Nebraska

NWW 2010 Schedule

 

Poetry Resources: 

The Everything Writing Poetry Book by Tina Eliopulos & Todd Moffett

Writing Poetry from the Inside Out by Sanford Lynne

 

Script Resources:

Advanced Screenwriting by Linda Seger

** Screenplay Judging Score Sheets = Exchange of Scripts for Eval **

Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach by Paul Gulino

 

Fiction Resources:

Spider, Spin Me a Web by Lawrence Block

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

 

Jan 6     Readings

 

    13   Poet:    Why Write Poetry? (Everything book)

          Script:  Realistic Tale Well Told ((Advanced)

          Fiction: Organic Writing (Spider, Spin Me)

                                       

    20    Poet:    Important Details (Everything book)

          Script:  Cinematic Tale Well Told (Advanced)

          Fiction: Real People (Spider, Spin Me)

                                       

    27    Poet:    Poetic Language (Everything book)                                          

          Script:  Keep it Moving, Moving, Moving - A (Advanced)

          Fiction: Following in Jane Austen’s Footsteps (Spider, Spin Me)

 

Feb 3     Readings

 

    10   Poet:    All About Meter (Everything book)

          Script:  Keep it Moving, Moving, Moving – B (Advanced)

          Fiction: The Shadow Knows (Spider, Spin Me)

                                        

    17   Poet:    Poetic Forms (Everything book)                                             

          Script:  Making a Scene – A (Advanced)

          Fiction: A Stitch in time (Spider, Spin Me)

 

    24  Poet:    Sonnets, Odes, & Ghazals (Everything book)

          Script:  Making a Scene - B (Advanced)

          Fiction: The Art of Omission (Spider, Spin Me)

 

Mar 3     Readings

 

    10    Poet:    The Sestina, Pantoum & Villanelle (Everything book)

          Script:  Twists & Turns, Secrets & Lies - A (Advanced)

          Fiction: details, Details (Spider, Spin Me)

 

 

Mar 17    Poet:    Writing about Love (Everything book)

          Script:  Twist & Turns, Secrets & Lies – B (Advanced)

          Fiction: The Story behind the Story (Spider, Spin Me)

   

    24    Poet:    Writing about Family & Friends (Everything book)

          Script:  What’s It Really About? – A (Advanced)

          Fiction: What do Editors Want (Spider, Spin Me)

 

    31    Poet:    Writing about Home (Everything book)

          Script: What’s It Really About? – B (Advanced)

          Fiction: Be Prepared (Spider, Spin Me)

 

Apr 7   Readings                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

    14    Poet:    Writing about Environment (Everything book)

          Script:  Show, Don’t Tell - A (Advanced)

          Fiction: Let’s hear it for Sex & violence (Spider, Spin Me)

        

    21    Poet:    Writing about Work & Play (Everything book)

          Script:  More to Character... – A (Advanced)

          Fiction: Mirror, Mirror on the Page (Spider, Spin Me)

 

* * * Sunday, Apr 25, SHAKESPEARE’S Birthday Party * * * 

 

    28    Poet:    Writing about Culture (Everything book)

          Script:  More to Character... – B (Advanced)

          Fiction: Purely Coincidental (Spider, Spin Me)

 

May 5   Readings

 

    12    Poet:    Writing Humorously (Everything book)

          Script:  Do Your Characters Change, Grow? - A (Advanced)

          Fiction: Points of Order (Spider, Spin Me)

 

    14    Poet:    Writing for Children (Everything book)

          Script:  Do Your Characters Change, Grow? - B (Advanced)

          Fiction: Reporters & Imaginers (Spider, Spin Me)

   

    19    Poet:    Vision & Revision (Everything book)

          Script: Say it Well, Make it Strong – A (Advanced)

          Fiction: Sorry, Charlie AND Midnight Oil (Spider, Spin Me)

   

 

May 26    Poet:    The Golden String (Writing Poetry, Lynne)

          Script:  Say it Well, Make it Strong – B (Advanced)

          Fiction: The Beginner’s Mind AND Apples & Oranges (Spider, Spin Me)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Jun 2     25^{th Anniversary PARTY}

   

    ^{9     Poet:    Beginning Your Journey (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Creating a Style – A (Advanced)}

          ^{Fiction: Staying Loose (Spider, Spin Me)}

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

    ^{16    Poet:    Artists in Light & Sound (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Creating a Style – B (Advanced)}

          ^{Fiction: Goal Tending AND Take Courage (Spider, Spin Me)}

 

   ^{23    Poet:    The Trick of Being You (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  The Roar of the Crowd – A (Advanced)}

          ^{Fiction: The Solitary Voice (Spider, Spin Me)}

 

    ^{30    Poet:    Our Materials—Words (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  The Roar of the Crowd – B (Advanced}

          ^{Fiction: Going for the Gold AND Surviving Rejection (Spider, Spin Me)}

 

^{July 7    Readings}

    

     ^{14   Poet:    Poem-Sketching (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Judging Scripts Concepts - BRING ONE OF YOURS FOR EXCHANGE}

          ^{Fiction: Try, Try Again (Spider, Spin Me)}

 

     ^{21   Poet:    Giving the Poem a Form (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Judging Scripts Character – Discuss Hi & Lo Points}

          ^{Fiction  Surviving Rejection (Spider Spin Me)}

 

     ^{28   Poet:    Additional Poem Sketching (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Judging Scripts Story – Discuss Hi & Lo Points}

          ^{Fiction: The Guts of a Fictioneer (Spider, Spin Me)}

 

 

^{Aug 4     Readings}

 

    ^{11    Poet:    “Matching” Poems (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Judging Scripts Marketability – Discuss Hi & Low Points}

          ^{Fiction: Scattering Stones (Spider, Spin Me)}

 

    ^{18    Poet:    Alternative Thinking (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  An Introduction to Sequences (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Writing for the Ages AND On Growing Older (Spider, Spin Me)}

 

    ^{25    Poet:    Shake It Up (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Firing on all Eight (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Welcome to hard Times AND Truth to Tell (Spider, Spin Me)}                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

^{Sep 1     Readings}

 

    ^{8     Poet:    The Poem as Self-Portrait (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Fractured Symmetry (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Writing as Practice AND composting (Down the Bones)}

 

    ^{15    Poet:    The Power of Beliefs (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Flashback to the Future (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Fighting Tofu AND Trouble with the Editor (Down the Bones)}

 

    ^{22    Poet:    Voice-Being Yourself on Paper (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Nocturnal Episodes (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Man Eats Car, Writing is not a McDonald’s Hamburger (Down the Bones)}

 

    ^{29    Poet:    Creating Your Own Word Groups (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  1,700 Miles in Nine Sequences (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Original Detail AND Power of Detail (Down the Bones)}

 

^{Oct 6     Readings}

 

   ^{13   Poet:    Life is the Teacher (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Sixteen Sequences and an Intermission}

          ^{Fiction: Living Twice AND Writers have Good Figures (Down the Bones)}

 

^{* * * Fri-Sun, Oct 15-16, FALL RETREAT * * *}

             

 

    ^{20    Poet:    Inner & Outer Observations (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Passive Main Character (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Don’t Marry the Fly AND Don’t Use Writing to Get Love (Down the Bones)}

                                                                                                                                                                                                          

    ^{27    Poet:    Adding Sound (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Midpoint Reversal (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Don’t Tell but Show AND Be Specific (Down the Bones)}

 

^{Nov 3     Readings}

 

    ^{10    Poet:    Reading Other Poets (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  Eight Sequences Eight Miles Up (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Writing is a Communal Act (Down the Bones)}

 

    ^{17    Poet:    Circles of Awareness (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  The Disappearing Lead Actor (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Make Statements, Answer Questions & Action Sentences (Down the Bones)}

 

    ^{24    ***No Meeting due to Turkeys & Pies***}

 

^{Dec 1    Readings}

 

    ^{8     Poet:    The Spiritual Journey (Writing Poetry, Lynne)}

          ^{Script:  The Shotgun Approach (Sequence)}

          ^{Fiction: Trust Yourself, Samurai,& I Don’t Want to Die (Down the Bones)}

 

    ^{15    HOLIDAY PARTY}