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Nonfiction writers unite! This workshop is the perfect place
to celebrate and embrace the art of nonfiction writing and
to come together with fellow nonfiction writers. To put it
simply, nonfiction is number one here—and not considered
the poor second cousin to fiction. The key to good nonfiction
writing is solid research—research that offers the author
juicy anecdotes and insightful quotations that can enliven
any subject, no matter how dry.
This workshop will cover how to
- start your research;
- evaluate source material (everything from primary to secondary
to online);
- find source materials (everywhere from state and university
libraries to local and state historical societies and museums—even
to movie theaters);
- locate the right people to talk to; and
- end your research and get down to the writing.
This workshop will involve equal parts of research and writing.
There will be a pre-workshop writing assignment that will
be evaluated during group sessions.
PLEASE NOTE: Participants
are encouraged to bring both new works and works in progress
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Carolyn Yoder
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Carolyn
P. Yoder
Carolyn is senior history editor at Highlights. She
has written extensively on research and writing history for
children. George Washington: The Writer, edited and
compiled by Carolyn, was recently released by Boyds Mills
Press, and her latest book, John Adams: The Write,
will soon be released by Calkins Creek Books.
Carolyn also reviews juvenile books
for the Civil War Book Review and has been a writer
and editor for the New Jersey Historical Society. She has
served as the award-winning editor in chief of Cobblestone:
The History Magazine for Young People; Calliope, Faces, Odyssey,
and as assistant publisher of Cobblestone Publishing, Inc.,
overseeing development of its book division. She has also
been the executive director of the New Hampshire Antiquarian
Society and a writing tutor at New England College.
Carolyn was recently named editor
of Calkins Creek Books, a new history and historical fiction
imprint of Boyds Mills Press.
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