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border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(76, 70, 44); font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "><h2 class="BigHeader" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.3em; font-weight: bold; "><center><font color="BROWN"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">AUTUMN AT THE CHAGRIN VALLEY WRITERS' WORKSHOP...We're here to help you be the best writer you can be.</span></font></font></center></h2><font color="BROWN"><div class="Content1" style="min-width: 400px; padding-bottom: 10px; "><div class="sb_content_image_center"><div class="sb_captioned_image" align="center" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><div class="sb_caption" style="width: 260px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font></div></div></div><div class="ContentParagraph"><center><font color="brown"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">CONTACT US TO REGISTER OR FOR INFORMATION<br>Chagrin Valley Writers' Workshop c/o Scott Lax<br>P.O. Box 23142 • Chagrin Falls, OH • 44023<br>Tel. 440.954.4039 • Email: <a href="mailto:info@scottlax.com">info@scottlax.com</a></span></font></font></center><center><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><a href="http://www.scottlax.com/events.htm">www.scottlax.com/events.htm</a></span></font></center><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><font color="brown"></font></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><br></span></font><div class="ContentParagraph"><left><font color="brown"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; ">We've made it easier than ever to plan your workshop schedule and register. There are three, four-week workshops scheduled for this year. Price for all workshops is $120 per person for each workshop, with a 10% discount available to former Scott Lax students, regardless of where you’ve taken a workshop or class. Descriptions for these workshops are below.<br><br>MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP A: Tuesdays, 7-9 PM, September 14, 21, 28 and October 5 (see below for description)<br><br>HOW TO TELL A STORY WORKSHOP: Tuesdays, 7-9 PM, October 19 and 26, November 2 and 9 (see below for description)<br><br>MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP B: Tuesdays, 7-9 PM, November 23 and 30, December 7 and 14 (see below for description)<br><br>MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Do you have a manuscript of fiction or nonfiction, a stage play or screenplay? Do you feel something is lacking in it, but you’re not sure what? Or maybe you just want to hear what others have to say about your work, while at the same time learning about the art of critiquing others’ work, which helps you understand your own.<br><br>It helps to get “fresh eyes” on your manuscript and to discuss what works for your colleagues, what doesn’t, and maybe even get new ideas for your story. At our Tuesday evening manuscript workshops, you can get that kind of input, help and support. Students are asked to submit up to 15 pages of a fiction or nonfiction manuscript – a short story, novel or memoir excerpt, screenplay or stage play. If it’s time for you to take that next step with your work, this workshop is for you.<br><br>During the course of the Workshop, we will also talk about the art and craft of writing: character development, plot, setting, dialogue and “thinking like a writer.”<br><br>And we're offering something new that’s unique to our Workshop: some students only have an idea for a story, but not much down on paper yet. Students, including 2-person writing teams at the Chagrin Valley Writers’ Workshop, have successfully worked out their stories through discussion, outlines and brainstorming sessions, and gone on to write screenplays and books.<br><br>Whether you have a finished manuscript, a story-in-progress, or simply an idea for it, our Workshop could be what you need to jump-start your writing.<br><br>HOW TO TELL A STORY WORKSHOP<br><br>Week One - “How to Think Like a Writer.” In it, we’ll talk about the writing life, and do an exercise that may well change how you see yourself as a writer. We’ll talk about why you write, how you write, where you write, when you write and what’s keeping you from writing more. We will also cover point of view. <br><br>Week Two - “Dialogue: The Key to Great Stories." Whether you’re a fan of “Mad Men,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “The Secret Life of Bees,” "The Great Gatsby" or any other book, film or play, it’s likely that you’ve been affected by the dialogue. How do those writers do it? Scott Lax, who has won awards for a novel of literary fiction, short stories, essays and features, and has been a source-writer for a feature film, playwright and writer for Comedy Central TV, will show you the tricks and tools of great dialogue, and why it’s the key to capturing readers’ hearts. <br><br>Week Three - “Character Development: How to Turn Your Characters Into Real, Live People.” Regardless of the genre in which you write, your characters must be believable. No matter how good your writing is, if your readers don’t care about your characters (even the villains), you’ve lost them. Scott Lax will teach you how to bring them to life as people, not simply “characters.”<br><br><br>Week Four - “Setting and Plot: Where Are You And Where Are You Going?” You can’t put characters in a vacuum. They need exist in believable settings. And you have to have them moving constantly. That’s the simple essence of plot and setting. How do you create a rich environment and make your story move through time? In this class, Scott Lax will show you how to weave together the elements of storytelling. When you leave this workshop, you may well have a new lease on your writing life. <br>THINGS TO KNOW:<br><br>• There is an 8-person limit for the Workshop, so register early.<br><br>• Students must be 18 years or older.<br><br>• The workshops are held at the beautiful, newly renovated Clubhouse at Hamlet Village in the Village of Chagrin Falls. You'll receive directions to the Workshop when you register. <br><br>• The Workshop has ample free parking, is on the first floor, is wheelchair accessible, and is located less than a half mile from downtown Chagrin Falls in a beautiful, tree-lined setting. On temperate days, we may hold the Workshop outside, on the patio. Our new facility has men’s and women’s restrooms, a kitchen, library, fireplace and comfortable chairs and tables for everyone. <br><br>• Critique sessions are in a supportive, constructive environment. We understand that putting your writing out there is difficult enough, so you will not be subject to harsh or unkind criticism of your work. <br><br><br></span></font></font></left></div></div></font></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>