The Adirondack Mountain
Writers' Retreat

Creative Writing Weekend Workshop
(Fiction/Memoir/Personal Essay)

Lunch, Thursday, August 20 through lunch, Sunday, August 23, 2009

A Four-Day Workshop taught by Irene Sherlock

This workshop is for both fiction and non-fiction writers who are either just beginning or want to sharpen their storytelling skills. Whether our narratives are inspired and informed by memory (memoirs and personal essays), or by imagination (novels and short stories), the same tools apply: dialogue, character development, description and theme. The workshop is designed with the specific goal of helping students create work that is publishable.

You are invited to send a maximum of ten double-spaced pages that you wish to be workshopped during the weekend, so that Irene can familiarize herself with your work; please send material for Irene at least two weeks before the retreat. Participants also will have individual consultations with the instructor. In addition to workshop sessions, there will be seminars on specific topics.

On Saturday after dinner, participants will read from their work for the entire group. This affords writers an opportunity to improve reading skills while getting a sense of where their work stands.

In-residence participation: $575; Commuter participation: $475
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This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc., with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

The Adirondack Mountain Writers' Retreat was designed to give writers an opportunity to develop writing skills, tap creativity and explore new ways of telling their stories. The quiet mountain setting in the town of Thurman, NY, is a peaceful place in which to nurture personal artistry, hone techniques and stretch literary wings. Writers have the opportunity to choose either full live-in retreat participation or commuter enrollment. Both options include all instruction, personal writing time and discussion/critique sessions, along with lunch and supper. In-residence fees also covere lodging and breakfast at Beaver Meadow Lodge.

Perky Granger is an aspiring writer. She has three published books, and edits and co-authors the John Thurman Historical Society Quarterly. She has published articles in Adirondack Life and other magazines, reviews books for BookPleasures.com, and writes an almost weekly blog. In addition to the Adirondack Mountain Writers' Retreat, she also hosts the November St. George Island, FL, Writers' Retreat, where author-in-residence Adrian Fogelin guides and consults during an intensive few days of writing and critiquing for those with a work in progress. These retreats provide a nurturing and supportive environment for writers, many of whom are embarking on a first major work.

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