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STICKING THE LANDING: INTERMEDIATE POETRY WORKSHOP
STAGE, SCREEN & MORE
Ralph Pennel | M.F.A. Creative Writing
FILM Where we enter into poetry is rarely where we end up CLUB DISCUSSION staying, so it’s time to take it to the next level! In this Thomas Meek | Writer course, we will spend the term creating and revising In this four-week session, you’ll watch two films each week new work as we develop our truest voices. We will hone our craft by and join classmates for a lively discussion led by Tom Meek reading and studying a variety of poets and exposing ourselves to a Cambridge Day film editor and member of the Boston Society wide range of styles and aesthetics in order to best cultivate our of Film Critics. Two films will be assigned each week (assignments wil emerging poetic identities. This class focuses heavily on revision and be given out before the first meeting). Films will be selected from how to revisit the initial creative impulse where our poems began. what’s available on Amazon (may require rental) and Netix - (member COURSE CODE: STIK ship). Selections will ideally be one recently released film, and on Sec. 01: 8 Thursdays, 7:30-8:30pm. Begins Apr. 7 | $130 related film (by filmmaker, theme, social issue, etc.). Cinephiles and casual viewers are welcomed alike. ESSAY
COURSE CODE: PICS Sec. 01: 4 Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Begins Apr. 13 | $100
WRITING THE PERSONAL ESSAY Sarah Duffett | Writer
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In this eight-week course, we will explore creative personal essays. By examining works by masters of the genre, we will discuss what it takes to create a compelling personal narrative. Throughout the course, you will work on your essay and hone your skills as a close reader through an PLAYWRIGHTS’ WORKSHOP in- class workshop. By the end of the course, you’ll be well on your way Peter Littlefield | Stage Director, Writer, and Dramaturg to telling your story. Readings will include works by James Baldwin, Alexander Chee, and Esmé Weijun Wang, among others. You get an idea for a play. Now, how do you build it into a narrative? Moments grow into scenes. The movement of C O U R S E C O D E : E S AY scenes becomes a language in itself. The story is secondary Sec. 01: 8 Wednesdays, 3-4:30pm. Begins Apr. 6 | $160 to something more elusive: a dramatic world recognizable from our lives. We are here to support you, whether you’re just beginning or ESSAYS FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES writing a full-length play. We will read work, discuss problems, and u exercises to trigger observation and imagination. Jamie Rose Valera | Art Historian and Researcher
C O U R S E C O D E : P LW R Why write? Perhaps you have an essay due for a 01: 10 Thursdays, 7-9pm. Begins Apr. 7 | $270 course, a cover letter for a job application, orSec. a desire to journal. The primary reason to write is so that you can formulate and organize a well-informed, coherent, and sophisti INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING FOR cated set of ideas. Ideas change the world, especially when they are MOVIES, TV, THEATER, AND MULTIMEDIA written and read by those after you. Through various prompts, we will sharpen your writing, researching, and critical thinking skills, so that | Screenwriter, baitshop.org Andrew Osborne you may apply it to any aspect of your life that requires writing Whether you want to create movies, TV shows, plays, video (including, but not limited to, academic essays). games, comic books, or web videos, come learn the basics of COURSE CODE: IDEA scriptwriting in a supportive environment while you wor Sec. 01: 8 Wednesdays, 1-2:45pm. Begins Apr. 6 | $160 towards the first, second, or even final draft of a solid “spec” scri We’ll explore the three-act structure, industry-standard forma character, and dialogue, as well as tips for surviving-in the ente PERSONAL ESSAY: TELLING YOUR STORIES ment business and building your own audience. Katie Kalahan | Writer COURSE CODE: REEN
What are your stories that stick with you, begging Sec.to 01: 8 Mondays, 7-9pm. Begins Apr. 11 | $200 be explored in writing? While personal essays can No Class Apr. 18 & May 30 take many shapes, most are: written from life, have an “I” narrator who becomes a character in the narrative, and seek to answer burning questions. In this course, students will read and write personal essays, respond to others’ writing, develop writing practices, and explore narrative patterns that support and mirror the essay’s meaning. New writers welcome. To learn more about how you can C O U R S E C O D E : TO I L Sec. 01: 8 Wednesdays, 6-7:45pm. Begins Apr. 13 | $160
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