STUDIOS

Below are the most basic parameters of our studios. We will determine, with your input, collaborators and co-teachers to suit the needs of the cohort, but also the schedule, expertise, or availability of those collaborators.

All studios are also available online, which will not significantly change the cost—we put the same work and consideration into both.

While we aim to be reasonably-priced, we also know the value of our work and need to earn fees that are compatible with our skills. We can work with your budget or work to help you get grants or funding, or help you justify our studio to your department, group, or faculty, but we cannot work for low wages or free.

None of our studios fit your idea?

We can adapt and do almost anything—from a one-hour talk to developing a year-round or semester-long studio. We can talk to your class or course themes or come up with our own. Are you unaffiliated? Maybe we can add you to a studio that’s in the works. Or maybe we add your name to the ever-growing list of unaffiliated people. Or maybe you find a small cadre of folks like you and we design a studio around you? Do you want to work through a manuscript or just one page? The options are truly endless.

Two hours

A one-two hour talk about the possibilities and perils of environmental storytelling. Q&A to follow. Cost does not include transportation and housing for instructor. If specific, new written material is required, $1.50 per word will be added to the appearance fee.

Five days

Five full days of instruction, for 15-20 participants. Includes two instructors, 2-3 guest speakers (on -site and/or online); and one 1 hour one-on-one mentoring session. Cost does not include transportation and housing for instructor(s) and/or guest speaker(s).

One day

One full day of instruction, with 15-20 participants. Much of the day will be focused on the first page of the text, generating ideas, and understanding literary tenets of storytelling. Cost does not include transportation and housing for instructor.

Three days

Three full days of instruction, for 15-20 participants. Includes 1-2 instructors, one guest speaker (on -site and/or online); and one half hour one-on-one mentoring session w/instructor. Cost does not include transportation and housing for instructor(s) and/or guest speaker(s).

Your idea

Have something else in mind that doesn’t fit these parameters? Want to design a studio on interviewing, trade publishing, editing, book reviewing? Are you an environmentally-themed nonprofit or organization and need help writing website stories? Do you want TESS to design a semester-long course? Are you an advertising agency that needs some ideas? Let’s talk.

Seven days +

Seven to 10 days of instruction, for 15-20 participants. Includes 2-3 instructors, 3-5 guest speakers (on -site and/or online); and 2 one hour, one-on-one mentoring sessions, in-class workshopping Cost does not include transportation and housing for instructor(s) and/or guest speaker(s).