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Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:04:44 +0000

[...] Jeff VanderMeer Catches Up After the Shared Worlds Workshop at Wofford College [...]

By: Wordstudio: The Gist

Wordstudio: The Gist — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:59:53 +0000

[...] a picture of me teaching. It almost looks like I know what I’m doing. He’s also put up a post with videos from the camp over at his blog, Ecstatic [...]

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Shared Worlds, Stephanie Meyer, and Alien Babies | Eezyy Shop — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:08:49 +0000

[...] to it, and I think a lot of teens will, too. (For more on Shared Worlds, check out these videos and my personal blog entry, too.) No tags for this [...]

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Shared Worlds, Stephanie Meyer, and Alien Babies — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:16:07 +0000

[...] to it, and I think a lot of teens will, too. (For more on Shared Worlds, check out these videos and my personal blog entry, [...]

By: Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:13:32 +0000

Oh, good! We will be able to accommodate comics, too, I believe as part of the visual arts track. Please drop me a line and I can sign you up for a mailing list to make sure you get all of the information as early as possible.

Jeff

By: Shira Lipkin

Shira Lipkin — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:02:26 +0000

My daughter was already signed up for another awesome camp by the time we heard about Shared Worlds, but it’s definitely on the list for next year! (She writes. A lot. Mostly comics.)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

Jeff VanderMeer — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:56:47 +0000

Mixing it up is the main thing. Kids that age don’t like just lecture or just workshop, and mixing it up in terms of visual/non-visual, their participation/your participation, silly-fun/serious is good. On the critique side, emphasizing their strengths while getting them to focus on one or two things they can improve in the manuscript works much better than a standard critique. And giving the whole group standard things to look for in revising their stories allows them to test for other possible flaws. Since the most important thing kids this age can do is just write a lot and read a lot, sustaining their enthusiasm and passion is paramount.

Jeff

By: Jason Erik Lundberg

Jason Erik Lundberg — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:07:24 +0000

Sounds like it was a great experience for everyone. I’m looking forward to hearing what more you have to say about it at Omnivoracious. (I’m teaching a prose workshop on 23 April to students about this age, so your thoughts will be educational as well.)

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Matt’s Bookosphere 8/9/08 « Enter the Octopus — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:23:04 +0000

[...] Jeff VanderMeer on “Shared Worlds” [...]

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:27:44 +0000

Teaching motivated students is such an awesome thing, isn’t it? :D From the clips, looks like you had some wonderful students to work with there.