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Workshop
Description
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Date: April
10–13, 2008
Arrive Thursday, April 10, at 3 PM for a tour of HIGHLIGHTS
FOR CHILDREN® and Boyds Mills Press.
Depart Sunday, April 13, after lunch.
Designed For: Children's writers interested
in learning to research and write about the lives of
interesting people
Workshop Tuition: $995
Limited To: 10 participants
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WORKSHOP FOCUS
What does it take to tell somebody’s story? How can
you bring a person from the past to
life? How can you offer a credible and original portrait of
someone living today? In this
workshop, attendees will learn the art of biography—for
a magazine article or a book. They
will delve deep into research techniques (including interviewing),
learn about the art of
writing and rewriting, and study published biographies—both
adult and children.
The workshop will include equal parts one-on-one reviews,
lecture and discussion, and
critique session. Attendees will bring to the workshop their
assignments—articles or book
chapters—along with outlines, research notes, bibliographies,
and marketing summaries.
They are also asked to provide ahead of time several questions
about writing biography that
they would like answered during the workshop.
This workshop will help you
- develop tools to bring historical characters to life;
- learn research and interview techniques;
- find out how rewriting skills can polish your work; and
- tailor your writing for articles, short stories, and books.
PLEASE NOTE: There will be a writing assignment
and an extensive critique session.
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Workshop
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Carolyn P. Yoder
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Carolyn
P. Yoder
Carolyn is the senior editor of history and world cultures for Highlights for Children and has written numerous articles on research and writing history for children. She spent a decade serving as the award-winning editor in chief of Cobblestone: The History Magazine for Young People; Calliope; Faces; and Odyssey, which led to her position as assistant publisher of Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., overseeing development of its book division. Carolyn is currently editor of Calkins Creek Books—the history and historical fiction imprint of Boyds Mills Press, publisher of her book George Washington: The Writer and her most recent work, John Adams: The Writer, released in October 2007. She also reviews juvenile history books for the Civil War Book Review and has been a writer and editor for the New Jersey Historical Society.
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