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Complexity and Simplicity: Unlocking the Genius of Your Craft

Online N/A, Portland

Balancing craft elements without calling attention to them is the hallmark of a virtuoso. Reimagine the world of your story by examining its craft subsets in this intensive workshop. Learn new techniques to strengthen your narrative and deeply inhabit compelling fictional worlds. Participants will analyze their own works with a critical and compassionate eye. This class is ideal for writers who have some experience with craft. Students can expect to write 20-30 pages over the course of the six-week session. Course Outcomes: Students will gain confidence in creating the worlds of their literary stories. Students will develop an analytical eye towards their own work and write a brief optional reflection assignment outlining an overview of their current work-in-progress and/or their creative process. Each student will…

$290