A 6-Week Generative Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Mondays, December 7 & 14; January 4 - 25, 6-9 PM
In this highly generative, supportive workshop, we'll explore the questions: What happens when we push beyond the boundaries of conventional nonfiction storytelling? To what extent are we loyal to the "narrative arc"? Through close-reads of hybrid, lyric, mosaic, non-linear, and un-categorizable pieces, we'll discover fresh ways of telling our own stories. We'll revisit our drafted nonfiction with new eyes and expansive, energized storytelling options. Participants should bring short pieces that feel flat, or in which they feel "stuck," and also prepare for experimentation with new material.
$305 Members/$380 Nonmembers
Maine-native Ryan Brod is the author of Tributaries: Essays from Woods and Waters, which was the best-selling memoir of 2024 at Back Cove Books, in Portland. His writing appears in River Teeth, The Maine Review, Tahoma Literary Review, Gray’s Sporting Journal, along with many other publications, and he is the Room with a View columnist for Down East Magazine. He teaches writing at University of New England and is a fly-fishing guide and freelance editor.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Application Due two weeks prior to the workshop start date, at 9:00 a.m.
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