K.C. Sinclair
K.C. Sinclair is a fiction writer living east of Houston. Her story “The Red Dress” was published in The New Guard and her story “Palabras Muertas” was published by The Texas Observer. She has been a finalist in contests at these publications, as well as The Master’s Review, New Letters, and Glimmer Train. She was an M.F.A. fellow in fiction and screenwriting at the Michener Center for Writers. Currently, she is working on a novel about four teenagers who want to be astronauts and fail.
Recommended Books:
Bird by Bird by Ann Lamott
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Burning Down the House by Charles Baxter
Teaching Philosophy:
The workshop can be a useful tool to improving your work and your writing habits. I believe workshopping a story or piece of fiction can help you better understand that piece as well as yourself as a writer. My workshops are structured in a clear and predictable way. First, the author presents a set of guiding questions or areas of focus. Next, a member of the workshop summarizes the piece and another reads an effective selection. The workshop then begins. Half of the time is spent on what is working and the other half is spent on what is not. The author is given a few opportunities to redirect the conversation. Finally, the author shares what they heard. All workshops end with applause.
Recommended Books:
Bird by Bird by Ann Lamott
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Burning Down the House by Charles Baxter
Teaching Philosophy:
The workshop can be a useful tool to improving your work and your writing habits. I believe workshopping a story or piece of fiction can help you better understand that piece as well as yourself as a writer. My workshops are structured in a clear and predictable way. First, the author presents a set of guiding questions or areas of focus. Next, a member of the workshop summarizes the piece and another reads an effective selection. The workshop then begins. Half of the time is spent on what is working and the other half is spent on what is not. The author is given a few opportunities to redirect the conversation. Finally, the author shares what they heard. All workshops end with applause.
