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		<title>First: Some Words of Wisdom for Writers (then keep scrolling down!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo]]></description>
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		<title>Fragments and Freewriting: Trust Your Intuition! (San Francisco)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, Jan. 28th, 10 am to 4 pm   San Francisco $95 members/$110 others Do you have random bits and pieces of writing that cannot find a home? Or do you ever feel pressured to put down on paper only writing that is perfectly worded and perfectly relevant to your project? This is a day for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collaborative Creativity: An Innovative Way to Re-envision Your Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five Saturdays, Feb. 25-March 24, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. $185 members/$215 others   Berkeley Writing is often described as a solitary practice, but it does not have to be. As André Breton once said, “with the end of my breath&#8230;is the beginning of yours.” Working creatively with others – through group games, exercises and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving from Nonfiction to Fiction: Dare to Take the Leap (San Francisco)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, Jan. 21st, 10 am to 4 pm $95 members/$110 others  San Francisco Do you feel the itch to write fiction but come from a background in journalism, memoir writing, personal essays or other types of nonfiction? How do you cross the bridge between nonfiction and fiction? For one thing, says instructor Li Miao Lovett, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play it Again &#8211; Revision for Poets (San Francisco)</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[9 Thursdays, Jan. 26-March 29 (skip 3/1) 7-9:30 p.m. $335 members/$365 non-members San Francisco Testimonials for Julie NOTE: Julie also teaches our 9-week Fearless Poetry Workshop, and our six-month &#8220;Fearless Poetry Continuation Class: Persistent Poets&#8221; class. A good workshop sends its members home with ideas and strategies for revision, but new (and not-so-new) poets often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kudos for Jess Wells</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Jane, I just wanted to tell you how great Jess&#8217; short story class, Powerful Short Stories, was yesterday.  It was exactly what I was looking for! We talked about the differences in content and structure in short stories vs the novel.  We discussed how novel focus more on emotion and character and short stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Payment Options</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<title>Memberships</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would like to become a lifetime member of the Writing Salon (in order to receive the discounted rate on any class), simply add your $50 membership purchase to the shopping cart (via the button below), just as you would add a class, and then “Continue Shopping,” adding as many classes to the cart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimonials for Aurora Brackett</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve taken Aurora Brackett&#8217;s Fundamentals class twice and I wish I could just continue to hang out there. In part it&#8217;s because I feel safest calling myself a beginner, but the larger part is that it continues to be both fun and rewarding, while at the same time safe. Aurora is nurturing of the uncertain [...]]]></description>
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