WA281 Paris Vignettes Part II: How to Capture Revealing Moments, Encounters and Events

  • 28 Apr 2014
  • 2:00 PM
  • 26 May 2014
  • 4:00 PM
  • WICE 10 rue Tiphaine 75015 Paris; Métro:La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle; Bus: 80.
  • 6

Registration

Registration is closed
Mondays April 28; May 5, 12, 19, 26

Course Description: 

This 5-week writing workshop follows Paris Vignettes Part I and allows participants to hone their writing skills through the creation of vignettes: short scenes that focus on a moment, a character, an encounter, an experience, a mood or a place.

By understanding how to create vignettes, writers are able to aim for the essential of the experience, encounter, place, etc. that they're trying to capture. In addition to the pleasure of writing them for their own sake, creating vignettes serves as a jumping off point for writing short stories, travel essays and longer fiction and non-fiction work.

Though the emphasis of this workshop will be on non-fiction vignettes of up to 1000 words, participants will learn the importance of scene work that will then enhance their writing of longer works of fiction, non-fiction and memoir as well as unique travel blogs.

Participants will complete one vignette per week, most of which will be discussed during the workshop.

Completion of Paris Vignettes Part I (WM301) is not a prerequisite for Part II, but admission requires approval from the instructor. For further information, please contact Kate Kemp-Griffin, Creative Writing Program Director, at creativewriting@wice-paris.org

 

Instructor: Gary Lee Kraut is the editor of the online travel and culture magazine France Revisited, www.FranceRevisited.com. He is the author of five travel guides to France and Paris as well as numerous articles, essays, short stories, and op-ed pieces concerning travel, culture, cross-culture and expatriate life. He has taught creative writing and travel writing and has lectured extensively in the United States and France.


Good to know: 

  • WICE members can register for this event online using WICE's fast and secure online system. Simply click on the link and follow directions.

  • Not a member? Please send an email to wice@wice-paris.org. We look forward to talking with you.