Writing the Unthinkable w/Lynda Barry!'s Interests
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MORE CLASSES in 2010!
Do you wish you could WRITE? Do you wish you had a better MEMORY? Do you want to make STORIES but are too confused about how to even start?
THIS IS AN INTENSIVE WRITING CLASS! It is not a social situation at all! In fact, you can be completely anonymous in this class! You don't have to be cool! Your clothes can be square! You don't have to read aloud or talk to anyone if you don't want to! You don't even have to make eye contact! And YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A WRITER to be a part of it! THIS CLASS WORKS ESPECIALLY WELL FOR 'NON-WRITERS' like bartenders, janitors, office workers, hairdressers, musicians, and ANYONE who has given up on "being a writer" but still wonders what it might be like to write. OPEN to ALL people!
Lynda teaches a specific way of working that she learned from her teacher, Marilyn Frasca, in the late 1970's and has used ever since. She says it will work for anyone who has any kind of curiosity about writing or remembering -- especially people who have always wanted to write, but have no idea how to even begin. BE ADVISED! IT IS GOING TO BE TWO DAYS of INTENSE CONCENTRATION and HARD WORK! It is not jive! It is FOR REAL! (It is also pretty fun too, but not necessarily in a social way!)
Can you dig that? If so, we can dig YOU! All you need is about 100 sheets of notebook paper, a three-ring binder (no other kind of paper set-up will work for this class) and a couple of your favorite pens. All students must figure out their own transportation and lodging. We will tell you where the classroom is located and all other details when we confirm your enrollment!
Like we said, to enroll, simply contact our secretary BETTY BONG at fromthedeskofmarlys@yahoo.com -- no middle man or even middle woman! We try to keep our overhead LOW so that more folks can afford to attend our class! Yeah!
Music
Fleet Foxes! Lee Perry! And "HEY LOVE" by Stevie Wonder is on repeat! Ivie Anderson! Ungh! Johnny Adams! Yes! and Constructive Summer! The HOLD STEADY is rocking our nut! STAY POSITIVE! And also The ROOTS of CHICHA! also SISTER ALICE MARTIN'S Voice of Praise GOSPEL MUSIC COMMUNITY! "Lynda Barry and Sherman Alexie save my life constantly..." that's NEKO CASE giving props to LYNDA (and bad-ass Sherman Alexie) in POETRY magazine!
Movies
that Asian movie about the vampires that find you by smelling your breath and can only hop, Off the Charts, SMILE the Story of Brian Wilson, Protagonist, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Bad News Bears, Lipstick & Dynamite The First Ladies of Wrestling, Awake My Soul, Bubble, God of Cookery, Shaolin Soccer, The Big Lebowski, Ed Wood
Television
Lynda loves WifeSwap for some reason, Project Runway, Supernanny, ALL science shows on PBS, Nimrod Nation
Books
can tell you the sad facts about "living" next to INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINES and what harm they do to birds, bats, insects and all living things that are forced to endure their proximity!
Go to Lynda's very informative site also!
http://betterplan.squarespace.com/
FIND OUT the cruddy truth about INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINES!
Pass it on!
About me: My name is BETTY BONG, secretary for WRITING the UNTHINKABLE, taught by LYNDA BARRY! Cartoonist, novelist, and playwright LYNDA BARRY is the creator behind the syndicated strip Ernie Pook's Comeek featuring the incomparable Marlys and Freddy, as well as the books One Hundred Demons, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!, and more. Born in Wisconsin in 1956, she studied at Evergreen State College, where she became good friends with Simpsons creator Matt Groening. Her work has been widely praised, and her book The Good Times are Killing Me--also adapted as an off-Broadway musical--won the Washington State Governor's Award. Barry currently offers her workshop, WRITING the UNTHINKABLE, all over the place! For more information, and/or to schedule a workshop in your town, write to class secretary (that's me!) Betty Bong, at fromthedeskofmarlys@yahoo.com
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Who I'd like to meet: Y'ALL! Many more classes ALL OVER the PLACE in 2010 -- stay tuned!
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Lynda Barry and I have almost the exact same style of horn rimmed glasses, so one of my happiest moments was during her workshop in LA when she insisted we "toast glasses". We bumped frames and maybe now I'm even more smitten, if that's possible. Happy New Year, Lynda!
Hi Betty Bong and Lynda the Funk Queen! I just uploaded 4 studio trax from 2 of my cd's to my music page. I invite you to visit, listen and comment. Cheers! love, Anna PS Happy New Year!
Hello Lynda! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Deb and her daughter Amanda in Sebring Ohio. We love you and think about you and your kindness every day. Amanda is doing better, in fact she just passed her NCLEX test and is now a LPN. Yeahhhh! I'll try to send you one of her graduation photos. Your love and encouragement really helped her over some very hard times. You are such and angel!
I just took your class in L.A. It was even more inspiring, invigorating and all around bitchin' than I thought it would be. Lynda, you are a Right On Bad Ass!!!!!! xoxo Mary
So disappointed that I missed your LA class. I just didn't hear about it, even tho I think I am subscribed to everything...HopeVeryMuch to catch the next one!
Balls! Right On!!! Lynda (and Hogan) you are the baddest of bad asses! Thank you for bringing your amazing class to the City of Angels... You have inspired me to Write On!!!
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