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JaxbyJax Writing Workshop April 8th

WHO: Writers from Jacksonville and surrounding areas who want to improve their writing while helping others to improve, as well.

WHAT: Gentle critiques of poems and short prose pieces by and for beginning, student, professional, and published writers.

WHEN: Monday, April 8, 2019 at 6-9 PM

WHERE: FSCJ South Campus, 11901 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32246, Building T, Room 101

https://www.fscj.edu/campuses/south-campus

The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VI will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

One of our goals this year is to encourage Jacksonville writers who have not yet taken part in this annual celebration of “Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville” to participate. To that end, UNF, FSCJ and JaxbyJax will team up to host a monthly writing workshop at various locations around the city so that both student and non-student writers from the Jacksonville-area community can find out more about the festival, and also polish their writing through gentle critiques of their work.

The next workshop will be held on Monday, April 8th from 6 – 9 PM in room T-101 at the South Campus of FSCJ. Please bring 20 copies of your poem or short prose piece. You’ll get to hear your work read aloud by another writer, and then receive spoken feedback and written suggestions to take home.

JaxbyJax Writing Workshops are free, and open to the public (high school and older, please.) Participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance into the juried literary festival.

Announcing: 2019 JaxbyJax Writing Workshops

 

The JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival VI will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

One of our goals this year is to encourage Jacksonville writers who have not yet taken part in this annual celebration of “Jacksonville writers writing Jacksonville” to participate. To that end, UNF, FSCJ and JaxbyJax will team up to host a monthly writing workshop at various locations around the city so that both student and non-student writers from the Jacksonville community can find out more about the festival, and also polish their writing through gentle critiques of their work.

The first workshop will be held on Monday, March 4th from 6 – 9 PM in room B-208 at the Kent Campus of FSCJ. Please bring 12-20 copies of your poem or short prose piece. You’ll get to hear your work read aloud by another writer, and then receive spoken feedback and written suggestions to take home.

JaxbyJax Writing Workshops are free, and open to the public (high school and older, please.) Participation in the workshop does not guarantee acceptance into the juried literary festival.

WHO: Writers from the Jacksonville area who want to improve their writing while helping others to improve, as well.

WHAT: Gentle critique of poems and short prose pieces by beginning, student, professional, and published writers.

WHEN: Monday, March 4, 2019  6-9 PM

WHERE: FSCJ, Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32205. Building B, Room 208

https://www.fscj.edu/campuses/kent-campus

 

Prize-winning Workshop to start new series of classes

 

writers workshop at the home of Lynn Skapyak Harlin will begin a new series of classes on Tuesday, March 4, 2019  thru April 9, 2019 according to freelance writer and editor Harlin, leader of the workshop.

The Writers Workshop is designed for beginning writers who would like to learn new techniques, or seasoned writers who would like to refresh these skills to improve their writing. Fiction and nonfiction writers are welcome. Topics include: Creating believable characters, Tips for Improving Dialogue, Elements of Plot, how ‘Show rather than Tell’ works toward clarity in all forms of writing, the use of Pace, Mood, Tone and many other writing and submission tips.

Members of recent classes have won awards in the contests of the Florida First Coast Writers’ Festival and other national awards. 

The session meets every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the cost of the workshop (limited to 6 writers) is $200 for six weeks.

Before attending a workshop, all new workshop writers must write and submit an introductory essay according to workshop guidelines.

For more information on all sessions forming or to reserve a space, call Ms. Skapyak Harlin at 

778-8000 or e-mail her at lyharlin@aol.com