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Date: November 5 - 8, 2009
Begins Thursday, at 3 PM with a tour of HIGHLIGHTS
FOR CHILDREN® and Boyds Mills Press; ends
Sunday with lunch.
Designed For: Writers interested in learning the art of telling true stories.
Maximum Capacity: 12 participants |
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WORKSHOP FOCUS
There is no doubt: the market for nonfiction is much stronger than the market for fiction, but . . . you love to tell stories! This workshop will show you how to bring your love of storytelling to the craft of writing narrative nonfiction—nonfiction that goes beyond stating facts to using facts to tell a compelling story.
Narrative nonfiction tells a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end. But, because it is nonfiction, everything in the story must be true. Writers working in narrative nonfiction must combine the skills of the fiction and nonfiction writer.
This workshop will cover
- the basic elements of nonfiction storytelling, such as finding a strong central character, dialogue, and point of view;
- recognizing which form will best support the idea (picture book? magazine article?);
- choosing the right focus for the material;
- finding your story’s theme or central idea;
- giving your story “voice;”
- using sensory images and kid-friendly details;
- research tips; and much more.
You’ll work with an award-winning author of narrative nonfiction, such as the Caldecott Honor book The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, and a children’s magazine editor/author who spent six years editing nonfiction for Highlights for Children. Through a combination of lectures, writing activities, and one-on-one and group critiques, you’ll learn to tell nonfiction stories that book and magazine editors—and young readers—will love!
Workshop Fee of $895 includes cozy, individual cabins; all meals (provided by a top-notch chef); airport pickup service, if needed; and an intimate teaching setting in the living room of the Founders of Highlights for Children!
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Faculty |
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Kim T. Griswell
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Kim
T. Griswell
Kim is a senior editor for Highlights, Inc. and works with the Highlights Foundation and Boyds Mills Press. She served as the coordinating editor of Highlights for six years and Highlights High Five for a year. Her work in the children’s literature field has spanned the worlds of publishing and teaching, leading her to positions as senior editor of Bookbag magazine, book development manager for The Mailbox Book Company, a university and community college instructor, and a teacher with the Institute of Children’s Literature. She holds master’s degrees in teaching writing and in literature from Humboldt State University. She has taught writing workshops across the country on such topics as Focusing Nonfiction, Mystery Writing, Creating a Sense of Place, Writing for Children’s Magazines, Nature as Muse, and The Hero’s Journey. A prolific writer and committed editor, Kim has published more than two hundred short stories, articles, and columns. Her books include Carnivorous Plants, Nonfiction Reading Practice (Grade 3), and many stories in the four-book series, Short Short Stories for Reading Aloud. In 2008, Kim was awarded a two-month writing residency at the Sitka Center for Arts and Ecology in Oregon. www.kimgriswell.com. |
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Barbara Kerley
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Barbara Kerley
Barbara is an award-winning author whose work includes the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book What To Do About Alice?; the Notable Social Studies Trade Book A Little Peace; the Sibert Honor Book Walt Whitman, Words for America; and the Caldecott Honor Book The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, illustrated by Brian Selznick. She has also published nonfiction articles in Highlights and Cricket magazines. Visit Barbara’s Web site at www.barbarakerley.com.
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