Novelist Rebecca Makkai presents six online lectures on aspects of the novel, addressing the writer's work plan, novel structure and outlining, backstage decisions, pacing, character, and editing.
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Whether trying to revise a stand-alone chapter or considering the broader arc of your full manuscript, these revision techniques are graspable, effective, and empowering.
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Join us in person! CWE Workshop is designed for intermediate writers or beginning writers who have taken Creative Writing Essentials and would benefit in putting those skills into practice in a workshop-focused class.
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This two-hour class is open to both genre and literary fiction writers curious about featuring non-human characters in their stories that subvert common cliches and stereotypes.
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We’ll be using the Tarot’s striking and powerful imagery to tap into your imagination and uncover surprising new things about your story and characters—you don’t need to know anything about Tarot cards to benefit from this workshop.
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This generative class will introduce students to writing in found forms, also known as "hermit crabs" after the creature that makes its home out of whatever form it finds.
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We'll talk about the larger purpose of memoir, as well as moral questions that arise for the memoirist in the process of writing.
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In this fiction PJ Seminar, we’ll look at the intimidating statistical realities of the publishing world, then we’ll focus on ways to improve our openings scenes to tilt the odds in our favor.
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This in-person workshop examines how memory lives in the body, using our own stories and experiences as a contribution to a wider cultural and political dialogue that centers human beings.
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$295.00 · July 10
Welcome back to the Studio! We’re excited to have Jessie Ann Foley leading an in-person camp for grades 9-12.
| Start Date | July 10 |
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| Class Times | 9:00am – 12:00pm CT |
| Price | $295 |
| Location | Chicago Studio |
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This weeklong summer camp IN PERSON at the Studio, hosted by Jessie Ann Foley, will run from 9am – 12pm CT.
If you’re looking for another age group, or camp time, please visit the main summer camps page.
Jessie Ann Foley is the Printz honor-winning author of the novels The Carnival at Bray, Neighborhood Girls, Sorry for Your Loss, and You Know I’m No Good. Her work has been named to best-of lists by Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, YALSA, Entertainment Weekly, and many other outlets, and has been featured on school and library recommended reading lists all across the United States. Her debut children’s picture book, Agatha May and the Anglerfish, and her debut novel for middle grade readers, Breda’s Island, will be out in 2022. Jessie holds an M.Ed. in Secondary Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an M.F.A. from Columbia College Chicago. She is a licensed grade 6-12 educator with over a decade of high school teaching experience. Jessie lives with her family in Chicago, where she was born and raised. Visit her on Instagram or Twitter at @jessieannfoley.
