Three Ponds Farm Writing Retreat

September 11-12, 2015

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Setting/Description

Examines the ways authors use language to establish context, focusing particularly on using description and setting to develop characterization and set a tone.

(tips, prompts, and critiques)

led by

     Betty Stolarek   (Novelist, author of One Amber Bead)  

                             &

      Phillip Sterling     (Poet/short fiction, author of

                                                            In Which Brief Stories Are Told)

Tentative schedule:   

           

            Friday:             1-2 p.m registration, meet and greet

                                    2-5 p.m. workshop with Phillip Sterling

                                    5-7 p.m. social hour and light dinner

                                    7 p.m. reading by faculty, participants/ guests invited

            Saturday:        8-9 a.m. breakfast

                                   9-12 workshop with Betty Stolarek

                                   12-1 lunch

                                   1-4 p.m. critique with Sterling/Stolarek                                   

$200 per writer*

(includes all workshop fees & meals**)

@ Three Ponds Farm

    18741 Milton Road

                                                  Big Rapids, MI 49307

For more information, writing sample submission requirements, or registration, contact:

Betty Stolarek

stolaree@ferris.edu

231-796-2707

*Limited to 10 participants

**Some overnight accommodations available. Check our blog for details.

***To register, send check for $100.00 made out to Three Ponds Farm Retreats to Betty Stolarek at Milton Road address, or use PayPal (available through our blog.) 10% discount if deposit is received by 9/1/15. 

Three Ponds Farm Writing Retreat

July 24-25

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Setting/Description

Examines the ways authors use language to establish context, focusing particularly on using description and setting to develop characterization and set a tone.

(tips, prompts, and critiques)

led by

     Betty Stolarek   (Novelist, author of One Amber Bead)  

                              &

      Phillip Sterling     (Poet/short fiction, author of

                                                            In Which Brief Stories Are Told)

Tentative schedule:   

           

            Friday:             1-2 p.m registration, meet and greet

                                    2-5 p.m. workshop with Phillip Sterling

                                    5-7 p.m. social hour and light dinner

                                    7 p.m. reading by faculty, participants/ guests invited

            Saturday:        8-9 a.m. breakfast

                                   9-12 workshop with Betty Stolarek

                                   12-1 lunch

                                   1-4 p.m. critique with Sterling/Stolarek                                   

$200 per writer*

(includes all workshop fees & meals**)

@ Three Ponds Farm

    18741 Milton Road

                                                  Big Rapids, MI 49307

For more information, writing sample submission requirements, or registration, contact:

Betty Stolarek

stolaree@ferris.edu

231-796-2707

*Limited to 10 participants

**Some overnight accommodations available. Check our blog for details.

***To register, send check for $100.00 made out to Three Ponds Farm Retreats to Betty Stolarek at Milton Road address, or use PayPal (available through our blog.) 10% discount if deposit is received by 7/10. 

We still have a couple of places left for next week's retreat. Come join us!

Three Ponds Farm Writing Retreat

May 8-9, 2015

Mechanics of Revision

Examines the characteristic ways authors use language to create literature. Looks at elements of sentence structure and complexity, word choice and placement, voice, tone and symbolism.

(tips, prompts, and critiques)

led by

     Betty Stolarek   (Novelist, author of One Amber Bead)  

                              &

      Phillip Sterling     (Poet/short fiction, author of

                                                            In Which Brief Stories Are Told)

Tentative schedule:   

           

            Friday:             1-2 p.m registration, meet and greet

                                    2-5 p.m. workshop with Phillip Sterling

                                    5-7 p.m. social hour and light dinner

                                    7 p.m. reading by faculty, participants/ guests invited

            Saturday:        8-9 a.m. breakfast

                                   9-12 workshop with Betty Stolarek

                                   12-1 lunch

                                   1-4 p.m. critique workshop with Sterling/Stolarek

                                   

$200 per writer*

(includes all workshop fees & meals**)

@ Three Ponds Farm

    18741 Milton Road

                                           Big Rapids, MI 49307

For more information, writing sample submission requirements, or registration, contact:

Betty Stolarek

stolaree@ferris.edu

231-796-2707

*Limited to 10 participants

To register, send check for $100.00 made out to Three Ponds Farm Retreats to Betty Stolarek at Milton Road address, or use PayPal (available through our blog.) 10% discount if received by 4/8/15.

May 2015 Retreat: Mechanics of Revision

Three Ponds Farm Writing Retreat

May 8-9, 2015

Mechanics of Revision

Examines the characteristic ways authors use language to create literature. Looks at elements of sentence structure and complexity, word choice and placement, voice, tone and symbolism.

(tips, prompts, and critiques)

led by

     Betty Stolarek   (Novelist, author of One Amber Bead)  

                              &

      Phillip Sterling     (Poet/short fiction, author of

                                                            In Which Brief Stories Are Told)

Tentative schedule:   

           

            Friday:             1-2 p.m registration, meet and greet

                                    2-5 p.m. workshop with Phillip Sterling

                                    5-7 p.m. social hour and light dinner

                                    7 p.m. reading by faculty, participants/ guests invited

            Saturday:        8-9 a.m. breakfast

                                   9-12 workshop with Betty Stolarek

                                   12-1 lunch

                                   1-4 p.m. critique workshop with Sterling/Stolarek

                                   

$200 per writer*

(includes all workshop fees & meals**)

@ Three Ponds Farm

    18741 Milton Road

                                           Big Rapids, MI 49307

For more information, writing sample submission requirements, or registration, contact:

Betty Stolarek

stolaree@ferris.edu

231-796-2707

*Limited to 10 participants

To register, send check for $100.00 made out to Three Ponds Farm Retreats to Betty Stolarek at Milton Road address, or use PayPal (available through our blog.) 10% discount if received by 4/8/15.

2015 Retreat Schedule

Three Ponds Farm Writing Retreats

2015

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with

     Betty Stolarek   (Novelist, author of One Amber Bead)       

Phillip Sterling     (Poet/short fiction writer, author of In Which

                                        Brief Stories Are Told)

All retreats meet Fridays from 1:00-9:00 and Saturdays from 9:00-4:00, and include: discussion of and exercises in one aspect of fiction (see below), individual critiques, and participant readings.

Schedule for 2015:

March 27/28: Structure/Plot

May 8/9: Mechanics of Revision

June 19/20: Setting/Description

July 24/25: Point of View/Perspective

September 11/12: Characterization

                                               

$200 per writer for two-day retreat*

(includes all workshop fees & meals)**

To register, send a check for $100.00 made out to Three Ponds Farm Retreats at the Milton Road address below, or pay through PayPal at threepondsfarmwritersretreats.blogspot.com.

Registration Deadline is one month before each retreat.

For more information, writing sample requirements, or registration, contact:

Betty Stolarek

      Three Ponds Farm

       18741 Milton Road

        Big Rapids, MI 49307

        stolaree@ferris.edu

 231-796-2707

*Retreats are limited to 10 participants.

**Some overnight accommodations may be available at Three Ponds Farm.

 Check blog for details.