Finally! I have a couple of months that are a little less demanding so I can offer the voice class again this fall. It’s been almost two years! I love teaching this, and believe deeply in the power of voice, so I’ve missed it a LOT.
What it is:
A six week writing intensive designed to help each writer recognize the unique elements that form her own voice, and to recognize voice as a whole. Each week, I’ll post a set of exercises, and you will have several days to complete them. Then you will post your work to the group, and we will then discuss what elements of voice have been showcased that week. There is plenty of time to discuss questions that come up, and to address each writer’s concerns about her own voice.
The exercises are mostly timed writings, and are designed to build, week by week, to help you see what elements make your voice unique, and how you might be able to best match it to the marketplace. Are you a funny ethnic writer with a thread of poignance? A serious historical novelist with deep roots in a particular time? What influenced you to come a writer, who taught you to talk, what have you read and loved? All these elements form the developing writer.
It’s a very deep workshop, very hands-on, and I believe it can be very helpful for writers who are floundering for whatever reason–too many contest judges, too many rejections, a crazy critique group, an editor who undermined you. Maybe you aren’t at all sure where you belong in the writing universe and need to figure out where you fit. Over the years, a number of students have found their voices in all kinds of surprising and interesting ways, and have formed friendships with other writers as well.
The class is SMALL, and very intimate, and I will be reading and commenting on your work personally, which is why this is more expensive than the average online workshop. I do offer two scholarships every time, so if you are aching to do this and just can’t swing it, please drop me an email at awriterafoot@gmail.com with SCHOLARSHIP REQUEST in the subject line and I’ll put your name in a hat.
Start date: August 31, 2010
Price: $225
If you are interested, send an email with Voice Workshop in the subject line to awriterafoot@gmail.com
And any of you out there who found it helpful, either online or in person, please let me know that, too.
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