CREATIVE WRITING "CLASSES" and "WORKSHOPS" offered through a collaboration between Salon Mijangos and St. Mary's University Continuing Education Programs. All classes and workshops will be held on-site at Salon Mijangos. Please contact Laura Mijangos with any questions as to registration:
mijangoskirk@yahoo.comHow to Create a Strong, Highly-Crafted PoemTeacher: Marian Haddad. Meeting time: Mondays, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmSemester: February 11 to May 5 (10 sessions) Price: $250 Students will explore contemporary poetry and experience the powerful poem. In addition to writing, this course will encourage discovery through reading. Students will be asked to bring enough copies of at least one poem to distribute to class to have workshopped by classmates with final suggestions by instructor. Instructor will guide discussions and workshop dialogue.NOTE: This course is being offered in collaboration with St. Mary’s University Continuing Studies; students must register through
http://www.stmarytx.edu/continuingstudies/ or by calling 210-436-3321. This class will not meet on March 10, March 17, or March 31.
The Prose PoemTeacher: Marian Haddad. Meeting time: Tuesdays, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmSemester: February 12 to May 6 (10 sessions) Price: $250 Students will explore the genre of prose poetry (poetry written in paragraph form). Students will experience the difference between a prose poem paragraph and an expository paragraph and learn to craft prose poems. In addition to writing, this course will encourage discovery through reading. Students will be asked to bring enough copies of at least one poem to distribute to class to have workshopped by classmates with final suggestions by instructor. Instructor will guide workshop dialogue.NOTE: This course is being offered in collaboration with St. Mary’s University Continuing Studies; students must register through
http://www.stmarytx.edu/continuingstudies/ or by calling 210-436-3321. This class will not meet on March 11, March 18, or April 1.
Writing Prose: Memoirs, Personal Essays and Short StoriesTeacher: Marian Haddad. Meeting time: Thursdays, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmSemester: February 14 to May 8 (10 sessions) Price: $250 Students will explore the tenets of strong writing, including voice, dialogue, stylistics, imagery, craft. There’s a thin line between non-fiction and fiction. The similarities and differences will be discussed, and students are welcome to write in either or both genres. In addition to writing, this course will encourage discovery through reading. Students will be asked to bring enough copies of at least one piece to distribute to the class to have workshopped by classmates with final suggestions by instructor. Instructor will guide workshop dialogue.NOTE: This course is being offered in collaboration with St. Mary’s University Continuing Studies; students must register through
http://www.stmarytx.edu/continuingstudies/ or by calling 210-436-3321. This class will not meet on March 13, March 20, or April 3. CREATIVE WRITING WEEKEND "WORKSHOPS"
How to Create a Strong, Highly-Crafted PoemTeacher:
Marian Haddad. Meeting time: From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmDates: Saturday, February 23 to Sunday, February 24 (2 sessions) Price: $150 Students will explore contemporary poetry and experience the powerful poem. In addition to writing, this course will encourage discovery through reading. Students will be asked to bring enough copies of at least one poem to distribute to class to have workshopped by classmates with final suggestions by instructor. Instructor will guide discussions and workshop dialogue.NOTE: This course is being offered in collaboration with St. Mary’s University Continuing Studies; students must register through
http://www.stmarytx.edu/continuingstudies/ or by calling 210-436-3321.
The Prose PoemTeacher:
Marian Haddad. Meeting time: From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmDates: Saturday, March 1 to Sunday, March 2 (2 sessions) Price: $150 Students will explore the genre of prose poetry (poetry written in paragraph form). Students will experience the difference between a prose poem paragraph and an expository paragraph and learn to craft prose poems. In addition to writing, this course will encourage discovery through reading. Students will be asked to bring enough copies of at least one poem to distribute to class to have workshopped by classmates with final suggestions by instructor. Instructor will guide workshop dialogue.NOTE: This course is being offered in collaboration with St. Mary’s University Continuing Studies; students must register through
http://www.stmarytx.edu/continuingstudies/ or by calling 210-436-3321.
Writing Prose: Memoirs, Personal Essays and Short StoriesTeacher: Marian Haddad. Meeting time: From 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmDates: Saturday, April 5 to Sunday, April 6 (2 sessions) Price: $150 Students will explore the tenets of strong writing, including voice, dialogue, stylistics, imagery, craft. s a thin line between non-fiction and fiction. The similarities and differences will be discussed, and students are welcome to write in either or both genres. In addition to writing, this course will encourage discovery through reading. Students will be asked to bring enough copies of at least one piece to distribute to the class to have workshopped by classmates with final suggestions by instructor. Instructor will guide workshop dialogue.NOTE: This course is being offered in collaboration with St. Mary’s University Continuing Studies; students must register through
http://www.stmarytx.edu/continuingstudies/ or by calling 210-436-3321.
Private Manuscript Consultation (Poetry) offered by Salon Mijangos
Private Manuscript Consultation / Open to out-of-town writers
Teacher:
Marian Haddad. Price: $175 The first 8 poets to submit 8-10 typewritten pages of poetry to Marian Haddad through Salon Mijangos will have their work critiqued by her through a personal consultation. Submissions may be sent in between January 15th and April 6, 2008. Marian Haddad will schedule a phone or private conference with each poet after she has assessed their work. Private conferences will be held during the Spring semester and no later than April 30th. If you live outside San Antonio, please enclose an SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope).NOTE: Register at
www.salonmijangos.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -The following class is offered through NEISD in collaboration with Salon Mijangos and will be held at Salon Mijangos: contact Laura Mijangos for registration information at
mijangoskirk@yahoo.comTelling Your StoryTeacher:
Marian Haddad. Meeting time: Fridays, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pmSemester: February 15 to May 9 (10 sessions) Price: $250 Do you have stories you can never forget? Things that happened when you were a teen? Or things that happened just yesterday? This class is geared to helping you get those stories out in prose form and/or poetry form.We will explore the use of dialogue in creative writing. We will discuss the necessity of precise and detailed language, the importance of universal truths, the importance of sound and attention to detail. We will take our observations of the world and our lives within them and our observation of others and tell the stories that are waiting to be born. We will workshop our original pieces. Participants will bring typed copies of at least one original work (prose or poetry), and will bring enough copies for the entire class. The participant will read their poems or stories aloud as the rest of the class reads along on a copy made for them and comments on the piece. This will be a guided workshop, and the final comments will come from the instructor. These classes will strengthen your sense of an immediate writing community and will strengthen your writing itself.NOTE: This class will not meet on March 14, March 21 or April 4. Marian Haddad, MFA
www.marianhaddad.com
