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SUMMARY:4-WEEK WORKSHOP | Unconventional Forms for Unexpected Nonfiction Stories
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes it’s not the story you tell\, but the way you tell it that powerfully connects with readers.\n\n\n\nOpen to 15 writers of creative nonfiction\, essays\, memoir\, and lyric essays \n\n\n\nLive On Zoom | Wednesdays\, October 21-November 11 | 1-4 pm Eastern  \n\n\n\nIn this creative nonfiction workshop\, writers will play with myriad approaches to the personal narrative—lyric forms\, research braids\, lists\, flash/micro-essays\, point-of-view experiments\, and the found form “hermit crab”—to discover unexpected voices with which to tell personal stories.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll read a variety of published essays from the likes of Ira Sukrungruang\, Neema Avashia\, Brian Doyle\, Gwendolyn Wallace\, Roxane Gay\, Cheryl Strayed\, Brenda Miller\, Sabrina Imbler\, and others\, then kick-start our drafts with in-class writing exercises.  \n\n\n\nWeekly prompts and assignments\, as well as readings\, will inspire participants to try new forms\, voices\, and styles. Work will be shared in class for feedback on a rotating schedule. Classmates and the instructor will offer thoughtful\, targeted oral feedback that focuses on what’s working in our personal narratives and how to strengthen and refine them. \n\n\n\nStudents will receive written feedback on one polished piece up to 2000 words. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOver these four weeks\, you will …\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE new forms for your personal narratives\, including lyric forms\, braids\, and hermit crabs\n\n\n\nDISCOVER how unexpected voices and structures can unlock new stories\n\n\n\nLEARN how to give helpful\, guided feedback on your peers’ work\n\n\n\nCHALLENGE your understanding of the personal narrative\, beyond traditional dramatic structures\n\n\n\n\n*Schedule below \n\n\n\nThis course is for writers …\n\n\n\n\nat all levels\, from experienced writers to those new to the genre\n\n\n\nwho’d like to challenge their understanding and expectations of the personal narrative\n\n\n\nwho are curious to play and experiment with form\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss a class? No worries\, replays will be available. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEthan Gilsdorf is a writer\, teacher\, performer\, and a huge nerd. A sharp\, funny instructor\, Ethan is the author of the award-winning memoir Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. His work appears in the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Esquire\, Wired\, O\,Oprah Magazine\, Huffington Post\, Brevity\, Electric Literature\, Poetry\, and The Southern Review and has been named twice as “Notable” in Best American Essays.  \n\n\n\nNoted for his thoughtful\, generous and encouraging feedback\, Ethan teaches at GrubStreet\, where he leads the Essay Incubator program; at LitArts RI and Craft Talks; is on the faculty of Solstice MFA Program at Lasell University; and teaches anyone how to play Dungeons & Dragons.  \n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\nWeek 1  \n\n\n\n\nFirst class orientation: introductions\, logistics\, class expectations and class “citizenship”\n\n\n\nSyllabus\, workshop schedule and methods\n\n\n\nNarrative vs non-narrative forms; List\, Instructional/“How to” \n\n\n\nIn class exercises: Begin your “How to” instructional form essay.\n\n\n\n\nWeek 2 \n\n\n\n\nAssignment due: “How to” instructional form essay for workshop\n\n\n\nWorkshop: small group workshops of “How to” instructional form essay\n\n\n\n“Object correlative”; Single moment\, one-sentence/“run on” lyric flash forms\n\n\n\nHermit crab forms\n\n\n\nIn class exercises: One-sentence scene/flash; hermit crab forms\n\n\n\n\nWeek 3:  \n\n\n\n\nAssignment due: Hermit crab form essay for workshop\n\n\n\nBraided and fragmented forms\n\n\n\nIn class exercises: Braided/ fragmented forms\n\n\n\n\nWeek 4  \n\n\n\n\nAssignment due: any essay for workshop\n\n\n\nRefrain flash essays\n\n\n\nPoint of view experiments\n\n\n\nIn class exercises: Refrain and Point of view forms\n\n\n\nNext steps in your experimental form CNF/essay journey\n\n\n\n\nTestimonials from past students\n\n\n\n“My work is taken seriously in Ethan’s workshops\, and I am taken seriously as a writer.” \n\n\n\n“What a master teacher.”  \n\n\n\n“This may be the best writing class I’ve ever taken.”  \n\n\n\n“You really are one of the best writing teachers I’ve had.” \n\n\n\n“I’m grateful beyond measure for the care that Ethan has taken in teaching us.” \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the first class\, you may request a refund (less a $25 processing fee).After class begins\, you may request a refund for the remaining value of the course (less a $25 processing fee). No credits or refunds will be available after the 2nd class. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
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SUMMARY:WEBINAR | Poetry-Curious? Exploring the Craft of Prose Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Spark your creativity\, level up your sentences\, and strengthen your voice by exploring the art and craft of prose poetry. \n\n\n\nFor Poetry and Prose Writers Included in the Season Pass \n\n\n\nExperiment\, expand your sentence-craft\, and have fun generating new work with prose poetry. As a hybrid form that sits between standard prose (like stories or essays) and poetry\, prose poems are a fascinating and enjoyable form for writers in all genres. Prose poems combine both the narrative and lyric impulses. They use standard sentences and paragraphs instead of traditional line breaks and stanzas\, yet they rely on poetic tools like metaphor and alliteration.  \n\n\n\nFor prose writers\, this form is a great entry way into exploring poetry. For poets\, it’s an exercise in learning to work without line breaks. For all writers\, it’s a great way to play with form and expand your creativity—while creating short work ready to revise and publish. \n\n\n\nDuring this generative online class\, explore what a prose poem is and what it isn’t\, the different types of prose poems\, and what makes a great prose poem. We’ll analyze examples and write drafts based on thought-provoking prompts. You’ll leave this workshop with a new appreciation for prose poems\, fuel for your writing inspiration\, and at least one new draft of your own. \n\n\n\nCome ready to write! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this webinar\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nLEARN what a prose poem is (not just a lyrical paragraph!) \n\n\n\nDISCOVER the five key considerations of a prose poem \n\n\n\nEXPLORE common types and styles of prose poems\n\n\n\nLEARN tips for writing engaging prose poems that lit mag editors and readers will love\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar is for…\n\n\n\n\nwriters new to prose poetry\, with some experience in other forms\n\n\n\npoets who want to try the prose poem form\n\n\n\nnonfiction or fiction writers who want to explore writing poetry\n\n\n\nwriters who want to tap into and maximize their creativity\n\n\n\nwriters who love to learn through experimenting creatively and trying new things\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔All registrants receive the recording. ✔ \n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR PRESENTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBethany 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.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nREFUNDS (less a $10 processing fee) ARE AVAILABLE before the replay is sent out. For a refund\, EMAIL us at info@WritingCraft.com. Canceling your Zoom invite will not initiate this process. \n\n\n\nThere are no refunds after the replay is sent.Questions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUCTOR\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/poetry-curious/
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SUMMARY:SEMINAR | Beyond the Book: Writing Companion Essays that Reach New Readers
DESCRIPTION:Your book contains more stories than the ones on its pages. Learn how to write and publish companion essays that draw readers to your work.\n\n\n\nFor fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry alike—companion essays cross genres.Companion essays are written by an author before\, during\, and after a book is launched to create awareness of both the writer and the book. These essays showcase the writer’s voice\, storytelling\, and craft\, leaving readers wanting to read more and buy the book. The form is essay\, but this type of writing is valuable to writers across genres: creative nonfiction\, fiction\, and poetry. \n\n\n\nAlso called book-adjacent writing\, companion essays can address a wide range of topics: the book’s themes and craft; historical or cultural context; reflections\, research\, and ideas that extend beyond the book; or experiences from the writer’s life. These essays aren’t excerpts\, summaries\, reviews\, ads\, reading guides\, or a justification for the book. Companion essays are powerful in themselves—informative\, entertaining\, and surprising—and connect the reader to the author and book in unique ways. \n\n\n\nPublishers\, publicists\, and agents encourage (and expect) writers to write and publish companion pieces to support marketing and promotion\, build readership\, and expand the author’s platform. Whether your book is completed\, accepted\, or a work-in-progress\, the best time to begin thinking about and drafting these essays is early in the writing process.  \n\n\n\nWe’ll look at published examples to see what makes a successful companion essay. You’ll develop strategies for generating your own companion essay ideas\, and we’ll discuss where these essays can be pitched and published and the how-to’s of the submission process. Participants will receive the presentation slides with links to each essay and outlet discussed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this insightful 2.5-hour course\, you will:\n\n\n\n\nEXPLORE what makes a compelling companion essay and how it connects to a book without summarizing or promoting\n\n\n\nGENERATE companion essay ideas drawn from your book\, collection\, or work-in-progress\n\n\n\nLEARN HOW companion essays use topic\, structure\, voice\, and purpose to reach readers\n\n\n\nDISCOVER publications that publish companion essays\, and DEVELOP a strategy for pitching and publishing companion essays\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis seminar is ideal for writers who…\n\n\n\n\nwant an effective way to connect readers to their new book\, collection\, or work-in-progress \n\n\n\nwant to increase their visibility and build their platform\n\n\n\nhave a book or collection at any stage of development \n\n\n\nwant to learn how to write and publish compelling companion essays\n\n\n\n\nClosed captioning is available. ✔Think you might miss class? No worries\, replays will be available 3 business days after the final session. ✔ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT YOUR Instructor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKnowledgeable and well-prepared\, passionate\, encouraging\, and an empathetic and kind teacher\, Andrea A. Firth is a writer\, editor\, and educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She teaches creative writing and the literary magazine publishing process for Chill Subs and other digital education platforms in courses packed with information and lots of examples.   \n\n\n\nAn editor for The Brevity Blog and cofounder of Diablo Writers’ Workshop\, Andrea has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Saint Mary’s College of California. Her writing focus is personal essay\, and she was a finalist for the Missouri Review’s 2021 Perkoff Prize in Nonfiction. You can read a selection of her published work at her website. \n\n\n\nStudent Testimonials \n\n\n\n“Andrea’s classes are stimulating\, well structured\, and informative\, and her experience and skill as a writer and teacher have been extremely valuable.” \n\n\n\n“Andrea is a warm and welcoming teacher. She creates a safe environment to ask questions and explore your skill as an emerging writer. Her knowledge and insights are keen\, kind and above all useful. I look forward to more.” \n\n\n\n“Andrea’s class was everything I hoped for and much more—detailed\, organized\, and packed with information.” \n\n\n\n“As an educator\, Andrea Firth delivers. She’s articulate\, energetic\, passionate\, and personable.” \n\n\n\nTHE FINE PRINT \n\n\n\nWe understand that life can get in the way of your plans. We want you to be able to get the most out of your course\, and our refund policy is designed to balance your need for flexibility with our deadlines and obligations to our teachers. \n\n\n\nBefore the class\, you may request a refund less a $10.00 processing fee. \n\n\n\nPlease keep in mind that no refunds or credits will be issued after class begins. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please email Info@writingcraft.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration Info\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Organizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation
URL:https://writingcraft.com/event/beyond-the-book/
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