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.