“Why should a sequence of words be anything but a pleasure?” Gertrude Stein asks. A pleasure to read and a pleasure to write. Learn how to experience your sentences from your readers' points of view. If you don't want to get them lost or bored, you have to make the right choices in diction, syntax […]
Never taken a writing workshop before? Want to try something new? Thinking about taking a longer class? These fun, low-cost sessions are a good way to meet our instructors, fellow students, and get writing! Just like our old Writing Aerobics, feel free to register or just walk in.
If you’re writing a memoir, you can get stalled by wanting to protect yourself or others from the truth. This class will be a safe container for grappling with how to tell both the difficult and the inspiring, and how to find the right voice and structure for your story. We will review basic elements […]
Never taken a writing workshop before? Want to try something new? Thinking about taking a long class? These fun, low-cost sessions are a good way to meet our instructors, fellow students, and get writing! Just like our old Writing Aerobics, feel free to register or just walk in.
6 Sessions This class is designed to help students find the theme or backbone of their memoir and then learn how to write vivid scenes. For those who don't know where to start, we'll build a solid foundation. For those who already have some writing, we'll help with focus and structure. We'll do writing exercises […]
Member Price: $30 1 Session Deadline to Register: February 16, 5 pm Instructor: Anais Salibian Memoir can be an emotionally difficult genre. It asks you to figure out your life, perhaps delve into painful experiences, and sometimes tell truths that others don't want to hear. How can you write it in a way that supports […]
