Elements of the Craft
Techniques for Prose Writers

• Thursdays, June 26, July 3, 10 and 17 (4 sessions)
• 7-9:30 pm
• The Ink Spot

Each of these workshops will focus on a specific technique for good writing: Show, Don’t Tell, Truth is in the Details, Writing from the Senses, and Into the Deep.  Through examples and exercises, participants will learn how to show and when to tell; how to find the telling details and when to use them; how to use the senses to bring the words on the page to life for the reader; and how to go deeper into character, scene, description, and dialogue. This class is for fiction and nonfiction writers of all levels who want to make their writing more vivid, more alive, and more fun to write.
 
Judy Reeves is a writer, teacher and writing practice provocateur whose books include A Writer's Book of Days; Writing Alone, Writing Together; A Creative Writer's Kit and The Writer’s Retreat Kit. Other works include two plays written with the Second Story Writers, a women’s writing ensemble; and a chapbook of poetry, The Kind of Woman She Is. Her nonfiction work has appeared in the San Diego Reader and Personal Journaling magazine. In addition to leading private writing workshops, Judy teaches creative writing at UCSD Extension and speaks at writing conferences internationally. She is executive director of San Diego Writers, Ink.