In person at the 1762 Hennepin space, Saturday, January 27th from 1 - 3 PM What do you do when you are not sure what the story is? You improvise! How? There is a formula that can be used to improvise a story in almost every situation. This workshop will teach you that formula and […]
Three in-person sessions- Sundays March 3, 10, & 17. All sessions 2:00-4:00 pm in the 1762 Hennepin Ave space. $70 for the workshop, taught by Laura Packer. From popular culture to YA lit to podcasts, fairy tales are just about everywhere, in books, tv, and film, but they evolved as told stories, passed from teller […]
Coming Saturday, March 16th, 1:00-3:00 PM - an in-person workshop on “Wedding Toasts and Roasts” for all you who have been asked by friends and/or relatives to offer the traditional humorous / heartfelt celebratory toast at a too soon wedding. Practice structuring and delivering a speech that straddles the line between expectation and appreciation without […]
Master storyteller Loren Niemi has literally written the book on how to master plots and a story's point of view - and we're bringing him to Duluth on March 23 so he can share his insights with you! He'll be teaching two separate sessions, but if you take both, you'll receive a discounted price. We […]
You wrote it but how does it read when spoken? Does it flow? Does it engage an audience? This workshop looks at the tips and techniques of performing poetry rather than simply reading it, as well as the joys and pitfalls of working with a microphone. Workshop taught by Loren Niemi IN-PERSON at the […]
If you write poetry, how do you decide where to end line 1 and start line 2? Does it sometimes just feel right, or do you not really think about it? This workshop will show you how thoughtful line breaks can add meaning and impact to a poem. It will help you place line breaks […]
Is it a Story or is it a Poem? Is there a boundary between them? In this workshop, we will consider length, density, and audience. And how the audience changes how a story is told. A poem isn’t a story, but a narrative poem is. We will write our stories and tell them to each […]
Whether you call it "bilingual poetry", "lyric code-switching", or "poetic translanguaging" the task is to have the meaning of a poem in one language carry over to another. This workshop will explore the why and how of that effort. Instructor Bio: Sarah Degner Riveros is a single mother of five children who all make messes for […]
The Founder, Loren Niemi is offering a Beginnings and Endings Workshop for writers on Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM at the Rum River Library 4201 6th Ave, Anoka, MN 55303. This workshop is free and open to the public.
Rediscovering Forgotten and Unfinished Writing When was the last time you looked at notebooks or unfinished writing and thought “Whoa, there is something here that I ought to expand, revise […]
From the basics of “what is a story?” to the types of story you want to tell, this course provides the tools for finding, crafting and telling personal and traditional stories. It includes exercises for developing narrative plot forms, point of view, metaphors, pauses and vocal dynamics in the shaping of your chosen story. Tickets: […]
Braiding stories is a means of making meaning shine. The multiple levels of an older story can become relevant and deeply personal, when incidents, unusual or ordinary, in our lives can be seen as mythic and life changing. Laura will tell one traditional tale as the ground of our exploration. Discover the way the experience […]