Workshops and Seminars
New classes added all the time.
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New classes added all the time. 〰️
BE HYSTERICAL: A Seminar on Voice, Style, and Emotion
Has anyone ever called you “too much”? Have you ever been accused of being “dramatic”? We’ll use that. Because to write, "too much" is exactly enough, and our emotion is a writing skill.
In this once-in-a-lifetime session, we’ll cover every element of style to make your voice so distinctive that any reader can pick it out of a police lineup. We’ll also cover every emotion and how to use each one in writing to make readers understand you or fear you.
Sunday, Sept. 21st
3-5:30pm
Online & recorded
Has anyone ever called you “too much”? Have you ever been accused of being “dramatic”? We’ll use that. Because to write, "too much" is exactly enough, and our emotion is a writing skill.
In this once-in-a-lifetime session, we’ll cover every element of style to make your voice so distinctive that any reader can pick it out of a police lineup. We’ll also cover every emotion and how to use each one in writing to make readers understand you or fear you.
Sunday, Nov. 16th
2:30-5:30pm
Online & recorded
Good writing becomes great writing at the sentence level. Diction, syntax, rhythm, image, and description can bring your voice to life and make your work more memorable, more beautiful, and more meaningful. In this practical and flirty seminar, you’ll learn how to write and revise sentences with confidence through lecture, discussion, handouts, and writing exercises. Our goal is what James Baldwin says is The Goal: “…to write a sentence as clean as a bone.”
Sunday, Sept. 14th
3:30-5:30pm ET
Online
Comedic Memoir: 6-Week Workshop
Is it your dream to write a full-length about yourself/your exes/parents and be funny about it?
There are many types of comedy (physical, emotional, situational, observational, dark, surreal), and many comedic tools–we’ll cover them all and how to use them with confidence to write 200+ pages.
We’ll gossip about how to: begin and end a memoir; organize it; figure out what it’s about and what sets it apart; make people care; balance the personal and the universal; and write comedically about the characters in your life, including you, without going too far.
Come with memoirs in mind or in-progress, or come to be inspired.
Monday evenings, Sept. 29th-Nov. 3rd
6:30- 9:00pm ET
Online & recorded via 92NY
This could be you/us. Learn to weaponize comedy in my very good writing workshops, seminars, and prayer circles.
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