When will I receive more information and a zoom link for the class?

Thanks for registering! We will be in touch via email 2 weeks prior to the start of class at which point you will receive a link for the course.

Oh no! My schedule changed and I can no longer attend. Can I cancel, refund, or transfer my course?

Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds or cancellations. If you would like to transfer your spot to someone else, please contact us at info@brinkliterary.com.

Do you offer discounts or scholarships?

At this time, we do not offer discounts or scholarships for our online classes.

Rats, I missed the sign-up window and registration is full. Do you have a waitlist?

Yes! Email info@brinkliterary.com and we can add you to the waitlist.

UPCOMING ONLINE CLASSES

The Reel Poetic: Adapting Poetry to the Screen

Have you ever wanted to make a film using poetry? Following our own poetic instincts and intuition, together we will investigate the luminous and nebulous boundaries between poetry and film through filmmakers and poets alike, experiment with form on the page and on the screen through three generative prompts, and adapt a poem into a film using video-editing software. Short readings in the form of a downloadable course packet will deepen our study of montage, emotional narrative, and experimental film theory.

Over the course of four sessions, you will learn various methods for making work, expand your artistic practice, and bring awareness to your unique creative process.

Quilted Memoir Writing

When memoirs include elements beyond a linear narrative such as research, multimedia, and experimental forms, they’re often called “hybrid memoirs.” In Quilted Memoir Writing, you’ll learn to write your own hybrid memoir, loosely inspired by the process of making a quilt.

Learn how to gather materials and cultivate your personal archive, choose strong details and construct scenes, assemble and compose your narrative, and finish your project through self-editing and seeking feedback from trusted friends. Leave class with pages of writing and a framework for how to independently write and complete a quilted memoir. You don’t need to know anything about sewing or quilting to take this class! All levels welcome.

How to Write Less

It’s easy to write more; all you need to do is add words. But how many words can you cut from a piece of writing without damaging its meaning?

In this course we will practice removing such words. Our work together will include an introduction to line editing, a study of various types of omission and silence, and a confrontation with the limits of AI writing tools. We will also maintain a daily writing practice outside of class. Our goal is to make our writing as clear as it can be in order to frame the greatest mysteries at its core.

This course is open to prose writers of all levels including absolute beginners.

Poetry Lab

This course fosters a generative writing lab where participants will read poems together and then write poems together. As a class, we will go from one set of poems and writing exercises to the next, with some time at the end to share what we’ve written.

During our readings and discussions, we will also approach, organically, some elements of craft which we will discuss.

Come to this workshop with a big imagination, an open mind, a laptop and/or a notebook, and be prepared to have fun as we experiment in new ways.