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Writing the Unthinkable

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July 21, 2013 – July 26, 2013
Location:
Rhinebeck, NY
Course:
SM13-3205-382
Teacher:
Lynda Barry
Tuition:
$445
SM13-3205-382Lynda Barry,
Description

This workshop is full. To join our waiting list, please call 877.944.2002 or email registration@eomega.org. Please include your name, address and daytime phone number.

Simple Secrets Revealed at Last!!! Writer/Cartoonist TELLS ALL in ACTION-PACKED Workshop!!! Write STORIES as NATURALLY as You Dream Them!!! Use: Memory!!! Pictures!!! Ordinary Words!!! Laughing!!! NO IDEA IS TOO SMALL!!!!

“When people try to write stories they tend to drag the stories behind them,” says writer and cartoonist Lynda Barry. “They think the story and question it and try to arrange it into something understandable, which is no fun at all! It makes a person feel exhausted and cranky. The best way to write is to let the image pull you. You should be water-skiing behind it, not dragging it like a barge. Writing should take you for a ride.”

Focusing first on memory, we embark on a journey into the unexpected. Memories come as uncontrollably as dreams—you may end up remembering things you haven’t thought of since you were a kid. Then we move into fiction. “It’s a way of writing that’s freaky, vivid, and a lot of fun,” Barry says.

Bring a three-ring binder (no other binder or notebook will do), at least 200 sheets of lined paper, and a pen.

Limited enrollment, please register early.

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Things to Bring:

Bring a three-ring binder (no other binder or notebook will do), at least 200 sheets of lined paper, and a pen

Schedule
Sunday
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.Check In (Rooms available after 5:00 p.m.)
8:00 p.m.–8:20 p.m.Omega Welcome (Orientation)
 
Monday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.Workshop
 
Tuesday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.Workshop
 
Wednesday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
 
Thursday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.Workshop
 
Friday
9:00 a.m.–NoonWorkshop
Noon–1:00 p.m.Check Out
Teachers

Lynda Barry is author of The Good Times Are Killing Me, which won the Washington State Governor’s Award, and Cruddy, which was described by the New York Times as “a work of terrible beauty.” Barry contributed “100 Demons” to the anthology Mothers Who Think and published The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, a collection of her comic strips that feature one of her most popular characters.

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