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SUMMARY:Writing into Deep Truth
DESCRIPTION:This a generative workshop to compel you to turn away from fancy language and gimmickry to focus on telling the truth about people and events that matter most deeply. Focus on subjects such as obsession\, doubt\, disequilibrium\, romantic yearning\, and friendship. We’ll use essays and stories by masters such as Joan Didion\, Nora Ephron\, and Tobias Wolff to demystify various elements of craft\, including plot\, narration\, style\, and characterization. Learn by active reading\, and by doing\, rather than following a set of rules. This course is sophisticated enough to appeal to experienced writers\, including those who have published books\, and writers who are starting out. The emphasis is on treating each and every person as a storyteller\, in pursuit of the deeper truths within them. Be expected to do a number of quick writing exercises\, which will inevitably be the seeds of longer and more sustained projects. The idea isn’t to finish one single piece\, but to begin a number of them\, and to map out what you feel called to write. \nSteve Almond [stevealmondjoy.org] is the author of twelve books of fiction and non-fiction including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. A film adaptation of his first novel\, “Which Brings Me to You” (co-written with Juliana Baggott) is now streaming on Hulu. His second novel\, “All the Secrets of the World” has been optioned for TV by 20th Century Fox. His new book\, “Truth Is the Arrow\, Mercy Is the Bow” is about the joys and hardships of writing. He’s the recipient of an NEA grant for 2022 and teaches at Harvard. His work has been published in the Best American Short Stories\, the Best American Mysteries\, and the New York Times Magazine.
URL:https://newdirectionsinwriting.com/event/writing-into-deep-truth/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites Hotel\, Crystal City\, 1393 S. Eads Street\, Arlington\, VA\, 22202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Thursday Writing Workshop
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