This class meets in person at WriterHouse on Thursdays, September 18 through November 6, from 6:30 to 9 PM.
Description:
As writers, we craft our readers' experience of time, creating suspense and adding meaning through such elements as pace and rhythm. We also—inevitably, if unconsciously—engage with cultural models of time through the forms we choose. In this eight-week workshop we'll consider how time operates in prose through readings, discussion, experiments, and workshopping your writing. Topics will include lyric and narrative modes, various shapes for story plots, understanding sentence-level choices, and more. Writers of any genre and experience level are welcome. Join us to spark new ideas and fuel your creativity!
About the Instructor:
Jenn Gibbs is a writer, editor, and communication Swiss Army knife specializing in prose forms and the creative process. Her stories and essays have appeared in literary journals and anthologies including The Gettysburg Review, Ocean State Review, The Chattahoochee Review, and Literature and Racial Ambiguity. Her obsession with the enigma of time has led her to study ways that narratives shape and are shaped by individual and collective identities. She holds a BFA in Writing Arts from the State University of New York College at Oswego, an MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University, and a PhD in English and American Literature with Creative Writing Emphasis from the University of Utah.
