Collaborate to create group performances. Fiction Learn techniques of effective storytelling. Invent provocative narrative hooks. Select the right details to create masterful plots in which complex characters weave their way through intriguing situations. Develop a repertoire of voices, styles and strategies that will electrify readers.
Poetry Start from within and use the power of words to reveal the poet's vision.
Learn how sounds, stories, images and forms can come to embody whole worlds of experience in a breath. Memoir, personality profile, feature, editorial, humor, and review are among your options. Learn by reading and writing both short in-class exercises and longer outside field work that will take your skills to new heights. This session encourages you to experiment and take risks and offers many opportunities to trust your intuitions and test your commitment. It features workshops, readings, conferences with our faculty, independently directed writing, and a variety of venues for publication and performance.