Our Next Workshop
Introduction to Personal Essay
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INSTRUCTOR: Rebecca Spears
TIME: Saturday, March 25, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CST PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, March 19. After Sunday, March 19: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom LEVEL: All Levels CAP: 15 A story based on our own personal experience must still be told well. In this introduction to creative nonfiction, we will examine elements of good writing from imagery, voice, character, and scene to poetic elements such as metaphor and personification. Through the use of such techniques, writing comes to life, engaging, informing, and even inspiring readers. In this three-hour workshop, we will focus on memoir and personal essay. Attendees will have opportunities to practice transforming their personal experience into enlivened writing using the techniques discussed. |
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Our Next Event
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TIME: Tuesday, March 21, 1-3 p.m. CST/CDT PRICE: Free for members. $5 for nonmembers. Become a member here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom Whether you are hard at work revising poems for a chapbook, pantsing your way through your first draft, or outlining an essay, we made a date to do the work of writing! Come take advantage of the collective energy and encouragement found in the Writespace community! We'll be here, about the business of writing, shoulder to shoulder, writers doing the work together. |
We have lots seven Write-Ins scheduled between now and the end of March! Click HERE to visit that page and make a date to write with us! Make more than one!
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March Reading and Open Mic!
Come hear and be heard!
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TIME: Friday, March 31, 7–9:30 p.m. CST
LOCATION: Antidote Coffee, 729 Studewood St, Houston, TX 77007 (map) FEATURING: Sarah Gajkowski-Hill and Lakshmi Sunder COST: Free for members. $5.00 for nonmembers. Become a member here. REGISTRATION: To become a reader sign up here. Sign-ups are open to all and on a first come, first served basis. You must sign up here to read! Come out and listen to our featured readers and read yourself! We will have an Itty Bitty Book Fair where you can find our readers' works and works by friends of Writespace! Please note you will need to arrive before 7:00 to get a seat. Accessibility: Street parking will be necessary. Fully accessible coffee shop. |
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What people are saying about our workshops:
"I hadn’t written poetry in more than 6 months. Not because I didn’t have anything to say—but rather, the opposite: I have too much to say, and not enough time to say it. That’s the beauty of short-form poetry—and I can think of no one better than Dr. Kendra Leonard to be your guide into this world.
If you’re like me—an unpracticed, imperfect poet who doesn’t know anything about the mechanics of sonnets or limericks—it can feel super intimidating to step into a poetry workshop. But Dr. Leonard made me feel anything but intimidated. She is kind, encouraging, and takes a gentle, question-led (rather than feedback-led) approach to workshopping poetry.
What’s truly amazing is that she’s helped me turn short-form poetry into a habit. I’ve written a poem every day since taking her workshop. Often, I don’t have a big block of time to sit down and journal out all my thoughts and feelings. Dr. Leonard’s workshop showed me that I can be just as expressive through short-form poetry, and in a fraction of the time.
I’m really excited to take her workshop on ekphrastic writing."
—Ynes Freeman, on Kendra Preston Leonard's Writing Short: Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand
If you’re like me—an unpracticed, imperfect poet who doesn’t know anything about the mechanics of sonnets or limericks—it can feel super intimidating to step into a poetry workshop. But Dr. Leonard made me feel anything but intimidated. She is kind, encouraging, and takes a gentle, question-led (rather than feedback-led) approach to workshopping poetry.
What’s truly amazing is that she’s helped me turn short-form poetry into a habit. I’ve written a poem every day since taking her workshop. Often, I don’t have a big block of time to sit down and journal out all my thoughts and feelings. Dr. Leonard’s workshop showed me that I can be just as expressive through short-form poetry, and in a fraction of the time.
I’m really excited to take her workshop on ekphrastic writing."
—Ynes Freeman, on Kendra Preston Leonard's Writing Short: Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand
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Writespace is a Houston grassroots literary arts nonprofit whose mission is to embrace and celebrate our city’s diversity by providing the type of high-quality training available through Master of Fine Arts creative writing programs at a fraction of the cost to writers of all genres, with a focus on providing programming for underserved communities and scholarships for low-income writers. All donations made to Writespace are entirely tax-deductible.
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