Workshops and Seminars
New classes added all the time.
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New classes added all the time. 〰️
You don’t have to be a celebrity comedian to write a funny memoir. You don’t have to be born with a sense of humor or have had anything funny happen to you. A memoirist must make a meal out of her experience, however minor, however unfunny–that’s the job, and that’s the job we’ll learn to do in this very good seminar.
Sunday, Sept. 7th
2:30-5:30pm ET
Online & recorded
BE HYSTERICAL: A Seminar on Voice, Style, and Emotion
Has anyone ever called you “too much”? Have you ever been accused of being “dramatic”? We’ll use that. Because to write, "too much" is exactly enough, and our emotion is a writing skill.
In this once-in-a-lifetime session, we’ll cover every element of style to make your voice so distinctive that any reader can pick it out of a police lineup. We’ll also cover every emotion and how to use each one in writing to make readers understand you or fear you.
Sunday, Sept. 21st
3-5:30pm
Online & recorded
Good writing becomes great writing at the sentence level. Diction, syntax, rhythm, image, and description can bring your voice to life and make your work more memorable, more beautiful, and more meaningful. In this practical and flirty seminar, you’ll learn how to write and revise sentences with confidence through lecture, discussion, handouts, and writing exercises. Our goal is what James Baldwin says is The Goal: “…to write a sentence as clean as a bone.”
Sunday, Sept. 14th
3:30-5:30pm ET
Online
This could be you/us. Learn to weaponize comedy in my very good writing workshops, seminars, and prayer circles.
This photo was taken moments before we made a
human centipede.