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The Chagrin Valley Writers’ Workshop

With Scott Lax

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Mailing Address:

Scott Lax

Chagrin Valley Writers’ Workshop

84 N. Main Street, Suite A

Chagrin Falls, OH 44022


2010 Winter Session Offerings at the CVWW



Class No. 1: The Art of Fiction: Short Story & Novel with Scott Lax

Consecutive Tuesdays from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM. Jan. 19, 26; Feb. 2,  
9, 16 & 23

Cost: $180 for six sessions. $150 for former Scott Lax students.


CLASS DESCRIPTION: Do you want to write fiction that grabs readers and  
keeps them reading? This class is where you learn the art and craft of  
character, plot, setting, dialogue, point of view and how to weave  
elements together into fiction that lives and breathes. The classes  
are fun, challenging, and are for anyone from beginners to  
accomplished writers. You will come out of this a better writer if you  
really want it.

FICTION TESTIMONIAL: “Scott Lax is a gifted teacher and writer who  
manages to bring knowledge and sensitivity to the critiquing process.  
His insights and commentary foster a nurturing workshop environment  
within which noticeable creative progress can be and is achieved. The  
number of returning students who repeat his workshops is a testament  
to his skill and appeal as both an instructor and purveyor of the  
written word.” – Michael Ferrari, two-time student of Scott Lax and  
the author of Born to Fly, winner of the 2007 Delacorte Yearling Award  
for middle grade fiction. Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and  
Booklist critically acclaimed his novel. (Go to http://www.scottlax.com/events.htm 
  for more.)

LIMIT: 6 STUDENTS PER SESSION. Register early to assure your spot.



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Class No. 2: The Art of Literary Nonfiction: Essay & Memoir with Scott  
Lax

Consecutive Saturdays from 1 PM until 3 PM. Jan. 16, 23, 30; Feb. 6,  
13 & 20

Cost: $180 for six sessions; $150 for former Scott Lax students.



Class description: Literary Nonfiction is telling the truth in a way  
that is lyrical, compelling and true. It is not a kind of distorted  
“creative nonfiction” where facts are fudged for the sake of a good  
story. When a reader reads well-written essays and memoirs, he or she  
trusts that the words are truthful and the author is saying something  
new about his or her subject. This class will teach you how to look  
deeper at your subject – even if it is yourself – and put it on paper  
in a dynamic way. If you apply yourself you’ll emerge from this class  
with new skills – but also new understandings about your writerly  
self, and about how you look at the world as a writer.

NONFICTION TESTIMONIAL: “I had just begun a second nonfiction book  
when I joined Scott’s writing workshop. The timing turned out to be  
perfect. Not only were the classes enjoyable and interesting in their  
own right, they proved an investment with an immediate return in terms  
of my new work. I found Scott to be informative, authoritative,  
nurturing, encouraging, and unselfish and open in his approach to  
teaching. I highly recommend enrolling in his classes.” - Mark C.  
Brown, Ph.D. (For more testimonials, go to http://www.scottlax.com/events.htm.)

LIMIT: 6 STUDENTS PER SESSION. Register early to assure your spot.



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NEW & EXCLUSIVE TO THE CVWW


Screenplay Analysis with Producer Tyler Davidson



Description:  Award-winning producer Tyler Davidson will review  
students’ completed feature film screenplays, providing detailed,  
written “script notes” consistent with the highest film industry  
standards.  This evaluation will include an assessment of the  
screenplay’s technical elements, such as format, dialogue, action and  
description; story structure; character development; tone; the  
script’s overall effectiveness relative to the writer’s intent; and an  
appraisal of its financial and production prospects in the current  
marketplace.  After considering the notes, students will meet with  
Tyler one-on-one for further discussion of their screenplay.

Cost: $300



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NEW & EXCLUSIVE TO THE CVWW



Manuscript Line Edit and Consultation with Scott Lax


Do you have an essay, short story, nonfiction manuscript or novel that  
needs something – but you’re not sure what – before you send it out to  
agents, editors or publishers? Scott Lax will read your manuscript,  
line edit it, and suggest possible changes in plot, character  
development, setting, pacing, dialogue or, where appropriate, leave it  
alone and let you know what works. Consultations are based on Scott  
Lax’s availability and initial consultation as to whether he thinks he  
can be of help.

The fee for this service is $5.00/page, with a 20-page minimum and 400- 
page maximum. The service includes a post-edit and written report  
consultation, not to exceed one hour for book-length manuscripts, and  
half-hour for short story and essays.

ABOUT SCOTT LAX



FICTION: Scott Lax just completed his second novel, Village Triangle,  
which is currently placed with Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.,  
and awaiting a book deal. His first novel, The Year That Trembled, was  
called “Powerful,” and named one of 1998’s best works of fiction by  
The Denver Post. Lax was awarded the Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in  
Fiction Award from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference for the novel,  
which was the Vermont Novel of the Year, runner-up.
FILM: Scott Lax was source-writer and producer for the feature film,  
The Year That Trembled, called “The most important movie of the year”  
by the Ithaca Times. Released in theaters in 2002, it is now in  
international DVD release. He is the winner of four international film  
festival awards, including “Midwest Filmmaker of the Year.”
PLAYWRITING: As a playwright, Scott Lax had his adaptation of The Year  
That Trembled debut at University School in 2003. Critic Julie Hoke  
wrote, “A classic coming-of-age story…kudos on an ambitious and  
successful world premier.”
NONFICTION: In nonfiction, Lax was the first-place winner of the 2009  
Best Essay, 2009 Best Feature Article, and second-place 2009 Best  
Newspapers Series from the Ohio Professional Writers. He won honorable  
mention for best single essay at the 2007 Ohio Excellence in  
Journalism Awards. Scott was the 1993 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference  
Bernard J. O’Keefe Scholar in Nonfiction.
TEACHING: Scott Lax has taught, lectured, and been writer-in-residence  
at schools, universities and writers’ conferences throughout the  
country, such as the Wildacres Writers Workshop in NC, The Western  
Reserve Writers Conference, and University School. In 2008, The Hub  
City Writers Project of South Carolina announced The Scott Lax Prize,  
an annual, full-ride scholarship to the Wildacres Writers Workshop.  
The prize, established in 2008, is underwritten by Hillcrest  
Publications of Spartanburg, SC “to honor novelist Scott Lax of Ohio."

ABOUT FILM PRODUCER TYLER DAVIDSON



Tyler Davidson is the co-founder and principal of the Los Angeles- 
based production company Strange Matter Films, and an award-winning  
feature film producer who has worked extensively in many areas of film  
and television production.  He most recently produced the acclaimed  
feature “Swedish Auto,” the 2007 Cleveland International Film Festival  
Opening Night presentation, now in distribution with IFC Films, which  
stars January Jones (of AMC TV’s smash hit “Mad Men”) and Lukas Haas  
(“Witness”).  Variety called the film “A study in state-of-the-art  
indie filmmaking.”

Davidson, who graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in  
English, began his entertainment career in 1998 with Ohio-based Novel  
City Pictures, where he served as senior vice president and producer  
of the award-winning feature “The Year That Trembled,” based on the  
novel by Scott Lax.  Among other honors for the film, Davidson  
received the Midwest Independent Filmmaker of the Year Award at the  
2002 Cleveland International Film Festival. He subsequently served as  
president of the LA-based film and television production company, the  
Lab Entertainment Group, overseeing the company’s full slate of  
projects, including the documentary, “Hitting the High Notes: 2004  
High Sierra Music Festival,” for CMH Records.



Davidson has read nearly a thousand screenplays in his career, working  
through the script development process with dozens of professional  
writers.  He is currently developing several feature films with  
Strange Matter Films, including “Shelter,” “A Complete Unknown,” and  
“The Bar Mitzvah King.”




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