WEBINAR | Crafting Emotion & Imagination: Exploring Lyrical Writing
July 1 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Learn the secrets to writing gorgeous, lyrical work that makes editors and readers say, “Wow!”
For Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, and Poetry
Included in the upcoming Season Pass
Do you want your writing to be beautiful and imaginative while staying true to the emotional moment? Would you like to improve the sound and musicality of your sentences? During this generative session, we’ll dive deep into techniques and tools you can use to increase the lyricism of your writing, regardless of genre.
First, learn the difference between lyrical and narrative writing and when you may want to use one or the other. Then explore the five key elements of lyrical writing, with examples from virtuoso writers, and what makes each one powerful for readers. Finally, practice applying lyrical techniques to your own writing with a prompt and writing time. You’ll leave with the start of a new draft and additional exercises to explore and develop your writing on your own.
Can’t make it live? No worries—a replay will be available to all registrants.
In this webinar, you will:
- LEARN the five key elements of lyrical writing
- EXPLORE the differences between lyrical and narrative writing, and how (and why!) to use both
- PRACTICE suspending or manipulating time in your essays, stories, or poems, along with other lyrical techniques
- DISCOVER strategies to increase the emotional and musical resonance of your writing at the sentence level
- USE imaginative tools to add layers to your work
This webinar is ideal for intermediate writers who want to…
- explore lyrical writing
- deepen and develop their writing voice
- increase the musicality and beauty of their prose or poetry
- tap into higher levels of imagination and emotion in their writing
Closed captioning is available. ✔
All registrants receive the recording. ✔
ABOUT YOUR PRESENTER
Bethany Jarmul is an Appalachian writer, poet, writing coach, and enthusiastic, engaging, and inspiring workshop instructor. She’s the author of a poetry collection, Lightning Is a Mother, and a memoir, Take Me Home. Her work has been published in more than 100 literary magazines, including Rattle, Brevity, and Chestnut Review. Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature and Best Small Fictions and nominated for the Pushcart Prize and The Best of the Net.
Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com
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