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4-Week: Experimenting with Essay Structure

How do you decide what structure is right for the story you want to tell? In this class, we will break away from traditional narrative structure to focus on experimental structures like lyric essays, braided essays, hermit crab essays, and more. With the help of published examples by writers like Lidia Yuknavitch, Samantha Irby, and T Kira Madden, we'll discuss advantages and disadvantages for each form, how structure influences reader experience, and the wide-ranging possibilities within the essay genre. Writers will apply these techniques in their own work with weekly writing prompts and the opportunity to receive feedback on up to 2,000 words.

Please email [email protected] at least two to three weeks in advance if you have any accessibility requests for this class. This class takes place in-person, at the Loft at Open Book. Please see the Loft’s website for the most up to date information about the Loft’s COVID policies.