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Creative WritingProse-Poetry & Flash FictionJ11-C01
Great Love and Great Suffering: Writing Your Spiritual AutobiographyJ11-C02
Writing Your Memoirs: The Surprise Story of Your Life. Part IJ11-C03
Writing Your Memoirs: The Surprise Story of Your Life. Part IIJ11-C04 As described in the class above. This section can be taken with the previous class or independently of it.
Writing AerobicsCourse Cancelled |
The Culinary Reading and Discussion GroupHosted by Sandy Bosworth & Kathy Pottetti Yoga Open HouseSaturday, May 19th, Noon-4 p.m. History Reading GroupHosted by Steve Huff First Fridays / Wide Open MicHosted by Norm Davis Afternoon TeaWed., June 6, 4:30 - 6 p.m. Open Mike Comedy NightHosted by Anna Hall Click here for more June Events...
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If short stories and poetry existed on a continuum, they would come together in prose poetry and flash fiction. Flash fiction and prose poetry are like kissing cousins, fraternal twins; poignant moments of illumination. They differ in that prose poems use predominately images where flash fiction uses actions. In fact, canny authors will often submit shorts as either flash fiction or prose poetry depending on the needs of the magazine. In this workshop, we will explore both forms, workshop your manuscripts to make them submission-ready, and discuss possible publication outlets for both prose poetry and flash fiction.
What experiences of great love and great suffering have led you to a place of surrender and opening to a deeper life? In a safe environment, we will we will write about where we came from, the people and experiences that shaped us, as well as those that left us forever changed. Saints, sinners, and heretics—all are welcome in this caravan.
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.