CLASSES & WORKSHOPS: Violeta has three years of experience teaching writing classes and leading writing workshops, both online and in person.  She currently teaches locally in the Pittsburgh suburbs through the Boyd Community Center, and has taught internationally independently, as well as through the Afghan Women's Writing Project.  She has worked with beginning and intermediate writers of many ages and backgrounds. The following offerings can be brought by Violeta to your group as described, or may be adapted to fit your audience's particular interests and needs.  Please contact Violeta for more information and for pricing. Writers Recharge Class         Are you missing the spark you started writing with?  Do you feel like you're in a rut?  Blocked?  Or just not as energized and inspired as you once were?  Violeta's Writers' Recharge will help you get over the hurdles, reconnect with your love of reading and writing, unearth your spark, and bring it back to the page.      The focus of the Writers' Recharge is to act as a sort of balm against rejection letters, criticisms, writing blocks, and the general noise of life in order to produce fulfilling-to-you writing.  Unlike Violeta's other classes, this 5-week class will not focus as much on craft as it will on being highly personalized as it helps you overcome obstacles to your writing, become inspired, and find community with other passionate writers.  Whether you're a fiction or nonfiction writer, or a poet, let Violeta help you rekindle your literary passion, drive, and energy.     Topics will include:             *  arriving at personalized inspiring reading list             *  writing "cross-training" assignments             *  determining the most fertile environment for your writing             *  becoming part of a literary community/ making literary friends             *  combining the pleasure with the business of writing... while maximizing the pleasure             *  personalized tips and positive, constructive feedback on any pieces submitted for Violeta's critique             For more information, please contact Violeta. Creative Nonfiction Special Topics Class       For past students of Violeta's CNF 1 class, or for intermediate creative nonfiction writers, Creative Nonfiction Special Topics provides the inspiration, structure, and community that will take you deeper as a creative nonfiction writer. CNF Special Topics lets you explore a number of different subject matters for your creative nonfiction writing.  The 6-week class will feature a variety of weekly readings and discussion, writing prompts, and in-depth feedback on all the weekly work you submit to Violeta.     Topics will include:      *  travel writing      *  political writing      *  spiritual writing      *  food writing      *  writing about family & friends      *  writing through the dark For more information, please contact Violeta. Creative Nonfiction Writing Class        A 7-week  workshop for beginning to intermediate creative nonfiction writers.  If you want to explore creative nonfiction writing, develop your voice, and go deeper into your craft, this encouraging and inspiring workshop is the place for you!      This  workshop will give you the opportunity to explore and escape into creative nonfiction writing.     Lecture topics will include:     *  Selecting literary influences     * Mining obsessions     * Turning fleeting moments into lasting writing     * Exploring the tension of tenses     * Fiction techniques for creative nonfiction     * Finding your voice through editing     * Tips for placing your pieces   For more information, please contact Violeta. Mother-Poets Workshop         A 10-week workshop for mother-poets. If you're an expecting, new, birth, step, or adoptive mother or grandmother who wants to learn more about the joys of poetry, as well as create and present your own poems in an encouraging and inspiring workshop format, this is the place for you!     This workshop will give you the opportunity to explore and escape into poetry. Though the workshop is geared to mama poets,  lecture topics will be as varied as we literary mamas come.      Among others, topics will include…      * Reading and Writing as a Mama Poet      * Poetic Devices of Sound & Space      * Poetry of Remembering and Remembrance      * Forms and How to Make Them Relevant to You      * Wild Poems      * The Rigors and Rewards of Revision For more information please contact Violeta. WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT VIOLETA'S WORKSHOPS/CLASSES: "I was really impressed when Violeta was a guest lecturer in the first online writing class I participated in. So I signed up for her Mama Poets class and then her Creative Nonfiction class, and now just signed up for a third. I've been thankful for the writing that I've done, as well as the people who I've "met", through Violeta's workshops."- Sarah E. "Violeta's class introduced me to a great breadth of creative non-fiction and inspired me to delve further into my own writing."- Jessica D. "What a great introduction into Creative Non-Fiction.  I found it a great open forum of like-minded women and wisely led by a professional.  It was exactly the first step I needed to get started on creatively organizing, thinking and writing about the random, yet important, thoughts that have been haunting my mind for years." - Lauren M. "Violeta's class was a wonderful and important experience.  This was the first time that I shared my creative writing with anyone beyond my husband. So it was a very emotional experience.  Violeta's comments were thoughtful, useful, critical in a good way and encouraging."- E.A.S. "Great materials, great feedback. Not too pricey. A good deal all around."- Carol U. "This class was just what I needed to take my writing to the next level. I knew I had some serious areas that needed focusing, but I didn't know where to start. This class gave me the opportunity to do just that in a relaxed, yet professional way." - C.S. "Violeta's lectures and comments were wise, relevant, accessible, very generous and sharing of her own experience,"- Susannah P. "I really feel like I have learned so much and grown as a writer. And I feel certain that this class has improved my overall well-being as a person and mother. It's been a warm cup of tea for me these past few months that will linger as I return to poetry in the future." - Skila B. "The discipline of having weekly reading assignments and writing exercises has been truly a gift. If it weren't for being 12 weeks from baby #3, I would immediately sign up for another class,"- MaryAnn

Site Map