Intro to Creative Writing

Description

Whether you’re new to writing — or a more experienced writer who’s hankering for a refresher course — this class will get you moving upward and onward. “Writing is like rock climbing,” says Todd Chapman, “except that we’re scaling blank pages instead of rock faces, exploring the temperature and texture of language as we feel our way along. We challenge and surprise ourselves and, at least for a while, find that we are moving differently through the world.”

In this class, Todd will lead you through an investigation of different kinds of creative writing: fiction, poetry, memoir, essays and more. He’ll get you wondering about things, such as: How does Mark Doty make sentences come alive when discussing a 17th century Dutch painting? or Why, when we read Gretel Ehrlich’s descriptions of sheep herding in Wyoming, do we breath and dream her landscapes? and What is promising and powerful in my own writing, and how can I jumpstart or energize a story, essay, or poem?

“We’ll seek inspiration by reading and discussing a diverse range of work,” says Todd. “Through writing exercises and take-home prompts, we’ll practice drawing the world of experience with our senses. What can we observe in the touch of a new lover, or in the heat off a skateboard’s wheel? Is there a physical component to sadness?

Todd will help you learn how to unearth material (sometimes from your own lives) and begin transforming that material into our own original work. He’ll also help you begin to cultivate a particular kind of faith — faith in the process that is necessary for anyone who wants to write.

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http://www.writingsalons.com

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415.609.2468

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