Level: All Instructor: Rikki Ducornet “Novel writing is an ongoing process of discovery. Because of this, the experience remains energized, fresh and mysterious. Mysterious because rather than knowing ahead of time what the novel will be, the book informs the writer of the direction it wants to take. The process finds its wellspring in the writer’s own Deep Zoo: one of memory, dreams and reflections. The book directs what needs to be researched and fearlessly explored, what is of little or no value to the enterprise and must be abandoned, where the fire burns and where the deserts lie. Writing this way is exhilarating and demanding; it is also unsettling as the territories one enters are often unknown. We’ll discuss issues of morality, methods of research, the writing of the monstrous, of sexuality, of past and future worlds. Please bring questions and reveries; your concerns and expectations.” Date: Saturday Oct. 20, 10am-3pm (1-hour lunch) Limit: 15 Participants Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 17 CPE Credits: 4 Language Arts Fee: $110 Discounted Fee: $100 $100