Current Events & Workshops
In addition to consultations and collaborations, The Writing Center hosts a vareity of social and education events on campus. At these events, you can learn helpful writing strategies, meet our staff, and gather important resource materials. Below is a list of events we do throughout the year. You're invited!
Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 A Day with an Author
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Location: Overton Hall
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Time: 10:30am - 3:30pm, Friday, December 1
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Author and editor JK Allen invites you to spend a day with her as she discusses writing, publishing, and more. Get an idea of how to begin writing that story inside you, or get your burning questions about publishing answered.
About the author:
This event features the speaker JK Allen, the author of the Angelborn series, who has pursued an intellectual and professional journey from an English major to a published author and professional editor. JK Allen wrote her first story when she learned how to write and hasn’t looked back since. Common writing themes that can be found in her work address identity, everyday magic, and the type of strength and courage that can be found in ordinary people. Her reading tastes are as varied as the genres she enjoys writing, from Jane Austen to Diana Wynne Jones. When she’s not writing, you can find her painting, drawing, or lost in the pages of a book. Or on Tik Tok.
Coffee is available at 10:30 A.M. Free lunch begins at 11:45 AM.
Schedule
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10:30- 11:20 |
Session 1: “From an English Major to a Published Author and Professional Editor” This session is about the speaker’s personal and professional journey from an aspiring English major and undergraduate writing center consultant to becoming a published author and professional editor. |
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11:45- 1:30 |
Session 2: “Story Essentials: an Overview of Writing and the Publishing Process” Author JK Allen will lead an informative talk about the “bones” of good writing and discuss publishing and the writing process in general. Whether you are an aspiring author or a long-time writer or just a hobbyist, come and join us for lunch and bring your questions about writing at any stage and ability. Lunch will be followed by a short workshop to help you practice story essentials and find the story you have inside you. |
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1:30-2:00 |
Break |
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2:00-3:30 |
Session 3: “A Story Sparks Workshop” This session includes a round table discussion and a creative writing workshop with the author |
- Free & Open to the Public.
- Hosted by the Writing Center and English Department
- Sponsored by the Artist & Speaker Committee; CoAS Dean’s Mini-Grants
Friday, Oct. 20 National Day on Writing
Stop by the Writing Center on the National Day on Writing. You write a postcard and we send it out for you!
