Young Writer's Workshop: Exploring Memory and Emotion

This event is being sponsored and hosted by Write253 and the Tacoma Public Library and the information was passed along to me by Cassandra (thank you!).

From their website:

"Series Title - Writing Fantasy: Using your everyday life to inform fantastical ideas.

Use your own life and experiences as tools to generate ideas for fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction writing. Each workshop will focus on different elements of experience in fiction writing: character, setting, emotion, and memory. Great for beginning, novice, or experienced writers. Suitable for 5th to 12th grade.

Series Dates and Focus:
June 25 - Character Development (found out about this one after it was over, sorry!)
July 16 - Setting (this was previously posted)
August 20 - Exploring Memory and Emotion.

Online event using Zoom. Registration is required for each login. Registrants will receive a zoom link via email one hour prior to the event."

To see this and perhaps help the school aged writer you know register, please visit the event's direct link here.  The young writer may need a Tacoma Library Card to register.

As of July 10th, it shows there are 11 seats remaining for the workshop, so if you know someone with a budding or practicing writer who might be interested, please pass the information along so they don't miss out.

Also, Sockmonkeys, if you know of any online writing workshops or events coming up that you think other Sockmonkey writers might be interested in, please, forward the relevant link and information to the Sockmonkey email PCSockmonkeyWriters@gmail.com and I'll be sure to post it.

Virtual Writing Retreat July 17th - 19th

Hello, Sockmonkeys!

After sharing the information about the Tacoma Library's Writing Workshop, I found a listing for the Evergreen Writing Oasis.  Just looking at the pictures I found initially, it looked like it might be based somewhere in our area, but, of course, it's actually a virtual writing retreat.

This is the message on their landing page:

"Welcome!

The Evergreen Writing Oasis is a virtual writing retreat where writers across the globe can come to relax, unwind, learn, and participate in panels and workshops from the comfort of their home. The retreat is held the weekend of July 17th-19th and will broadcast via YouTube."

All of the events that are listed are in Eastern time, so the Friday sessions will run between 12 noon and 6:30 p.m. Pacific, the Saturday sessions will run between 7 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and the Sunday sessions will run between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.  The topics for each session are listed on their Schedule page, but include: Writing Tips, Burnout/Fill the Well, Marketing, Outlining/Drafting, Diversity, Self and Developmental Editing, CPs (Critique Partners)/Beta Readers, and Author Platform. If you're interested in one or more of these topics, it might be worth it to check those sessions out.

Their site says the event is free (you don't even have to register) but they are selling merchandise to raise money to be donated to a charity that will be chosen at the end of the retreat by those who vote on it.  It is not required for participation.

Do you think you might attend (watch) one or more of these sessions? Are there any in particular you're most interested in? 

Please, if you see events like this, whether they're local or online, that you think other Sockmonkey writers might be interested in, share the link via the comments box on the side of this blog or send the information to PCSockmonkeyWriters@gmail.com so it can be posted!

Young Writer's Fantasy Workshop: Setting

This event is being sponsored and hosted by Write253 and the Tacoma Public Library and the information was passed along to me by Cassandra (thank you!).

From their website:

"Series Title - Writing Fantasy: Using your everyday life to inform fantastical ideas.

Use your own life and experiences as tools to generate ideas for fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction writing. Each workshop will focus on different elements of experience in fiction writing: character, setting, emotion, and memory. Great for beginning, novice, or experienced writers. Suitable for 5th to 12th grade.

Series Dates and Focus:
June 25 - Character Development (found out about this one after it was over, sorry!)
July 16 - Setting
August 20 - Exploring Memory and Emotion.

Online event using Zoom. Registration is required for each login. Registrants will receive a zoom link via email one hour prior to the event."

To see this and perhaps help the school aged writer you know register, please visit the event's direct link here.  The young writer may need a Tacoma Library Card to register.

As of this post, it shows there are 8 seats remaining for the workshop, so if you know someone with a budding or practicing writer who might be interested, please pass the information along so they don't miss out.

Also, Sockmonkeys, if you know of any online writing workshops or events coming up that you think other Sockmonkey writers might be interested in, please, forward the relevant link and information to the Sockmonkey email PCSockmonkeyWriters@gmail.com and I'll be sure to post it.

Summer 2019 Film Workshops in Tacoma

The following information was passed along by Cassandra via e-mail:

This summer, The Grand Cinema will be hosting their first ever Screenwriting Workshop, and their second annual Production Intensive for Short Narrative Films.

The classes are:

Screenwriting 101 led by Coral Untalan
Meets weekly on Thursdays July 11, 18, 25 and August 1, 6:30 - 8:30 PM with a final reading and potluck August 10, 12 PM.  Cost to register: $125

"Meeting once a week for five weeks, participants will develop and finalize a film script.  Each class consists of learning and practicing new skills to be applied to your scripts and an assignment, due the following class.  Students will work on the same script or scripts throughout the class, using their new skills to add to and edit their work.

Class concludes with a potluck and script reading for each student.  Students and instructor will provide constructive feedback, and finally, the instructor will provide written feedback to students one week after the final gathering."

Production Intensive: Narrative Film led by Jason Ganwich
August 12 - 16, August 19 - 23, 4 - 8 PM,  with a Friends & Family screening August 24, 10 AM.  Cost to register: $400 (payment plans available)

"This two week program focuses on the full production of short narrative films: working in film crews, you will develop a story, shoot, then complete post production and editing.  The intensive provides introductory instruction in digital filming, story development, writing, editing, lighting, audio, and sound.  Filmmakers of all levels of experience are invited to learn, collaborate, create, and share their stories.

The daily schedule for this is 4 - 8 PM Monday through Friday for both weeks, with a Friends and Family Screening Saturday at 10 AM."

For more information or to register, please visit The Grand Cinema's Film Education For Adults page.

This is not sponsored or hosted by the Sockmonkey Writers group, but the information is posted for any members of the group who might be interested.  If you attend, we'd love to hear about your experience and a bit about what you learned!