Workshops and craft classes for writers
Workshops and craft classes for writers
Starts October 5th for 10 weeks Online This class will provide a safe space for personal growth and healing, and you will also learn the basics of writing fiction (memoirists and poets also welcome). In Wired For Story, Lisa Cron argues that story was crucial
Poetry Generator with Elline LipkinTwo Sections: Wednesdays: May 19 to June 23, 2021, 7:00–9:00 pmFridays: May 21 to June 25, 2021, 10:00 am–12:00 pm This mixed-level poetry class is designed to help students learn about new forms, take creative risks, and most important
This six-week sequence is designed to jumpstart your writing. Approaching each week as an experiment, we will read a variety of contemporary poems, consider some newer, innovative forms, and try a range of prompts. This workshop is meant reveal the possibilities of poetry, bui
This fall I am offering three six-week classes meant to inspire new work, foster creative community, and teach craft elements of poetry. And, after this past (%$#^!) year, also meant to provide two hours of creative oasis. Taking inspiration from the season we will look at po
Heal your soul, find community and improve your writing with this combined seminar packet. By purchasing all four seminars, you will learn the 12 Questions, the principles of healing through writing, how to create plot by using formal and intuitive storytelling methods, and how
Now taking students for my next online Prose Writing workshop, for all-levels. On Thursday evenings, 7:30 - 9 PST, from Sept 10 - Oct 15. We read work together that exemplifies craft in both fiction and non-fiction, share work, and leave time for workshop in the last
This past year we were languishing. Yet, not completing a creative project can be anguishing (a rhyme!). This six-week sequence is for anyone who wants to gather what they have and work towards a chapbook, longer manuscript, or even a ten-page application packet. We’ll talk
Characterization, setting, voice and theme are important, but how do you tackle plot in your writing? How do you meet the demands of your audience and at the same time free yourself from what might otherwise feel formulaic? How do you use the alchemy of left-brain organization a
We’ll begin this 8 week generative workshop with the personal—re-examining confessionalism, autobiographical writing, and Frank O’Hara’s “Personism.” We’ll then move into the realm of the historic and elegiac—poetic modes that speak to cultures and groups. And, finally, we’ll di
This eight-week workshop will explore how writers can turn lived experience into art through an attentiveness to language, form, and surprise. Classes will include writing assignments, craft discussions, and workshop feedback. Students will read widely, studying write
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