Creative Writing Open House and Spring Writing Workshops @ Miami Dade College
Sunday, 02/11/2013, 06:30 pm – 08:30 pm
The Center At Miami Dade College
401 N.E. Second Avenue, Suite 4102 (Building 4, 1st Floor),
Miami, Florida 33132
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New Creative Writing Classes at The Center@ Miami Dade College!

Do you have a drawer of old story drafts you want to revise? Ever think about turning your life story into a memoir? Has movie writing always intrigued you? Creative writing workshops and classes start this spring in Downtown Miami and Coral Gables!

Come Downtown and learn from the best with these spring workshops: Social Media for Writers with Will Plasencia, Advanced Fiction with David Beaty, The Writer’s Journey: How the Movies Can Make Us Better Writers with Nicholas Garnett and Writing Memoir with Kathie Klarrich.

For those who prefer a weekend schedule, Books & Books in Coral Gables will host even more classes: Creative Writing for Teens with Gaby Triana, Storytelling Magic: Tools for Beginning Fiction Writers with Fabiola Santiago and The New Crime Wave: Using Mystery and Suspense in Short Stories with Lynne Barrett.

See below for a complete schedule with links to course descriptions.

For Registration and more information, click here

Open House: Creative Writing @ The Center

Monday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m.
MDC Wolfson Campus, Room 2106, 300 N.E. Second Avenue, Miami.

Mingle with fellow writers and learn about The Center’s creative writing offerings prior to a craft talk with visiting author Amina Gautier, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for her short story collection At-Risk.

Spring 2013 Course Offerings

The Center’s non-Credit creative writing courses are offered throughout the year, giving aspiring writers the opportunity to receive critique and encouragement from published authors with extensive teaching experience.

Tuesdays: February 12 – March 5
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Registration $90
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Social Media for Writers with Communications Consultant Jami Reyes

Thursdays: February 21 – April 11
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Registration $170
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Telling Your Story Part 2 (Advanced Fiction) with David Beaty

Wednesdays: February 13 – May 1
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Registration $270
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
The Writer’s Journey: How the Movies Can Make Us Better Writers with Nicholas Garnett

Mondays: February 25 – April 15
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Registration $170
Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
Writing Memoir with Kathie Klarreich

Courses offered at Coral Gables outreach locations:
Saturdays: February 16 to March 23

10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Registration $170
Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
Creative Writing for Teens with Gaby Triana

Saturday: February 23
1 – 4 p.m. | Registration $40
Coral Gables Museum, 285 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
The New Crime Wave: Using Mystery & Suspense in Short Stories with Lynne Barrett

Saturdays: March 2 and 9
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Registration $80
Books & Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables
Storytelling Magic: Tools for Beginning Fiction Writers with Fabiola Santiago

Save the date! Spring 2013 Miami Writers Institute
Wednesday, May 8 through Saturday, May 11
Workshops with authors Mat Johnson, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Rosecrans Baldwin and more to be announced. Information and registration open February 2013.