Creative Non-Fiction

Literary Travel Writing

SA9-N01
6 Tuesdays 6:30-8:30
April 21 through May 26
$115 W&B members / $120 general public
Instructor: Karen vanMeenen

Are you a traveler? Do you like to document your travels by writing in a journal and/or taking photos? Learn how to research, document, and write about these excursions in a literary manner. As examples, we will read excerpts from the works of such masters as William Least Heat Moon, Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux, and John McPhee, as well as fictionalized works from Tom Bodett, Paul Bowles, Virginia Woolf, and Jack Kerouac. There will be opportunity to read and discuss students’ work in a nurturing and helpful atmosphere.

Course Cancelled

Writing Local History

SA9-N02
3 Tuesdays, 2-4 p.m.
May 5, 12, and 26.
$61 W&B members / $65 general public
Instructor: Chuck Lyons

There is a lot of history out there and Western New York is extraordinarily rich in it. Much of this history, local and otherwise, is still waiting to be told. In this writing class published history writer Chuck Lyons will give you guidance on researching your material and publishing it after it is written, but the majority of the class will be spent on writing. You will leave the class with a good start on a story of your choosing.

Course Cancelled

Writing Your Memoirs: The Surprise Story of Your Life

SA9-N03
8 Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
April 23 through June 11
$175 W&B members / $180 general public
Instructor: Anais Salibian

If you’re interested in writing about your life but don’t know where to start, this is the class for you. We’ll discuss different forms of memoir and do writing exercises that will help you find the stories inside the flow of events in your life. Writing does more than put down what you already know; it helps you discover new meanings. We’ll learn the basics of how to “show, not tell” so that your writing can come alive. You’ll learn how to use dialog, description, action, inner thoughts and summary the way a fiction writer would to write compelling stories.

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Writing Your Memoirs: The Surprise Story of Your Life Friday

SA9-N04
8 Fridays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
April 24 through June 12
$175 W&B members / $180 general public
Instructor: Anais Salibian

Same as the above class, but different time.

Course Cancelled

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