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NEXT CHELSEA WORKSHOP
STARTS
WED. MAY 21st
7:30 - 10:30 PM
Every 2 Weeks
8 Sessions
Also One-On-One Sessions
in person or by email & phone.
roleea@gmail.com
or Call 646.241.4648
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The key to writing is energy.
Energy is the force behind the words, the desire to create something that has never before existed. Kindled by desire, energy is the spirit and fire of fiction & creative nonfiction. Go with your energy and write micro memoirs, micro fiction, short stories, novels, memoirs. Take projects from idea to finished works. Learn the fundamentals or hone your craft. Small classes. Read aloud and get feedback and support at every session. Since the publication of Roberta Allen's first writing guide, FAST FICTION in 1997, and her latest guides, THE PLAYFUL WAY TO SERIOUS WRITING and THE PLAYFUL WAY TO KNOWING YOURSELF, thousands of students, writers, and teachers have used her innovative method with great success.
Chelsea workshop members Kathy, Heidi, & Liza
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"Roberta's innovative kickstarts push all students--even tentative ones--into new and potentially rich territory. I began and completed several short memoirs. I highly recommend her class!"
-Natasha Singh, Writer & Teacher, Brooklyn, NY |
"With Roberta's thoughtful and insightful guidance, we evolve into a group dedicated to helping each other develop and hone our stories.""
-Heidi Rain, Writer & Critic, Brooklyn, NY |
"Roberta has taught me the most important thing there is to learn about writing: find the words that have the most energy, and the story will shine."
-Liza Elkind, Freelance Writer/Producer, NYC |
"Roberta's exercises and insightful comments on my revised work help me discover what is most essential and true about my writing."
-Elizabeth Smith, Writer & Teacher,Brooklyn, NY |
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Some Achievements By Private Students
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Maryann
DeLeo, Academy Award Winner, Documentary
Short Subject: CHERNOBYL HEART
Valerie Ann Lef, BETTER HOMES & HUSBANDS, a novel, St. Martins Press, a new NBC TV Series
Patricia McCormick, CUT, a novel,
published by Push, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.
Martha Southgate, THE FALL OF ROME,
novel, Scribners
Stephanie Dickinson, "Bison Boy," story, nominated for Pushcart Prize
Steven Schrader, WHAT WE DESERVED: STORIES FROM A NEW YORK LIFE, Hanging Loose Press
Natasha Singh, 2nd Place Winner, $500, Glimmer Train's Short Short Story Contest, Fall 2006
Myra Shapiro, FOUR SUBLETS, memoir, Chicory Blue Press
Katherine Gleason, 1st Prize Winner, $1000, River Styx Micro Fiction Contest, 2007
Leslie Garis, HOUSE OF HAPPY ENDINGS, memoir, Farrar Straus and Giroux, June 2007
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"Roberta's suggestions are sharp, eye-opening, right on the mark!"
-Kathy Frey, Painter, New York, NY |
Roberta's techniques work and work quickly! I have written more in 2 weeks than I have in 2 decades--with no sweat, anxiety, tension headache or avoidance despair."
-Suzanne McMurphy, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA |
"I don't know where all my writing comes from but that's the joy of this method: you never know what to expect. When I let myself go, just guided by the exercises, I uncover a new story every time."
-Ioana Barza, Brooklyn, Economist, Brooklyn, New York |
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"Roberta's class has reaquainted me with why I love writing. The open, lively discussions she encourages have inspired me to a degree that I haven't experienced for a long time."
-Louise Geller, Chef, Brooklyn, NY |
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"Thanks for a great class."
-Liz Donnelly, Creative Director, McCann Ericson, NYC |
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Copyright © 2008 Roberta Allen
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