Sheryl Monks

March 23, 2010, 11:00 am
Wilkes Literary Crawl
Wilkes County Public Library
215 10th Street, N. Wilkesboro, NC
(336) 838-2818

September 26, 2009, 1:00-3:00 pm
Workshop: Imitating the Masters of Short Fiction - Dialogue
Interim Yadkin County Arts Council
208 N. Jackson Street
Yadkinville, NC
www.yadkinarts.org
To Register: yadkinarts@​yadtel.net/​ 336) 679-2941
Cost: $15

Building and maintaining momentum in fiction requires a skilled touch. Who better to look to than the masters of short fiction? Taking our cues from writers such as Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, and others, we’ll discuss ways of making your dialogue say -- and do -- more, from what author Benjamin Percy calls "triangulating" dialogue to establishing high- and low-order goals to the art of misdirection.

August 29, 2009, 1:00-3:00 pm
Workshop: Writing What You Know
Allison Oaks across from Yadkin County Arts Council
226 E. Main Street
Yadkinville, NC
www.yadkinarts.org
To Register: yadkinarts@​yadtel.net/​ (336) 679-2941
Cost: $15

Experience is the great teacher. In this workshop, we'll draw upon our own vast knowledge of the world around us to generate stories, poems, and essays locked safely away in memory. Whether you're new to writing or have been writing for years, this afternoon of memory games and writing prompts is sure to unearth enough material to last any writer a lifetime. Bring notebook and pen and come ready to write.

July 30, 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm
Workshop: The Elements of Fiction & Nonfiction
Yadkin County Arts Council
226 E. Main Street
Yadkinville, NC
www.yadkinarts.org
To Register: yadkinarts@​yadtel.net/​ (336) 679-2941
Cost: $15

We'll discuss the difference between writing scenes (with dialogue and direct action) and exposition, also known as summary. Fiction writers and nonfiction writers will benefit from this review of the fundamentals of narrative writing--plot, character, dialogue, and setting. Bring notebooks and pens and come ready to write.

July 23, 2009, 6:30 pm
Yadkin Valley Writers' Meet & Greet
Yadkin County Arts Council
226 E. Main Street
Yadkinville, NC
www.yadkinarts.org
Info: yadkinarts@​yadtel.net/​ (336) 679-2941
Cost: FREE

The Yadkin County Arts Council is looking for creative writers in the Yadkin Valley. If you write poems, short stories, personal essays, novels, memoirs or other types of creative nonfiction, please join us July 23rd in the Yadkin County Arts Council building at 226 E. Main Street in Yadkinville. We’ll meet at 6:30 pm to discuss upcoming literary programs and share our work. Bring a short piece to read (5 min.) at Open Mic. This event is FREE, so bring a friend.

May 19 - June 23, 2009, Tuesdays, 7:00-8:30 pm
Synergy Group Book Club
Cornerstone Church
Wilkesboro, NC

Everyone's talking about William P. Young's best-selling novel THE SHACK, and so are we. Together we'll discuss the book's unique perspective on the Trinity and how we, too, might draw nearer to God during our own periods of unbearable suffering.

May 2009
Short Story Mentoring
DZANC Books Creative Writing Sessions
online

Feb. 2 - May 13, 2009, Mondays/​Wednesdays, 5:30-6:45 pm
Introduction to Fiction & Creative Nonfiction, CRWR 217
Salem College
Winston-Salem, NC

Jan. 20 - Feb. 24, 2009, Tuesdays, 7:00 pm
Synergy Group Creative Writing Class
Cornerstone Church
Wilkesboro, NC

Nov. 13, 2008, 10:00 am
Exquisite Corpse: Surrealist Techniques for Writers and Poets
High Country Writers
Watauga County Public Library
Boone, NC

Oct. 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Great Movies from Banned Books: A Discussion of Lolita
Forsyth County Public Library
Winston-Salem, NC

Sep. 20, 2008
NC Poetry Society
Weymouth House
Southern Pines, NC

Sep. 18, 2008, 7:00 pm
Ray Bradbury Short Fiction Discussion
A 2008 BIG READ/​On the Same Page program
Tuscany Organic Coffee & Wine Cafe
2100 Cloverdale Ave.
Winston-Salem, NC

Sep. 13, 2008
BOOKMARKS Book Festival
Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, NC

Jul. 26, 2008
"The Search for Wonder: What's New w/​ Small Presses"
North Carolina Writers Conference
Park Inn
Hickory, NC