Literary Astronomy: Workshop as Wonder with David Joseph |
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Course Details |
Course Title:
Literary Astronomy: Fiction
Workshop as Wonder
Dates and Times:
Mondays: June 11, June 18, and June 25, 2018
6 PM to 7:30 PM
Course Description:
This fiction workshop focuses on conversation and
interaction instead of prescriptive criticism Individuals will bring their own
stories and workshop participants will seek out “constellations” in the work
being read by discern patterns on the page. Participants will be encouraged to
fight the urge to “fix” or “clean up” or “tighten” our stories, which in a
traditional workshop model may lead to feelings of inadequacy and dismay.
Instead, we’ll voice our curiosities, our observations, and the inadvertent
echoes we perceived while reading one another’s work.
This course teaches the philosophy that each
creative work is a wonder, as worthy of awe as a supernova or speck of space
dust. Our intention is not an idea of correctness – our intention is to leave
workshop feeling invigorated, encouraged, and aware of the greatness already
within the universe on the page.
Duration:
1.5 Hour Workshop, 3 Weeks
Genre Type:
Fiction, Nonfiction
Course Type:
Workshop
Course Level
All skill levels welcome