Short to Long - Expanding on Ideas

INSTRUCTOR: Michael Hagerty

TIME: Saturday, February 15, 9:30 am to 12:30 p.m. CST

PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Saturday, February 9. After Saturday, February 9: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here

LOCATION: Writespace Studio, 1907 Sabine St #125, Houston TX

LEVEL: All levels

CAP: 15

Memoir and non-fiction writers, you're in for a treat! Hot off the presses and into Writespace's studio, join Michael Hagerty of Houston Matters (weekdays 9 am on Houston Public Media) for a deep dive into how to expand ideas into stories.Using field methods and generative prompts, students will have the opportunity to build narratives from the ground up and hear expertise on how journalists paint scenes with words and find the story behind the story.

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for . He’s spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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