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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Come explore elements that live at the heart of fiction, non-fiction and poetry in this eight-session introduction to creative writing.
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This eight-week class will help students gain the tools they need to be able to generate ideas, drafts, and revisions. (Please Note! The dates for this class are Oct. 13 - Dec. 8, skipping Nov 24)
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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 In this class, we'll look behind the curtain of great story endings and adapt what we learn to our own endings. We'll work on fitting resonant images and powerful character choices into story endings—all while balancing the bitter and the sweet.
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This class is Pay What You Can! Pay $1 or $50 - whatever works for your budget! Welcome to the Party, a single-session, cross-genre introduction to creative writing, asks participants to embrace and amplify their desire to write with excitement, affirmation, and possibility.
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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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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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Pop culture is power, and power needs to be critiqued by those who are impacted by it. Students will discuss instances of pop culture that are important to them and come away with strategies for criticizing pop culture in the form of a written essay.
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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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Your dollars can go a long way to helping us reach more writers and storytellers. Any amount will help, but here are some concrete numbers to help your generosity meet our needs:
$300 will fully-fund a single-session class for the Chicago Stories Project.
$600 will fully-fund a 4-week program with a partner organization.
$1,000 will fully-fund a 10-week program with a partner organization, as well as staff labor.
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Your dollars can go a long way to helping us reach more writers and storytellers. Any amount will help, but here are some concrete numbers to help your generosity meet our needs:
$300 will fully-fund a single-session class for the Chicago Stories Project.
$600 will fully-fund a 4-week program with a partner organization.
$1,000 will fully-fund a 10-week program with a partner organization, as well as staff labor.