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Creative WritingCreative Writing 102W10-C01
Writing through the Chaos: Mining Objects Telling TruthsW10-C02
Art of the Personal Essay: The Mythological Griffin, The Dog Pound MuttW10-C03
Time to WriteW10-C04
Brickworks: Writing the Perfect SceneW10-C05  Whether you write novels, memoirs, short stories, feature stories, flash fiction, the scene is the building block, the argument that when mortared together with other scenes supports your theme—in short, the brickwork of the story. The purpose of this workshop is to study and practice constructing the perfect scene. We will review all the elements of scene (action, dialogue, conflict, character objective, scene objective, embedded moments, beats, shots, point-of-view, setting, etc.), the way scene is cobbled together with exposition, and more. Class members’ scenes will be read and critiqued in class.
Creative JournalingW10-C06
Our Bodies, Our Lives: Memoir for WomenW10-C07
Writing Your Memoirs: The Surprise Story of Your LifeW10-C08
Writing Aerobics
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Beyond Reading: FilmMonday, February 6, 7 p.m. “How Do I Love Thee?” Romantic Love Poems Through the AgesTuesday, February 7, 7 p.m. Afternoon TeaWed., Feb. 8, 4:30 - 6 p.m. The Bertrand Russell SocietyHosted by Phil Ebersol Book Kick-off: Angels Flying Backwards, by Iris MillerThursday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. Valentine’s Day card-making workshop for families.Saturday February 11, 10 a.m. - noon Genesee Reading SeriesHosted by Wanda Schubmehl
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Continuing the work from Creative Writing 101 (not a pre-requisite!), we’ll use introductory, in-class writing assignments to explore the genres of fiction and non-fiction. Each week will focus on additional authors and styles -- including popular favorites like Maguire (Wicked), Benchley (The Deep) and Grogan (Marley & Me). Students will get the opportunity to share their work via e-mail for in-class peer critique. Snacks at every session. 
In the chaos around us—continuous change, split second edits, media hype—objects, people, and places whirl around our senses at increasing rates of speed. How to cut through the escalating confusion and write with clarity of voice, intent, and texture? Through a series of focused writing assignments, this class will address how to slow down the frenetic pace by mining the sources of bombardment itself—the objects, “objectified” people and places of our experience, as well as the too frequently ignored interchangeable nature of these three areas--for uncompromised metaphor of meaning. Select readings of essays, poetry, fiction, and journalistic pieces for class discussion to include selections of Emerson, Carolyn Forche, Allen Ginsberg, and Brenda Ueland, an unknown writer or two, as well as, time allowing, a viewing of a film.
You know you want to be writing on a regular basis--for your sanity, for your soul, to record your life, observations and ideas, to understand your own mind, to get a desired project underway or completed, or to fulfill your dream or destiny as a writer--but something is getting in the way. Maybe you have never gotten started. Maybe you need to break through a writer’s block. Every Wednesday we will gather and write, explore techniques for carving out time and silencing inner critics, and share our struggles and successes. We will read insights from artists and writers into the creative process. We will look at what motivates us, what we let get in our way, and what it takes to get a habit established. By giving each other acknowledgement and a push for each new week, we’ll work on making writing a habit for life. The last half hour of each session will be set aside to write. (And you can stay after class and keep writing.)
As one memoirist wrote, “Our lives are written in our bodies. Our bodies themselves are stories of our deepest, most meaningful experiences...” In a culture which emphasizes mind and outer events, we often neglect to write about the life lived in the ground of our being. How fortunate that good writing must include the senses, the lived experience of flesh and bone. The writing prompts in this class will range from the lighthearted (hairstyles, high heels) to the serious (birthing, illness, safety issues). We’ll also work with choices in how to structure your stories and provide supportive feedback when you’re ready for revision or editing. We’ll create a safe, confidential atmosphere in which to explore the difficulties and joys of living in a female body.
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.