This is a workshop in prose (fiction or memoir): in other words, a place where we talk to ourselves in public while ostensibly discussing the works of others. That’s not meant as a joke: one of the beautiful tricks of workshop is how we look through the sentences of others so that we can see our own work, our oldest fears and our highest ambitions. We’ll read the work of people in the class with generosity and rigor, looking for those ambitions and talking about how to aim for them—aim, not achieve, since our aims as writers should always exceed our grasps. We'll figure out what we think and know about writing as well as whether that knowledge and those thoughts help or constrain us. The goal, as always, is to figure out how to write your own best work and nobody else's.
Applications for Lit Fest Advanced Workshops are open here until March 8. To learn more about Lit Fest, tuition, fellowships, and advanced class admittance, click here.
Accepted participants will submit up to 15-20 pages by May 12, and will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Elizabeth during the week of class.
