Instructor: Ed Ting
Monday - Thursday
August 17 - 20
9am - 12pm
4 sessions at Edgewood Farm

Let’s write! In this intensive 4-day workshop, we’ll explore both the technical aspects of writing, as well as finding meaningful topics for your narratives. The first half of each day’s class will be a lecture format, focusing on selected writing topics – technique, eliminating bad habits, finding your voice, how famous writers dealt with common writing problems, and more. After a short break, we will do group critiques on each other’s writings. We’ll talk about what’s working, what might use improvement, and possible directions your pieces could go in the future. Each day will conclude with a writing prompt, and/or a short assignment for the following day. Bring 3 pages of your writing for the first day. The class will be multi-media and fast paced. Fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction, poets, and memoir writers are all welcome.

Ed Ting has taught creative writing and English composition at New England College and at various writing retreats across New England. His writing has appeared in journals around the country. He is a regular contributor to Clamantis, the MA literary journal at Dartmouth College, where he also serves as an alumnus editor. He is the past winner of the NH state flash fiction contest. He was selected as Writer-in–Residence at the Writer’s Center for the Fine Arts in Edgartown, Massachusetts and at the Truro Center for the Fine Arts on Cape Cod. He is working on a collection of linked short stories, and a historical novel. In addition to his literary pursuits, Ed is a well-known amateur astronomer whose writings have appeared in Sky & Telescope, Skywatch, Astronomy, Discover, and Popular Mechanics magazines. He is a National Science Foundation Ambassador to Chile, a Mission Patagonia ambassador, and a NASA Solar System Ambassador. His science-themed YouTube channel has 74,000 subscribers and gets two million views a year. Ed holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, an MFA from New England College, and a MALS degree from Dartmouth, where he produced an award-winning thesis on astronomical imaging. He is a retired Category 3 bicycle racer, a classical/New Age pianist, and an enthusiastic fudge confectioner.