Creative Writing

Fall 2021 WRITING WORKSHOPS

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November Workshops & Events

Ekphrastic Writing

INSTRUCTOR: Kendra Preston Leonard
TIME: Saturday, November 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m. CST
PRICE: Early bird until Monday, November 15: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. After Monday, November 15: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here.
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
LEVEL: All Levels
CAP: 15

Ekphrasis (eck-FRAY-ses) is writing about a piece of art as a literary device, or a piece of writing inspired by a work of art. Writers from Homer to Toni Morrison have used detailed descriptions of art to provide structure, add to character or scene development, and give context to their writing. Ekphrasis most often involves a piece of visual art, but in this workshop we’re going to explore writing about music to create a poem or prose piece. We’ll start off with talking about what ekphrasis means and how we can use it in various writing genres. We’ll go over musical terminology and resources for finding just the right words when writing about a piece of music, and discuss the idea that when we write about music, we are part of a long tradition of interpreting the music in continually-developing contexts. After reading a few ekphrastic poems about music, we’ll spend time listening to several different works and writing as we listen. All levels of writers are welcome.

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Phoenix Fire

INSTRUCTOR: Debbie Burns
TIME: Sunday, November 21, 3:00–6:00 p.m. CST
PRICE: Early bird until Tuesday, November 16: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. After Tuesday, November 16: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here.
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
LEVEL: All Levels
CAP: 15

Phoenix Fire is a get-stuff-done courage accelerator for writers willing to ACTUALLY TAKE THE STEPS to finish the work, build the dream, and claim their success. (Ya know… all that stuff you’ve been thinking about but NOT doing on your road to Happily EPIC After.)
You’ll get everything you need to:

Establish your Gameplay + design your path to get there (this is more than SMART goals)
Separate fact from fiction when it comes to your fears
Reprogram your fear response to serve rather than stall you
Endure the tension of transformation
And turn failure into feedback rather than a measurement of your self-worth

This will be intense. You may even hate Deb for a few days. (Hopefully not forever.) But on the other side of her holding your feet to the fire you will feel hope, you will see transformation, and you will walk away with the power to battle fear and come out the victor!