Event Name:
Annual Winter Writer's Course 2019
Description:
Winter Writer's Nonfiction Writing Class
Come to a writing class for students and learners of all ages!
719.488.0880 | Toll Free: 800.752.6558
The course fee is $45 for adults and $15 for students (21 and under). WMMI members receive $5 off adult fee.
Are you ready to take your writing to the next level? The Western Museum of Mining & Industry provides an intimate, inclusive program in a remarkable setting. This class combines excellent instruction with valuable resources and is ideally suited for the general public, teen writers, and beginners.
Immerse yourself in this intensive, half-day winter writing class designed for those who want to learn more about nonfiction writing and publishing. Writing about nature, science, history and other nonfiction subjects offers exciting opportunities to be published. Magazines, newspapers, bloggers, clubs, and schools are looking for articles to share with their audience, and this class can teach you how to publish.
Class highlights
Instructor bios:
Steven Veatch grew up in the Pikes Peak region and earned degrees at Colorado State University at Pueblo (BSBA), Webster University (MA), and Emporia State University (MS Earth Science). He is a writer of essays, book reviews, science articles, and professional papers. He has published over 150 articles on nature and science. He has contributed chapters to these three books: Field Trips in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA, Field Guide 5; The Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado; and The World’s Greatest Gold Camp: An Introduction to the History of the Cripple Creek and Victor Mining District.
He was an associate editor of Leonardo, a literary and art journal published by the English Department of Central New Mexico Community College for three years. He is a regular at a writer’s retreat held in the woods of northern Michigan at the Interlochen College of Creative Arts.
Ben H. Elick has published of nonfiction articles in newspapers and magazines, notably the international Earth science magazine Deposits. He recently presented his co-authored paper on repeat photography at the Geological Society of America’s North-Central Section Meeting in Ames, IA and on Cripple Creek minerals at the New Mexico Technical Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. This will be his third year assisting with this writing class. He is currently a student and lives in Douglas County.
Come to a writing class for students and learners of all ages!
719.488.0880 | Toll Free: 800.752.6558
The course fee is $45 for adults and $15 for students (21 and under). WMMI members receive $5 off adult fee.
Are you ready to take your writing to the next level? The Western Museum of Mining & Industry provides an intimate, inclusive program in a remarkable setting. This class combines excellent instruction with valuable resources and is ideally suited for the general public, teen writers, and beginners.
Immerse yourself in this intensive, half-day winter writing class designed for those who want to learn more about nonfiction writing and publishing. Writing about nature, science, history and other nonfiction subjects offers exciting opportunities to be published. Magazines, newspapers, bloggers, clubs, and schools are looking for articles to share with their audience, and this class can teach you how to publish.
Class highlights
- Work with published authors who will teach the class
- Learn about creative nonfiction, nature writing, science writing, and history writing
- Discover powerful research methods
- Identify and develop story ideas
- Practice how to outline and structure stories
- Learn potent craft tips
- Work with photos for your articles
- Understand the role of an editor in the publication process
- Discuss publication issues and learn some tips on publishing
Instructor bios:
Steven Veatch grew up in the Pikes Peak region and earned degrees at Colorado State University at Pueblo (BSBA), Webster University (MA), and Emporia State University (MS Earth Science). He is a writer of essays, book reviews, science articles, and professional papers. He has published over 150 articles on nature and science. He has contributed chapters to these three books: Field Trips in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA, Field Guide 5; The Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado; and The World’s Greatest Gold Camp: An Introduction to the History of the Cripple Creek and Victor Mining District.
He was an associate editor of Leonardo, a literary and art journal published by the English Department of Central New Mexico Community College for three years. He is a regular at a writer’s retreat held in the woods of northern Michigan at the Interlochen College of Creative Arts.
Ben H. Elick has published of nonfiction articles in newspapers and magazines, notably the international Earth science magazine Deposits. He recently presented his co-authored paper on repeat photography at the Geological Society of America’s North-Central Section Meeting in Ames, IA and on Cripple Creek minerals at the New Mexico Technical Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro. This will be his third year assisting with this writing class. He is currently a student and lives in Douglas County.
Event Date:
1/26/2019
Event Time:
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Mountain
Location:
Western Museum of Mining & Industry
225 North Gate Blvd.
Colorado Springs, Co 80921
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225 North Gate Blvd.
Colorado Springs, Co 80921
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Contact Person:
Jamie Martinez
(phone: 719-488-0880)
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