community.