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SUMMARY:World Building: Making Settings Matter
DESCRIPTION:Readers enjoy meeting fascinating characters and following a good story\, but they also love the chance to explore new worlds or get a fresh perspective on places they’ve long known. In this three-session course\, we’ll consider a variety of strategies to create a vivid sense of setting that goes beyond info-dump or set decoration and brings the world to life\, adding a vibrant\, essential element to your storytelling in both fiction and non-fiction. \nThree Mondays: June 11\, 18\, 25\, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/world-building-making-settings-matter/
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SUMMARY:Food Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In this two-session class\, we’ll explore different modes of food writing\, and along the way learn to maximize the power of taste\, smell\, sight\, touch\, and even sound in your prose. Get ready for a unique two-session course in which we’ll combine tastings and writing exercises that will expand your creative powers of descriptions that you can use to enliven any piece of writing\, no matter the subject. \nApril 30 and May 7\, 7–9 p.m.
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/food-writing-workshop-2/
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SUMMARY:Elements of Writing: Plot: The Four-Letter Word that Strikes Fear into the Heart of Most Writers
DESCRIPTION:“Plot” can be one of the most slippery and angst-inducing idioms for writers of prose: fiction\, popular fiction\, and even non-fiction. In this class\, we’ll learn some tricks of plotting from published writers\, classic authors like Thomas Hardy\, E. M. Forster\, or L. Frank Baum\, and contemporaries like Gonzalo Barr\, Alison Bechdel\, and Lorrie Moore. We’ll nail down exactly what we mean by this oft-used yet little-understood term\, considering the differences between “plot\,” “story\,” and “action.” Once we’ve reached some conclusions about what exactly we mean when we talk about plot\, we’ll then analyze how plot organizes narrative in any type of writing. Finally\, we’ll turn from literary analysis to exercises to examine how plot is functioning in students’ current writing projects.
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/elements-of-writing-plot-the-four-letter-word-that-strikes-fear-into-the-heart-of-most-writers/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose Bookstore
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SUMMARY:Elements of Writing: Character from the Ground Up
DESCRIPTION:In this two-session course\, we’ll tackle characterization head-on by discussing vital aspects of building characters who pop off the page. We’ll look at examples from published fiction and do targeted exercises that explore various strategies to make your characters feel alive. Whether you’re in the middle of a piece or just have an idea for one\, this course will help you get a handle on how to populate the stories you’re telling with vivid personalities that establish an emotional connection with readers.
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/elements-of-writing-character-from-the-ground-up/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180206T180000
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SUMMARY:How to Be Your Own Best Line Editor
DESCRIPTION:This class will help writers improve their editing skills by focusing on reviewing the content of pieces as a whole\, as well as the fine-tuning of words\, sentences\, and paragraphs to improve flow and clarity. Four Tuesdays: February 6\, 13\, 20\, 27\, 6 to 8 p.m.
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/how-to-be-your-own-best-line-editor/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171121T190000
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SUMMARY:Food Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Runs November 21 & 28 \nIn this two-session class\, we’ll explore different modes of food writing\, and along the way learn to maximize the power of taste\, smell\, sight\, touch\, and even sound in your prose. As the holiday season approaches\, this is a great way to memorialize family recipes and experiences. \nGet ready for a unique two-session course in which we’ll combine tastings and writing exercises that will expand your creative powers of descriptions that you can use to enliven any piece of writing\, no matter the subject. Please let us know in advance if you have any food restrictions. \nRegister Here
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/food-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose Bookstore
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SUMMARY:The Mindful Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Runs November 7 & 14 \nMany of the skills we need to write vivid stories\, poems\, and creative non-fiction (e.g.\, slowing down\, looking intensely and patiently at an object\, precision) are directly in line with one of the hottest philosophies on the spiritual scene these days: mindfulness\, a.k.a. “Be Here Now.” Tortured artists of the world\, throw off your chains! In this two-session class\, we’ll focus on exercises that you can use to heighten writing skills as well as enrich lives. We’ll begin by talking about the phenomenon of mindfulness and its intersection with heightening creativity\, considering how a mindful approach to creative writing enlivens the experience of both writer and reader. Then we’ll try out a few different mindful creative writing exercises to generate some vivid new work on the spot. Bring a pen and paper–we’re getting started immediately! \nRegister here
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/the-mindful-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center
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SUMMARY:Writing as an Act of Resistance: How We Can Use Words to Create Change
DESCRIPTION:Runs October 10\, 17\, & 24 \nThis three-session course is for writers of any level or experience who want to use their fiction\, non-fiction\, or poetry to respond to current events\, either to influence others or as a private practice to clear one’s mind and refresh beleaguered spirits. Whether you’re on the left\, right\, or middle of the political spectrum\, this class will give you tools to convey your thoughts on politics on the page and\, if desired\, share them with others elegantly and persuasively. \nRegister here
URL:https://aaronhamburger.com/event/writing-as-an-act-of-resistance-how-we-can-use-words-to-create-change/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose Bookstore
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