UPCOMING ONLINE CLASSES
A blank page holds so much possibility, but what if you could begin somewhere else?
Video is playing everywhere, but writers rarely talk about the moving image as a potential prompt, a reliable scaffold, a borrowed cadence to jump-start a draft. And what if that essay you’re stuck on is actually a video essay? What could the landscape of a video editing program reveal about your line breaks?
This course will offer an introduction to the short-form video essay and video poem, offering students three paths for writing to, alongside, or in anticipation of the moving image. The course will end with a workshop where each writer will present and discuss one new work. This course is open to beginners who have zero experience with video or film editing as well as to writers and makers who have existing image-based practices.
When memoirs include elements beyond a linear narrative—research, multimedia, experimental forms, etc—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.
