Events

  This how-to guide breaks new ground. Based in part on the authors’ years-long study of the everyday practice of high-level creators, it is designed for beginning through quite advanced writers. It gets down to the level of the sentence and paragraph, teaching not only competence but virtuosity, and works through the whole creative process, including getting work out into the world. Along the way, it trains writers in observation skills that visual artists hone, gives prose writers tools to develop a poet’s ear for sound, and provides guidance on structure and working with language. “The Writer’s Portable Mentor should be in every writer’s backpack to read, underline, and share with delight.” –Laura Kalpakian, novelist, memoirist Priscilla Long is a Seattle-based writer of poetry, essays, creative nonfictions, fictions, science, and history. Her awards include a National Magazine Award. Her rigorous and extremely popular classes are always full for the good reason that her writers routinely become more skilled and get more published. Village Books is pleased to carry Priscila's book beginning in July. Please call the store to purchase your copy: 360-671-2626. ABOUT PRISCILLA'S EVENT: "Six Areas of Vital Concern to Writers"    The framework of the talk will be:  1. Basic Productivity  2. The Practice of Observation  3. Language work  4. Deep story structure  5. Developing sophisticated rather than habitual sentencing skills  6. The regular practice of completing work and sending it out. JOIN US!