Thanks to everyone who came out and wrote some deep, vulnerable, and jew-dropping personal essays. *This is just a reminder that participants' poems are not recorded, so please attend live sessions to listen to others and share your work.
Writing is the act of discovering yourself.
Learn from award-winning poet Kelly Grace Thomas how to mine personal narratives that reach towards truth, intimacy, and surprise. Practice various strategies to craft an emotional arc through situation and story. This workshop will help you sharpen your vision and questions, providing replicable tools to write deeply and authentically from personal experience.
In this workshop, participants will
Read and discuss examples of essays that create intimacy
Examine the impact of various points of entry
Write from various perspectives to deepen understanding
Use questions to deepen the voice and propel emotional stakes
Workshops Highlights
13:00 Why Essays
14:00 Workshops Structure
15:00 Craft Quotes
20:30 Warm Up
27:00 Essay #1 by Joy Sullivan
41:00 Essay #2 by Melissa Febos
56:58 Essay #3 by Mira Jacobs
1:01:00 Five Steps to Writing the Personal Essay
1:13:01 Prompt
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