[NEohioPAL] New Late-Winter Offerings at The Chagrin Valley Writers' Workshop with Scott Lax

[Scott Lax]

DUE TO SOLD-OUT WINTER WORKSHOPS, NEW, 4-WEEK, DISCOUNTED  LATE WINTER  
SESSIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED
AT THE CHAGRIN VALLEY WRITERS' WORKSHOP
With Award-Winning Novelist, Short Story Writer, Nonfiction Writer,  
Playwright and Film Producer Scot Lax
Call 440-248-8457
or e-mail info at scottlax.com for Registration Form and information

The Chagrin Valley Writers' Workshop
84 N. Main St., Ste. A, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022

New Late Winter Offerings Below

Workshop No. 1 – The Art of Fiction: Short Story & Novel with Scott  
Lax. The class will run on consecutive Saturdays from 1 PM until 3 PM.  
Feb. 27, Mar. 6, 13 & 20. Cost: $120 for four sessions. 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. Students also learn to  
think like fiction writers. The classes are fun, challenging, and are  
for anyone from beginners to accomplished writers.

Workshop No. 2 – The Art of Literary Nonfiction: Essay & Memoir with  
Scott Lax. Consecutive Saturdays from10 AM until 12 Noon, Feb. 27;  
Mar. 6, 13 & 20. Cost: $120 for four sessions. 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.

New! Workshop No. 3 – Manuscript Workshop with Scott Lax. Consecutive  
Tuesday Evenings from 7 PM until 9 PM. March 2, 9, 16 & 23. Cost: $120  
for four sessions. Description: Do you have a manuscript of fiction or  
nonfiction? Do you feel something is lacking in it, but you’re not  
sure what? It helps to get “fresh eyes” on your manuscript and to  
discuss what works, what doesn’t, and maybe even get new ideas for it.  
At our Tuesday evening manuscript workshop, you can get that kind of  
input and help. Students are asked to submit up to 15 pages of a  
fiction or nonfiction manuscript – short story, novel or memoir  
excerpt, for example. If it’s time for you to take that next step with  
your work, this workshop is for you.

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.




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