Making Light :: Workshop on Martha's Vineyard :: comments http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#comments Language, fraud, folly, truth, history, and knitting. Et cetera. en Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:01:28 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.34-en Workshop on Martha's Vineyard No, it is not too late to apply to this year's Viable Paradise Writers' Workshop, held every autumn on... No, it is not too late to apply to this year's Viable Paradise Writers' Workshop, held every autumn on... http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #1 from punkrockhockeymom comment from punkrockhockeymom on 16.Apr.09 Oh! Every year I want to go.

This year I have a story that is ALMOST finished. If I could find the time to finish it up, MAYBE I could make it happen...

...but I don't know how it ENDS. Which, it turns out, tends to be a problem in writing endings.

]]> <p>Posted April 16, 2009 8:01 PM by punkrockhockeymom</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337168 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337168 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:01:28 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #2 from sistercoyote comment from sistercoyote on 16.Apr.09 Are there scholarships for registration and travel. Strictly out of curiosity, since there's no way I could go this year.

]]> <p>Posted April 16, 2009 8:01 PM by sistercoyote</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337169 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337169 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:01:38 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #3 from James D. Macdonald comment from James D. Macdonald on 16.Apr.09 ...but I don't know how it ENDS. Which, it turns out, tends to be a problem in writing endings.

The good guys win.

Okay, problem solved.

Are there scholarships for registration and travel.

Dunno. Check with the Intrepid Chief of Staff, Kate. (Write to the VP address.)

]]> <p>Posted April 16, 2009 8:19 PM by James D. Macdonald</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337171 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337171 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:19:43 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #4 from Debra Doyle comment from Debra Doyle on 16.Apr.09 This year I have a story that is ALMOST finished. If I could find the time to finish it up, MAYBE I could make it happen...

...but I don't know how it ENDS. Which, it turns out, tends to be a problem in writing endings.

Well, that's one thing workshops are good for.

Signed,
Another One of the Instructors

]]> <p>Posted April 16, 2009 8:43 PM by Debra Doyle</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337177 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337177 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:43:28 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #5 from Steven desJardins comment from Steven desJardins on 16.Apr.09 "Your Majesty. How is this to end?"

"As stories must when love's denied: with tears, and a journey."

]]> <p>Posted April 16, 2009 10:17 PM by Steven desJardins</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337188 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337188 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:17:38 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #6 from Mary Dell comment from Mary Dell on 16.Apr.09 punkrockhockeymom @#1:

Ending, schmending. Just stop the story at an intriguing point and let the reader figure out the rest, a la Kelly Link.

]]> <p>Posted April 16, 2009 10:48 PM by Mary Dell</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337197 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337197 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:48:21 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #7 from Remus Shepherd comment from Remus Shepherd on 17.Apr.09 I'd go a second time, but I want to leave slots open for others to have the experience.

A side effect of this workshop, however, is that Shakespeare will be ruined for you. Forever. In a good way.

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 1:12 AM by Remus Shepherd</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337218 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337218 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:12:08 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #8 from David Goldfarb comment from David Goldfarb on 17.Apr.09 Remus Shepherd: Interesting. Can you expand on that?

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 6:06 AM by David Goldfarb</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337244 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337244 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:06:03 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #9 from John Hawkes-Reed comment from John Hawkes-Reed on 17.Apr.09 punkrockhockeymom @#1: Just Apply.

I applied with no clear idea about how I'd get there, how I'd pay for any of it, how plots were constructed or, um, much of anything.

It's a life-altering adventure.

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 7:16 AM by John Hawkes-Reed</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337247 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337247 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:16:56 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #10 from Evan Goer comment from Evan Goer on 17.Apr.09 What John Hawkes-Reed said.

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 1:21 PM by Evan Goer</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337336 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337336 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:21:49 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #11 from Alberto comment from Alberto on 17.Apr.09 I had an amazing time, and one of the great graces of it was the sense of community. Yes, I received (and I hope gave) helpful criticism (that I'm still unpacking), but I also got a whole network of other writers, editors, and thinkers--colleagues and friends--who all understand the particular insanity and wonder of the creative life.

It was one of the pivotal experiences in my life as an artist.

Photographic evidence here.

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 2:35 PM by Alberto</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337356 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337356 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:35:33 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #12 from Remus Shepherd comment from Remus Shepherd on 17.Apr.09 Expand on which, David?

It's a great experience and I'd love to do it again, but there are limited numbers of slots and I don't think I'd get as much out of it as someone new. I'd rather they go and learn something, while I stay home and write.

As for Shakespeare...well, plays *change* when you insert innuendo into them. If the guy playing Hastings goes 'Ow!' after every stage direction that reads, 'Enter Hastings', you begin to see things in a new, hysterical, way. :)

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 2:42 PM by Remus Shepherd</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337359 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337359 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:42:48 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #13 from Earl Cooley III comment from Earl Cooley III on 17.Apr.09 punkrockhockeymom #1: ...but I don't know how it ENDS. Which, it turns out, tends to be a problem in writing endings.

All I ask is that you try not to resolve loose plot lines with group hugs. please. (shudder)

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 4:43 PM by Earl Cooley III</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337391 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337391 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:43:03 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #14 from Barbara comment from Barbara on 17.Apr.09 PRHM - I applied with about 5 chapters written. You only need a writing sample - and you might find out that your story really begins two chapters in, or one chapter before what you wrote.
Go ahead - apply. It will change your life, probably in the good way.
-Barbara

]]> <p>Posted April 17, 2009 7:28 PM by Barbara</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337421 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337421 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:28:48 -0500 Workshop on Martha's Vineyard -- comment #15 from David Goldfarb comment from David Goldfarb on 18.Apr.09 Remus@12: I meant the Shakespeare thing. Of course, there's a fair amount of innuendo in a lot of the plays already, much of which needs footnoting nowadays.

]]> <p>Posted April 18, 2009 6:45 AM by David Goldfarb</p> http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337509 http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011185.html#337509 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:45:47 -0500