In this four-week craft-centered seminar, multi-genre writer Paul Lisicky invites participants to explore the deep architecture of memoir at the level of the sentence and the scene.
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We’re sorry, this class is sold out! Please put your name on the waitlist in case a spot opens up Over our four weeks, we’ll discuss the expansive possibilities and definitions of the genre, learn specific craft skills, and play with the freedom that hybridity offers.
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We’re sorry, this class is sold out! Please put your name on the waitlist in case a spot opens up Come explore elements that live at the heart of fiction, non-fiction and poetry in this eight-session introduction to creative writing on Wednesdays.
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This single-session class explores how psychology shapes horror on the page, examining the ways fear, repression, memory, obsession, and perception transform both characters and the worlds they inhabit—perhaps even their homes.
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We’ll explore how to shape romance for the screen, and how to create holiday joy in the form of a movie—the kind that rivals an audience's fondest childhood memories.
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What does it look like to write about Chicago? How do we capture not only an authentic sense of place, but the indelible quality that makes a place jump off the page and become a character in its own right?
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In this class, we’ll talk about how playing with time in fiction—through techniques such as flashbacks, compression, backstory, and flash-forwards—can shape the stories we want to tell.
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Through discussion and scene-length readings, participants will explore craft decisions that determine how to address time and pacing in memoir.
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In this class, we'll use wrestlers, their matches, and poems to better understand how to use artifice to develop our poetic voice, perspective, and relationship with our audience.
Add to cartMichelle go-un Lee is a prose writer currently based in Chicago. She earned her MFA in Fiction at Northwestern University as a Litowitz Fellow. Her fiction has been published in Black Warrior Review, CRAFT Literary, and West Branch. She is currently working on a novel.
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