BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//James River Writers - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:James River Writers X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for James River Writers REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20170101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170330T093000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170330T123000 DTSTAMP:20240328T071709 CREATED:20170313T223729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T162607Z UID:630493-1490866200-1490877000@jamesriverwriters.org SUMMARY:March Master Class: Play Before You Write DESCRIPTION:Deepening Your Story & Escaping Writer’s Block through Pre-writing\nwith Solveig Eggerz \n \nDiscover the meaning or “aboutness” of your story through pre-writing. Participants will experiment with several pre-writing methods focused on protagonist\, place\, and conflict\, experiencing how each exercise deepens the meaning of the story and paves the way to a confident first draft. Participants will come away with an understanding of the pre-writing process as well as the beginnings of a good story. \nA native of Iceland\, Solveig Eggerz is the author of Seal Woman\, an award-winning novel informed by the selkie legend. For many years she told folk and fairy tales in schools in Alexandria\, Virginia. Using a blend of told and written story\, she teaches writing at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda\, Maryland\, as well as “Sharing our Stories\,” a writing program for individuals emerging from difficult circumstances. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from Catholic University. Her writing has appeared in such places as The Northern Virginia Review\, Delmarva Review\, and Palo Alto Review. \nDate: Thursday\, March 30\, 2017 \nTime: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. \nLocation: Visual Arts Center 1812 West Main Street\, Richmond\, VA 23220 \nPrice: $55 for members; $70 for non-members \n[themify_button style=”large red” link=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/59Wo9LNrXj5QbTPBzOzk5w”]Register Today[/themify_button] \nAnd make sure you don’t miss Solveig Eggerz the night before this Master Class on the stage of the March 29 Writing Show: Fairytales\, Folklore & Stories that Endure. URL:https://jamesriverwriters.org/event/march-master-class-play-before-you-write/ LOCATION:Visual Arts Center\, 1812 West Main Street\, Richmond\, VA\, 23220\, United States CATEGORIES:Master Class 2017,Master Classes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jamesriverwriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/MasterClass_LogoColor-square-1.jpg GEO:37.5488768;-77.4638756 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Visual Arts Center 1812 West Main Street Richmond VA 23220 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1812 West Main Street:geo:-77.4638756,37.5488768 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR