Reading Like a Writer, with Emily Lackey

A piece of writing succeeds for a variety of reasons: a distinctive voice, moving storytelling, an empowering message, or unforgettable characters. But writers don’t come to that success accidentally. They earn it by studying how to craft every plot point and character, every stanza and line break, with care and precision. And reading is the best way to learn how to write brilliantly. In this workshop, writers will meet monthly to discuss short works of prose—essays, short stories, and/or book excerpts—and look closely at what makes them so successful. Each month, we’ll read two to three pieces and examine how other writers employ elements of craft to create powerful and impossible-to-put-down prose. Afterward, writers will be given prompts inspired by that month’s craft discussion and have time to write and respond to each other’s work. By the end of the workshop, writers will have a deep understanding of what is possible in prose, and the techniques necessary to write compelling and consequential works of their own.

This workshop will be held online.

First Thursday of each month, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. EST. This workshop will meet on October 2, November 6, December 4, January 8, February 5, March 5

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• This Sunday, 5th October, 01:30 pm, Community Writing Workshop, with Susanne Dunlap in Northampton, Massachusetts

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