Brown Writers' Symposium Workshops

Real World Tales

In this workshop we'll talk about how to turn the stuff of every day life into compelling personal essays. We'll look at how to use moments as building blocks, talk about the many ways to structure an essay, consider what to leave in and what to leave out and how to use the techniques of fiction while telling a real world story. There will be workshops, readings and plenty of writing prompts to get you going. Students should bring at least one essay (not more than 15 pages) that they would like the workshop to look at and expect to write a draft of at least one new essay that we can talk about in class.  
Instructor: Edward Hardy

Lifewriting

Many people write about themselves in the guise of writing about others. This workshop is for people writing about their own or other people's lives or expanding those categories, with an eye toward publication. We shall examine each other's work with a critical eye for new approaches. Participants should bring work in progress and/or the raw materials and ideas for a structured piece of writing.
Instructor: Carol DeBoer-Langworthy