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BREAKING NEWS . . . Writing Below Sea Level Presents two opportunities in the month of February to hone your skills and improve your manuscripts: WRITING THE NOVEL, A ONE-DAY SEMINAR WITH ACCLAIMED AUTHOR CONNIE MAY FOWLER and THE CEDAR KEY PROJECT: A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP INTENSIVE CONFERENCE. Also, don't forget about the year-long one-on-one novel writing studios. For further details, keep reading!
WRITING THE NOVEL:
A ONE-DAY SEMINAR WITH ACCLAIMED AUTHOR CONNIE MAY FOWLER
Dates and Locations:
February 20, 2010
Summer Haven, Florida
and
March 27, 2010
Tampa, Florida at University of Tampa
The Tampa Seminar is Offered in Collaboration with the Henry B. Plant Museum and the Arts Council of Hillsborough County
Seminar Highlights Include:
How to Begin Your Novel. How to Develop Characters. Plot, Arc, and Conflict. Point of View. Your Novel is Written: What Now? The Business of Writing.
Admission: First Come Basis. Seating is limited.
Tuition for the February Seminar held in Summer Haven:
$150 before or by January 22, 2010; $160 after January 22, 2010.
Tuition for the March Seminar held in Tampa:
$150 before or by February 28, 2010; $160 after February 20, 2010
Seminars fill quickly so don't delay.
Email your reservation to mail@writingbelowsealevel.com. Tuition must be received by the above dates. Mail checks (payable to Below Sea Level) to Writing Below Sea Level, PO Box 98, Panacea, Florida, 32346. For more information, including Summer Haven lodging options, please contact mail@writingbelowsealevel.com.
Connie May Fowler
and
WRITING BELOW SEA LEVEL,
FULL IMMERSION WORKSHOPS FOR SERIOUS WRITERS
Present
THE CEDAR KEY PROJECT
Exclusive, Three-day, Workshop-Intensive
Writing Conferences
Concentrations: Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction
at Natures Landing
Admission is by Application Only
2010 Conference Dates
February 25--28
July 22--25
September 23--26
The Studio Sessions
Writing the Novel:
One-on-One Intensive Manuscript Consultations
Work individually with Connie May Fowler for one year to fifteen months, polishing and perfecting your novel. All aspects of the novel are dealt with, including structure, plot, character, voice, conflict, arc, language, etcetera. Applicants must have a completed or nearly completed draft prior to applying. Each consultation is specially designed to meet the needs of the particular author. For more information, click here.
mail@writingbelowsealevel.com
conniemayfowler@gmail.com
OUR PHILOSOPHY . . .
Below Sea Level is a unique concept in writing workshops and conferences. We offer vigorous, focused instruction on all aspects of the creative process and do so in a nurturing, honest environment. Individualized instruction and attention to detail are our hallmarks. The brainchild of internationally acclaimed author and teacher Connie May Fowler, Below Sea Level focuses on the art and craft of writing in an intimate atmosphere that feeds the muse and builds community. Our focused, holistic approach to teaching and writing is designed to help writers improve all aspects of their art and craft. Workshops, depending on the venue and genre, are limited to between six and ten participants. The Cedar Key Project conferences are limited to between five and seven participants per workshop and focus on fiction and creative non-fiction. The Writing the Novel Seminars present opportunities for larger numbers of people to work with Connie May on the art and craft of novel writing. The private, twelve to fifteen month novel consultations are designed to meet the individual needs of each novelist; as such, the writer and Connie May work together to create a course of study uniquely suited to the person, the project, and their situation. In order to participate in Writing Below Sea Level workshops and conferences, applicants submit manuscripts in the genre in which they are applying. Admission is based on the merit of each writer’s submission.
A FEW REVIEWS . . .
"Writing Below Sea Level: The St. Augustine Project jump started my heart, which had been floating along in day-to-day survival mode, cruelly forgetful of my muse and my spark and my passion--which is words. With love, skill, and an admirably open heart and mind, Connie May Fowler pooled together an incredible cross-section of gifted writers all with one thing in common--the deep, pure love of writing, of words, of telling stories. From the gentle-but-firm encouragement and constructive feedback in workshops to lunches complete with firmly established writers, agents, editors, and publishers to readings that involved encouragement and brave soul-sharing, the intense, life-giving workshop was indeed a full immersion into the wild, deep waters of inspiration--all buoyed by the practical, hard work necessary to stay afloat long enough to tell the stories only you can tell." Ama Reynolds, 2008 St. Augustine Project Participant
"Below Sea Level was the most transformative event of my creative writing career. The manuscripts were simply amazing, as were the women who wrote them. I feel certain I developed friendships and relationships that will last a very long time. The faculty offered advice and encouragement both personal and professional, and made sure each one of us left the workshop with a clear plan of how to move forward with our writing careers. I returned home happily exhausted, but with a renewed commitment to myself and my future, and with high hopes of continuing to work with such talented, extraordinary women." Tricia Booker, 2008 St. Augustine Project Participant
"Intimate and rigorous, friendly and rigorous, fun and rigorous - it was what I'd always wanted the writing life to be."Sandra Gail Lambert, 2008 St. Augustine Project Participant
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