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Listening to Life: Essay Intensive Workshop


Listening to Life: Essay Intensive Workshop

SATURDAYS, JANUARY 23-FEBRUARY 20
11:00AM-1:00PM CST
ONLINE VIA ZOOM

What does it mean to deeply listen to our lives and put those truths on the page? In this fun, generative, workshop-focused class, we’ll explore the personal and lyric essay forms. You’ll write essays and receive feedback from your peers, read and discuss pieces by other writers, and generate new work with in-class writing prompts. By the end of this five-week course, you’ll:

  • Better understand personal and lyric essays as literary forms

  • Learn craft tools to make your writing shine 

  • Read and discuss work from other writers 

  • Write new essays and receive in-depth feedback 

  • Workshop the writing of your classmates

  • Harness your creativity through guided writing prompts

  • Get tips on publishing your pieces

  • Connect with a compassionate community of other writers

This workshop is open to adults 18+. Registration is limited to twelve students.

Sliding scale tuition:

  • $150 - if you’re making ends meet

  • $225 - if you’re financially stable

  • $300 - if you’re financially flourishing

Scholarships are available. Please email me for more information.