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		<title>Starting Your Novel: Get a Foothold on Your Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Urgent (You&#8217;ve GOT to Read This!) Voice &#8211; Fiction Workshop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sundays, July 8-Sept. 9 (9 weeks, skip Sept. 2nd) 7-9:30 pm  $365 members/$395 others     Berkeley “What makes a story compelling?” asks Andy Touhy. “More importantly, what are the ways to make a story compelling? Both questions should be in our hearts when sitting down to write, and on our minds when returning with fresh eyes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Combo&#8221; Class: Intro to Creative Writing and Raw Writing</title>
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		<title>Journaling: Creative Writing and the Self</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturdays, Aug. 11-Sept. 22 (5 weeks, skip Sept. 1st &#38; 8th) 10:30 am-1 pm $215 members/$245 others     San Francisco &#8220;Not all of us have the time or resources to set up a cabin in the woods, as Thoreau did,&#8221; says instructor Ben Jackson, &#8220;in order to &#8216;live deep and suck out all the marrow of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raw Writing: A Class for Generating New Material</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesdays, Aug. 15-Sept. 12 (5 weeks) 7-9:30 pm   $215 members/$245 others     Berkeley Testimonials for Elaine “The first draft is the child&#8217;s draft,” writes Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird.  The first draft, she continues, is “where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place… You just let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intro to Creative Writing: Having Fun with the Fundamentals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 01:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesdays, July 11-Aug. 8 (5 weeks) 7-9:30 pm  $215 members/$245 others     Berkeley Testimonials for Elaine “Everyone is talented, original and has something important to say,” states Brenda Ueland at the beginning of her celebrated book, If You Want to Write. “I happen to agree with Ueland,” says instructor Elaine Beale. “And when I teach at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Funny for Blogs, YouTube or&#8230;What&#8217;s that Other Thing? Oh Right, PRINT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 01:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, July 28, 10 am to 4 pm $95 members/$110 others      San Francisco Has anyone ever told you that you’re funny and that “You should write that stuff down?” No? Then maybe you shouldn’t take this class.  But if the answer is “Yes,” or if you’re convinced you’re surrounded by mirthless numbskulls who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Writing: Mine and Refine Your Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturdays, Aug. 18-Sept. 22 (5 weeks, skip Sept. 1st) 2-4:30 pm $215 members/$245 others San Francisco Testimonials for Kathleen Note: This is a beginner&#8217;s class. If you have already started a memoir and want guidance at an intermediate level, Kathleen also offers a Memoir Writing &#8220;Continuation&#8221; class. Memoir is not reserved only for the rich and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fabulous Fiction: Mysteries, Thrillers, Romance, Sci Fi, Fantasy &amp; More</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturdays,  Aug. 11-Sept. 15 (5 weeks, skip Sept. 1) 2-4:30 pm $215 members/$245 non-members        Berkeley Testimonials for Nick In this workshop, you&#8217;ll hone your skills at writing commercial fiction—romance/chicklit, mystery/detective, science fiction/fantasy—that aren&#8217;t always given the credit they deserve. &#8220;If ghosts and witches, lost loves and conflict were good enough for Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding Your Poet&#8217;s Tool Kit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 06:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five Tuesdays, Aug. 14-Sept. 11  7-9:30 pm $215 members/$245 others  Berkeley Special &#8220;Combo&#8221; Package: Take this class along with Alison Luterman&#8217;s  5-week &#8220;Discovering Your Poetry&#8221; class (10 weeks, for the same price as one 9-week class). Just be sure to register for the &#8220;Combo&#8221; option, if you want the discount. If you sign up for the [...]]]></description>
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