SKELETON SERIES
The series focuses on the elements of story structure utilizing the Three Act Plot, building your beginning, middle and end:
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Melanie Hooyenga
Local author & Skeleton Series Instructor (Act 1 & 2)
Multi-award winning young adult author Melanie Hooyenga writes about strong girls who learn to navigate life despite its challenges. She first started writing as a teenager and finds she still relates best to that age group. When not writing books, you can find her wrangling her Miniature Schnauzer Gus and shredding the mountain bike trails with her husband Jeremy.
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The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway is her tenth novel.
Angela K. Berent
Local author & Skeleton Series Instructor (Act 3)
Angela K. Berent took the concept of writing lists and used that to launch two self-guided journals. The idea she used to help her middle-school students find success went on to become the way she curated her memoirs. She shares that simple technique with her readers in List Your Life: A Modern-Day Memoir and Trace Your Travels: An Adventure Journal. Angela lives in a little house on a quiet lake outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
What you will receive:
Each resident will receive a copy of their instructor's latest book (or if it's part of a series, then the first book in the latest series).
A leather-bound writing journal.
Other "Skeleton / Structural" themed gifts.
A writing foundation to help you grow.
Residency Overview
Each residency will follow this general outline:
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Tuesday (optional add-on)
5pm Check-in
5:30-7pm welcome drinks & ice-breakers
7pm Dinner at the Grand Haven / Spring Lake Holiday Inn
8:30-9pm Opening Lesson
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Wednesday
8-10am Breakfast
10:30am - Noon - First Session
Noon - 3pm Lunch & free write
3:30-5pm - Second Session
5:30-7pm - Free write
7pm Dinner at Mud Penny (or your preference)
8:30-9pm Special Reading
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Thursday
8-10am Breakfast
10:30am - Noon - First Session
Noon - 3pm Lunch & free write
3:30-5pm - Second Session
5:30-7pm - Free write
7pm Dinner at Mud Penny (or your preference)
8:30-9pm Open Mic Readings
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Friday
8-10am Breakfast
10:30-11am - Final Lesson
11am Check-out
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