Writing Festival Sessions
Time / Session 1MCC Women’s Center Lounge / Session 2
MCC Gwendolyn Brooks Lounge / Session 3
MCC Board Room (208) / Session 4
MCC Casa Latina Lounge / Session 5
MCC Multipurpose Room
10:00 to 10:50 / I Know What This Is and What It Means: Let Me Tell You!
(Dr. Bill Knox)
In this workshop, each student will closely observe an object brought in by the workshop leader, try to make it real for a reader, and explain or create significance for it. / The Art of the Writing Journal
(Dr. Mark Mossman)
In this session we will define “journal writing,” look at an example of good journal writing, and then practice journal writing on our own. We will also discuss why journal writing is important in the development of writing skills and general college readiness. / Writing for the future of agriculture
(Dr. Jana Knupp)
Agriculture needs your voice. Learn to create and write for a blog to share your knowledge about agriculture and connect with consumers about the issues that matter to them.
11:00 to 11:50 / A Spectacle and Nothing Strange: Surreal and Experimental Techniques
(Dr. David Banash)
This workshop will
concentrate on techniques
developed by modernists,
surrealists, and
postmodernists to reveal
hidden dimensions of
everyday language by thinking about words as games and dreams. In our
workshop, we will practice
their techniques to create
writing in which, as
Gertrude Stein puts it, all is
not ordinary, not unordered in not resembling. The difference is spreading.
/ Soundtrack to Your Life: Music & Memoir
(Barb Harroun)
Music lights up every area of our brains, and acts as a powerful trigger for memories. Let's talk music and memoir, write to vividly recreate memories, and reflect to find and convey the meaning we discover in them. We'll revel in vivid, sensory details, and consider the role music plays in our individual lives and shared culture. / Writing about Film: How to Be a Film Critic"
(Dr. Roberta Di Carmine)
A workshop in which we will watch a short film and write our responses following a couple of styles.
Lunch and Campus Tour 11:55 to 12:55 p.m.
1:00 to 1:50 / Writing in the Margins of Scriptures: A Religious Studies Sampler.
(Dr. Betsy Perabo)
In the field of Religious Studies, students work with the sacred texts of a variety of faiths, analyzing them from the perspectives of both believers and outsiders to the tradition. This workshop will give you the opportunity to write "in the margins" of the scriptures from different religions. / Designing Fantasy Characters and Mythical Creatures
(Dr. Alisha White)
You will discuss proportion and exaggeration in fantasy and design your own fantasy character.
/ Brainstorming
(Dr. Bonnie Sonnek)
Students will learn new strategies for brainstorming before writing an essay. They will begin the essay in the session.