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2-Disc DVD set is only $30 and includes:
• Friday night's Keynote session with Daniel Schwabauer
• Most of the Greenleaf Improv performance.
• Saturday Workshop: "Explosive Openings"
• Saturday Workshop: "Embracing the Unknown"
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Summer Workshop & Reunion

On June 11 and 12 of this year, we hosted our first annual Summer Workshop & Reunion. What a privilege to meet so many O.Y.A.N. students and their families from several different states. We are greatful for everyone's participation and encouragement toward their fellow writers. We're already thinking of ways to make next year's Workshop bigger and better! Stay tuned.

Where:
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Cook Center, Hager Lecture Hall
2030 East College Way
Olathe, Kansas 66062

When:
Friday, June 11 (5:30 pm - 9:30 pm)
Saturday, June 12 (9:30 am - 10:00 pm)

Cost:
TBA

Registration Deadline:
Deadline for registration is May 8, 2010. Late registration will be permitted at a higher cost if space allows.

• Friday, June 11

5:30 - 6:30 pm - Registration / Mingle 
6:30 - 7:45 pm - Keynote Address: "Fable Weavers: Why America Needs Writers" ~ Mr. Schwabauer

See, hear and feel the urgent need for storytellers in the U.S. Mr. Schwabauer will discuss trends in publishing, the motion picture industry and the arts that point to a time of great potential for individual artists to influence American culture for Christ.

7:45 - 8:00 pm - Break

8:00 - 9:30 pm - The Writer’s Stage
A writing-themed performance by the Greenleaf Improv Team. Come prepared to laugh until milk comes out your nose...even if you haven’t had any milk.

• Saturday, June 12th

9:30 - 10:00 am - Mingle

10:00 - 11:00 am - "Explosive Openings" - Mr. S.
How do you make the first few pages of your novel impossible to ignore? Find out as we learn how to recognize the mistakes common to nearly every beginning novelist. In one hour you will learn how to make your novel’s opening explode!

11:00 am - 12:00 pm - "Embracing the Unknown" - Mr. S.
Questions are wonderful tools for the writer. Find out how to exploit them in order to make your action sequences ring with unresolved tension and realism. Many writers spend years learning to write good action scenes. Mr. Schwabauer will show you the basics in under an hour.

12:00 - 1:30 pm - Lunch (Food & Visiting)

1:30 - 2:00 pm - How to Critique - Mr. & Mrs. S.

2:00 - 4:00 pm - Critique Workshops - Various
We will break up into smaller groups hosted by adult writers to critique up to five pages from your novel. (See the registration form for details about what to bring.)

4:00 - 4:15 pm - End Notes

4:15 - 6:00 pm - Break

6:00 - 7:00 pm - Dinner/Reunion
Although we are not gourmet chefs, and dinner might be the wrong word, we will have food such as one might find on a camping trip. Thus, various sorts of chips, over- or under-cooked hotdogs slathered with the condiments of your choice, baked beans, and anything else that seems both easy to prepare and likely to cause heartburn.

7:00 - 10:00 pm - Reunionizing / Games / Visiting

How do I register?
Send your completed registration form and waiver with the registration fee made payable to “Daniel Schwabauer” to:

OYAN Summer Workshop
Daniel Schwabauer
PO Box 62
Olathe, KS 66051

* Download/Print Registration/Waiver Forms here.

What should I bring?
Saturday, bring 10 copies of an excerpt from your novel for critiquing. The excerpt should be 4-5 pages long (5 is the maximum), and must be formatted as described in your textbook, The Compass (double-spaced, 12 point Courier or Courier New, one inch margins on all sides, name and number in header, etc.) The 10 copies should be collated and stapled, and should be identical.

A notebook and pen for note-taking.

If you want to buy an OYAN T-shirt, bring a little extra money. (There will be a new t-shirt design unveiled there.)

Parents and Siblings?
Parents and siblings may attend the workshop free with one paid Student registration. This is provided we have space for everyone in the lecture hall. Preference will be given to Students, and we will ask non-participants to sit in the back.

If attending parents/siblings would like to eat lunch with us, you are welcome to do so. Please bring a sack lunch or grab something at a local restaurant. Or pay $8 each (with your registration) and we will add you to the catered lunch list. All lunches must be ordered in advance.

Also, parents and siblings are welcome -and encouraged- to attend the Reunion campfire dinner at the Gernhart's on Saturday evening. Dinner is free for family members! (But, please don't bring your 32 cousins and their in-laws.)

Supervision of Students
There will be adults at all official events. Registered students may be dropped off at the Workshop location (Cook Center @ MNU) and/or at the Dinner/Reunion at the Gernhart residence. However, a parent/guardian is required to pick the student(s) up on-time at the conclusion of the event as listed in the Itenerary.

NOTE: Parents and siblings are welcome at both workshops and the reunion.

NOTE: While there will be adults present at events, we CANNOT personally "parent" every child. Students are expected to stay with the group at all times during the Workshops, and on the Gernhart's property during the Saturday reunion/dinner. (Unless, of course, they are with their parents/guardian.) If you drop off your student at either event, you are saying that you trust them to act responsibily and appropriately.

NOTE: Younger siblings of registered students (under 14 yrs) may not be dropped off at events, but must be accompanied by an adult who is specifically responsible for the child(ren).

If you have any questions please email us at info @ oneyearnovel.com

Transportation
Parents/guardians are completely responsible for transportation to and from all locations: airport, MNU campus, hotel, etc.

Mr. & Mrs. S. will NOT be able to pick up anyone from the airport. However, you may authorize someone else to do so if you are comfortable with that situation. Some students may have extended family members or friends in the area. Ideally, a parent would travel with an out-of-town student.

What about accommodations?
These hotels are not far from MNU.

Holiday Inn - Olathe
101 West 151st Street
Olathe, Kansas 66061
913-829-4000
info@hiolathe.com

La Quinta Inn & Suites (new) - Olathe
20570 W 151st Street
Olathe, Kansas 66061
866-539-8430

No Room at the Inn?
Alternatively, you may post a “No room at the inn,” request on the appropriate board of the OYAN Student Forum. Some soft-hearted local OYAN family might be willing to let you sleep on their couch for free.

Is there anything else to do in Olathe?
Why would you want to do anything else? Okay, okay. If you like history, you could visit the:
• Mahaffie farmstead and stagecoach stop.
http://www.olatheks.org/Mahaffie/About

This may sound like a joke to anyone from the east or west coasts, but the Mahaffie place can be a fascinating glimpse of what life was like back in the day. Especially if you are under ten and not picky. What is it? It’s the only working stagecoach stop open to the public on the Santa Fe trail. Watch a blacksmith beat on a chunk of hot iron. Look at a real stagecoach pulled by real horses past real cows.

• Heritage Park, Olathe Lake and Cedar Lake

Kansas City Attractions

Finally, you should know that Olathe is a suburb of Kansas City, and there is a lot to do in the Kansas City metro area.

The Nelson-Adkins Art Museum
The Country Club Plaza - KC

If you're interested in researching things to do in the area simply Google "things to do in Kansas City" An exhaustive list of attractions is beyond the scope of this web page. ;)

Special Thanks

Special thanks to MidAmerica Nazarene University for partnering with us to host our first annual OYAN Summer Workshop and Reunion.