There are only TWO seats open for the Season of the Bear! Both openings are for the Tuesday night section. (Note: This translates to Wednesday morning/early afternoon in Australia). The course will begin in three weeks with the first meeting scheduled for March 7. The Season of the Bear meets for twelve consecutive weeks with the final class (portfolio presentation) scheduled for May 23.
This course won’t be offered again, so make sure to secure your seat before the workshop fills up!
Currently, the proposed schedule is as follows:
SECTION II: Tuesdays from 4:30-7 pm (PST), 5:30-8 pm (MST), 6:30-9 pm (CST), 7:30-10 pm (EST); Wednesdays 10:30 am-1 pm (AEDT)
Daylight Savings Time starts on March 12 on November 6 in the United States in Canada and on March 26 in Central Europe. Daylight Savings Time ends in Australia on April 2. For conversion check https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/. If there is enough interest, we may add an additional workshop on Friday afternoon or on the weekend.
Note: All sections are limited to six participants plus the workshop facilitator. Inquire for additional times & days.
THE SEASON OF THE BEAR workshop is twelve weeks long and includes five modules. Participants are encouraged to write a poem, short story, or essay (3K maximum word count) for each module. Alternating weeks are dedicated to study, discussion, and writing prompts. At the end of the course, writers will present one revision (5K maximum word count). The price to join THE SEASON OF THE BEAR is $600 with a 10% discount for returning participants.
Materials for THE SEASON OF THE BEAR include:
- MODULE 1: Bear Tales & Hibernation
- MODULE 2: The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf & Extremophiles
- MODULE 3: Baba Yaga & Fairy Tale Architecture
- MODULE 4: The Boy Who Did Not Know What Fear Was & The Science of Fear
- MODULE 5: Hades and Persephone & Sinkholes
REGISTRATION: To save a seat for The Season of the Bear, send an email request for an invoice to Carina Bissett at cmariebissett@gmail.com. The fee to attend the workshop is $600, payable to cmariebissett@gmail.com via PayPal. There is a $100 non-refundable deposit required to hold your spot with payment in FULL prior to the first class. Returning students receive a 10% discount. Space is limited. Payment plans available.
This series of interactive and generative workshops offers and opportunity to explore fairy tales and other traditional tales, paired with strange and marvelous concepts. You’ll have an opportunity to workshop five new stories or poems, and a portfolio piece you’ve revised based on the workshop discussions. This is a supportive and generative workshop that combines reading, discussion, writing, and feedback.
SCHEDULE
Week 1 (3/7): Retellings: Into the Dark Woods & Discussion of Module 1 reading material
Week 2 (3/14): Module 1 Story Workshop
Week 3 (3/21): Discussion of Module 2 reading material & prompts
Week 4 (3/28): Module 2 Story Workshop
Week 5 (4/4): Discussion of Module 3 reading material & prompts
Week 6 (4/11): Module 3 Story Workshop
Week 7 (4/18): Discussion of Module 4 reading material & prompts
Week 8 (4/25): Module 4 Story Workshop
Week 9 (5/2): Discussion of Module 5 reading material & prompts
Week 10 (5/9): Module 5 Story Workshop
Week 11 (5/16): Revision & Submission Strategies
Week 12 (5/23): Portfolio Presentations
What you get:
- An introductory lesson exploring the history of the fairy tale, and various approaches to creating new works that draw on this rich and strange tradition.
- Five lessons that combine a tale and a scientific or cultural concept, each of which includes traditional and contemporary tales, writing prompts, and stimulus information about the paired concept.
- Twelve face-to-face workshops, delivered via Zoom and facilitated by The Storied Imaginarium’s passionate writers and teachers.
- Access to a private Facebook group where you can interact with your facilitator and fellow workshop participants.
- Access to a shared drive to upload your stories for workshopping.
- An opportunity to share and discuss five of your original stories, plus an extra week when you can resubmit one story you’ve revised on the basis of the workshop discussion.
- Written and oral feedback on the five stories + portfolio that you submit from both your peers in the workshop, and your workshop facilitator, including advice on potential markets for your work.
