WS301 Bones of Storytelling

Bones of Storytelling

Course Description:

Bones of Storytelling is a fun "thinking/practicing” series for writers of fiction (novel/short story) and creative non-fiction (memoir/essay). It draws from literature and classic storytelling models, as well as screenwriting.

Structure:

Classes are organized in a progressive manner and are divided into two parts. Part 1: Pre-watch video teaching/assignment, and Part 2: Join the online meeting to debrief. Total investment of time: about ninety minutes prior, and then a two-hour on-line meeting.

Expanded explanation:

Once you sign up, you are guided to a site page with the recordings and are asked to watch the first teaching. At the end of the video, you are given an assignment and instructed to bring that assignment to the class for debrief. You will then share your experience with a fellow writer and the class, and you will be given support information when needed. It is the same formula each week.

Outcome:

You will walk away with a comprehensive plan for either a work in progress(a revision plan) or an idea you’ve been considering (draft plan). You will also discover crossover opportunities in creative writing. A lived experience doesn’t always have to be a memoir but can be shifted into fiction. A fictional idea, often born from a lived experience, might find its best expression in memoir.

This class is on ZOOM.

About the Instructor: 

With degrees in journalism and creative writing, Jennifer Lauck is the New York Times and London Times bestselling writer of the memoirs Blackbird, Still Waters, Found and The Summer of ’72.

She has also published a series of interlocking essays in the collection titled Show Me the Way and has had essays published in several anthology collections, including Knitting Yarns. She teaches creative writing in the US and abroad.

• https://blackbirdstudiopdx.com/
• https://jenniferlauck.substack.com/