Personal Essay Workshop
A personal essay is, at its core, an exploration of our connection with the world that we invite the reader to share, a feat of alchemy that joins self-discovery with creativity.
What’s not to love?
For the first month, we’ll focus on “seeding.” In each meeting we’ll read and discuss a (short) published essay; using that discussion as a jumping off point, we’ll write for 30 minutes and then share what we’ve written (sharing is always optional). We’ll explore revision techniques and apply them to the in-session writings.
In the second month, each writer will share a draft of an essay for a workshop discussion that will be guided by the writer’s questions. We’ll also talk about how to get your work published.
Limited to 8 participants.
Mondays 5:30 – 7:30
New session begins
September 11
Online. 8 Weeks $350
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Kate Neuman teaches in Hunter College’s Creative Writing Program. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, The Iowa Review, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, The Independent UK, and elsewhere.
“She’s my first reader and an exceptional editor. I don’t know what I’d do without her.”
Jeannie Vanasco
New York Times Editor’s Choice author
“Kate has a wonderful ability to communicate … a lively and beautifully balanced class.”
Donna Masini
NEA, Pushcart Prize
“I had the rare feeling that I’d witnessed an exchange that not only mattered emotionally, but also mattered artistically and formally … a superb class.”
Tom Sleigh
Guggenheim, American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards