<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Want to spend more time writing this fall?</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Join a fun class for adults of all experience levels (journalers, people who write for work but want to do something more creative, published writers who want dedicated writing time), and start building a writing routine with a supportive community.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Email me if you're interested in signing up, or if you'd like to be kept in the loop for future classes.</font><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-weight:bolder;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)">Story Elements I (fiction & nonfiction) <br></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)"><span style="font-weight:bolder">Thursdays, 5-7pm mst (7-9 est) on Zoom, 5 weeks, Sept. 10-Oct. 8</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)"><span style="font-weight:bolder">$150<br></span><b><br></b></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)">*explore the building blocks of fiction & nonfiction stories: character, point of view, setting, and plot through freewrites, brief readings, and fun worksheets *receive feedback on your writing (each student submits a story, up to 5,000 words)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,30,30)">*only time commitment outside of class is reading and </span><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">commenting on peers’ work</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)">Week 1: Characters </span></b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><br>Worksheet for developing vivid characters. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)">Week 2: Point of View & Student Workshops</span></b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><br>Who is telling our story and why? Who is the audience?</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)">Week 3: Setting & Student Workshops</span></b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><br>How can the setting of our stories (where they take place) play into plot and character development?</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)">Week 4: Plot & Student Workshops</span></b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><br>Tools for using plot mapping to navigate the raw, subconscious power of our stories.<br><br></span></font><b><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Week 5: Revision Strategies & Student Workshops</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Concrete methods of mapping, trimming, expanding, & reconfiguring our writing. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Publishing talk.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(30,30,30);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br>Click </span><a href="https://bozemanwritingclasses.wordpress.com/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">here</a><font color="#1e1e1e" face="arial, sans-serif"> for more info, or if you're interested in one-on-one manuscript consultations.<br><br></font><b>About the instructor: <br></b>My writing has appeared/is forthcoming in <i><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Best_American_Short_Stories_2018/1RpDDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover" target="_blank">Best American Short Stories</a>, McSweeney's, Sewanee Review, Alpinist, Rock & Ice, Outside Bozeman,</i> and<i> Edible Bozeman</i>. I have an MFA in Fiction from the U. of Wyoming, and a BA in Literary Arts from Brown U. </p></div></div></div></div>