Workshops
Tuscany
Write Your Short Story in the heart of Chianti, surrounded by vineyards and cypress hills. Once a castle, the main villa of the wine estate, Fattoria di Rignana, provides a perfect get-away to listen to your thoughts. After this inspiring and creative weekend you will hold your own unique short story in your hands – you will have experienced the fascinating creative process of finishing a piece of art!
Short Story - a creative introduction to the craft of literary writing
This is a very popular workshop, that I have been teaching in Vienna since 2003. This is the first time in Italy!
Contents
The workshop takes the participants through the whole creative process of writing a story:
- finding the idea and an authentic voice
- getting to know your characters,
- the adventure of plotting,
- discovering the deeper/symbolic meaning of your story,
- writing gripping beginnings, structuring the story dramatically, etc.
Like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle we will put your texts together to form a solid first draft of your own unique short story.
About the trainer
Ana Znidar’s creative writing background was founded at Harvard University and Wellesley College in the USA and concluded with a Masters degree from the University of Vienna, Austria. Her writing has been published in English, Slovene and German language. She lives as a freelance writer in Vienna and Montreal, and has been teaching creative writing since 2003
When
In the most beautiful time in Tuscany.
September 8 - 11, 2011.
Thursday 16h - Sunday 15h
Why
Because WRITING is fun, liberating, relaxing and stimulating.
“This is a short retreat for the soul.”
“This workshop opens new horizons.”
Where
Fattoria di Rignana, Chianti.
Surrounded by 120 hectares of vineyards, woodland and olive-groves, the Fattoria di Rignana is situated in the very heart of the Florentine Chianti district, within easy reach of all Tuscany’s tourist destinations. More
Workshop price
Since this year it takes place in Tuscany for the first time, the workshop is offered at a reduced price of 495 €.
In Vienna the same workshop is priced at 618 €.
For the first 4 registrants this price includes individual coaching or a text feed-back session that you can book while we are there, or after the workshop (the value of this coaching session is 85 €).
Accomodation
is not included in the workshop price. You can either drive from Florence (30 minutes scenic drive), or you can book a room in Fattoria di Rignana. The reduced room prices for our workshop are 95 € € per room/night with breakfast. Please take care of the booking on your own, but mention that you are part of the writing group.
References
what other participants have said about the Short Story Seminar with Ana Znidar
In particular, I enjoyed the guided exercices that provided a framework and even so allowed me so much freedom. You structured your workshop excellently – there is something happening with my way of writing. Thanks, Pamela
To write sometimes means to fight. To fight inhibitions, to fight my own feelings, my fears, to struggle with subjects and language. In this seminar, the fight became a victorious one with winners only. Thank you.
I very much liked your calm, sensitive coaching style and all your concrete suggestions and your feedback to my text were invaluable. Irene C. Rauch
Your seminar is so intense, stimulating, enriching, exciting – I will miss you all very much! It was such a brilliant weekend! Thanks a lot!" Brigitta Höpler
"Dear Ana, the decision for you and the short story was one of the best decisions in my life! I feel something is totally and radically changing, old patterns that I wanted to rid myself of for such a long time are now finally breaking up and there’s something that flows and flows and flows. I am crossing the border to a new time and that’s thanks to you!" Eva-Maria Stern
I like Ana’s way to work with us and her feedback to our stories, the composition of our group and their feedback, somehow everything was right from the start, one complemented another – just like a jigsaw puzzle, this seminar. Alexandra Bohm
It was your calm concentrated way that I liked best, along with your very wise choice of writing exercices! Mag. Judith Huber
